One plugin. Every subscription model covered.

your customers pay on Stripe's secure page, not your server. Card details are never stored on your WordPress site — a genuine trust signal you can use in your marketing.

charge weekly, monthly, every 3 months, every year, or any custom interval. Each plan has its own cycle, so you can run a monthly and a yearly plan side by side.

Stripe bills your subscribers on schedule and SlimSubs updates their access automatically. No invoicing, no chasing, no manual work.

offer any number of trial days before the first charge. Your customer enters their card at signup and isn't billed until the trial ends.

charge an onboarding or setup fee alongside the first recurring payment, in a single checkout. Subsequent renewals only charge the recurring price.

enable a discount code field at checkout per plan. Create codes in your Stripe dashboard and share them however you like — SlimSubs and Stripe do the rest.

if a payment fails, access is suspended automatically. The moment Stripe successfully retries, access is restored — with no action needed from you or your customer.

create as many plans as your business needs. Different prices, different billing cycles, different content access — all managed from one admin panel.

a plan priced at $0 activates instantly with no Stripe session and no card required. Use it for freemium tiers, beta access, or lead magnets.

create an introductory offer that automatically stops renewing after a set number of payments. The subscriber keeps access until the end of the last paid period and isn't charged again. No manual cancellation needed.

set a cutoff date instead of a payment count. Useful for seasonal access, event-based content, or anything with a natural end date.

your subscribers can switch to a different plan directly from their account, without cancelling and resubscribing. The price difference is calculated and applied to the next invoice automatically.

a subscriber who needs a break can pause their billing from their account panel. Stripe stops generating invoices. When they're ready to return, they resume in one click — no new checkout, no lost subscription history.

when a subscription ends, is cancelled, or a payment fails, access is removed automatically. When it's restored — on a successful payment or a resume — access returns automatically too.

open the post editor, find the Access Restriction panel in the sidebar, and select which subscription is required. That's the entire setup. Visitors without the right subscription see your paywall message instead.

use the shortcode to gate a section of content rather than an entire page. Add a "Subscribe to read the rest" block inside a public article. Non-subscribers see whatever fallback text you choose.

you control what non-subscribers see. Edit the message in the plugin settings. Full HTML is supported, so you can include a call-to-action button, an image, or anything else.

one subscription can grant access to several content areas simultaneously. Useful when your paid tier unlocks both a resource library and a client portal, for example.

if two plans both grant the same role, a subscriber with either plan can access that content. When one plan lapses, access continues as long as the other is active.

administrators are never locked out of their own content, regardless of subscription status.

mark any SlimSubs-related page (checkout, account, paywall) as excluded from search results with one checkbox. Functional pages are excluded automatically.

subscribers see all their active plans, current status, next payment date, and the date they signed up.

every payment is listed: date, amount, and status. Subscribers can check whether a payment went through without contacting support.

a "Switch plan" dropdown lets subscribers move between your paid plans from the account page. A confirmation prompt prevents accidental switches.

no need to cancel. Subscribers pause their billing with one click and resume whenever they're ready.

a "Manage billing" button opens Stripe's secure portal, where subscribers update their payment method, download invoices, or cancel their subscription at the end of the billing period.

when Stripe can't collect a payment, the subscriber receives an email explaining what happened, the next retry date, and a direct link to update their card. Reduces involuntary churn without any manual follow-up from you.

when a limited-run plan is within 7 days of expiry, the subscriber receives an email with a direct link to subscribe to your standard plan. Converts promotional customers to long-term subscribers automatically.

subject line and body text are editable in the admin panel for each plan separately. Use placeholders for the customer name, plan name, end date, and checkout link. Leave the body blank and a polished default HTML template is sent instead.

the settings screen walks you through every step: API keys, webhook configuration, plan creation, and page setup. A green "Ready!" indicator tells you when everything is in place.

when you create or edit a plan in WordPress, the corresponding Stripe product and price are created or updated automatically. No manual steps in the Stripe dashboard.

shortcode renders a subscribe button for one specific plan. Add it to any page, landing page, or post.

shortcode renders a responsive card grid of all your active plans, each with a checkout button. Control which plans appear and how many columns the grid uses.

see all active, paused, trialing, and cancelled subscriptions in one place. Filter by status or search by email address.

every subscription in the admin panel links directly to the corresponding record in your Stripe dashboard, so you can investigate or take action there without searching.

when a logged-out visitor clicks a subscribe button, they see a sign-in and create-account form right there — no redirect to wp-login.php, no lost customers.

subscriptions activate via a Stripe server-to-server notification, not via a browser redirect. A slow connection, closed tab, or failed redirect doesn't cause a missed activation.

if Stripe delivers the same event twice (which happens), SlimSubs processes it once and discards the duplicate. No double-charges, no double-activations.

a scheduled task runs every day and checks for subscriptions that should have expired but whose Stripe event was missed. Access is revoked if it shouldn't still be active.

covering every subscription event: activation, cancellation, expiry, payment failure, pause, resume, plan switch, approaching end, and raw Stripe events.

for customising the paywall HTML, the license server URL, and the upsell email lead time.

installs on any WordPress 6.0+ site; no paid plugins required.