{"id":343995,"date":"2026-07-23T03:31:12","date_gmt":"2026-07-23T03:31:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/episodic-paywall-lite-coins-for-chapters\/"},"modified":"2026-07-23T03:15:59","modified_gmt":"2026-07-23T03:15:59","slug":"mugencodex-chapter-coins-paywall","status":"publish","type":"plugin","link":"https:\/\/ca.wordpress.org\/plugins\/mugencodex-chapter-coins-paywall\/","author":23499139,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"version":"1.0","stable_tag":"trunk","tested":"7.0.2","requires":"6.0","requires_php":"7.4","requires_plugins":null,"header_name":"MugenCodex Chapter Coins Paywall","header_author":"MugenCodex","header_description":"Lock chapters, episodes and serialized content, give readers coins, and let logged-in users unlock access.","assets_banners_color":"","last_updated":"2026-07-23 03:15:59","external_support_url":"","external_repository_url":"","donate_link":"","header_plugin_uri":"","header_author_uri":"","rating":0,"author_block_rating":0,"active_installs":0,"downloads":23,"num_ratings":0,"support_threads":0,"support_threads_resolved":0,"author_block_count":0,"sections":["description","installation","faq","changelog"],"tags":[],"upgrade_notice":[],"ratings":[],"assets_icons":[],"assets_banners":[],"assets_blueprints":{},"all_blocks":[],"tagged_versions":[],"block_files":[],"assets_screenshots":[],"screenshots":[]},"plugin_section":[],"plugin_tags":[17041,13400,16114,12688,272898],"plugin_category":[],"plugin_contributors":[268641],"plugin_business_model":[],"class_list":["post-343995","plugin","type-plugin","status-publish","hentry","plugin_tags-chapters","plugin_tags-coins","plugin_tags-content-restriction","plugin_tags-paywall","plugin_tags-webnovel","plugin_contributors-mugencodex","plugin_committers-mugencodex"],"banners":[],"icons":{"svg":false,"icon":"https:\/\/s.w.org\/plugins\/geopattern-icon\/mugencodex-chapter-coins-paywall.svg","icon_2x":false,"generated":true},"screenshots":[],"raw_content":"<!--section=description-->\n<p>MugenCodex Chapter Coins Paywall is a lightweight coin-based access plugin for chapters, episodes, web novels, comics and serialized WordPress content.<\/p>\n\n<p>Lock premium content, give readers coins manually and let logged-in users permanently unlock chapters from their accounts. It works without memberships, subscriptions, payment gateways or a heavy ecommerce setup.<\/p>\n\n<p>Main features:<\/p>\n\n<ul>\n<li>Lock unlimited posts, pages and supported public custom post types.<\/li>\n<li>Set the coin cost for each locked item.<\/li>\n<li>Show a configurable preview before the lock box.<\/li>\n<li>Let logged-in readers unlock content with their coin balance.<\/li>\n<li>Manage user coin balances from inside the plugin.<\/li>\n<li>Grant manual access to one or more users and chapters.<\/li>\n<li>Lock several items through WordPress Bulk Edit.<\/li>\n<li>Lock matching content by tag.<\/li>\n<li>Filter users and review coin and unlock activity logs.<\/li>\n<li>Use shortcodes for wallet and unlocked-content pages.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<p>This plugin uses a manual coin workflow. It does not process payments or sell coins automatically.<\/p>\n\n<p>Shortcodes:<\/p>\n\n<ul>\n<li>[content_coins_wallet]<\/li>\n<li>[content_coins_purchases]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<!--section=installation-->\n<ol>\n<li>Upload the plugin ZIP from Plugins &gt; Add New &gt; Upload Plugin.<\/li>\n<li>Activate MugenCodex Chapter Coins Paywall.<\/li>\n<li>Open Chapter Coins &gt; Settings and set the default coin rules.<\/li>\n<li>Lock a post, page or chapter from the editor, Bulk Edit, or by tag.<\/li>\n<li>Open Chapter Coins &gt; Users and add coins to a reader.<\/li>\n<li>Test the unlock flow with a normal user account.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n<!--section=faq-->\n<dl>\n<dt id=\"can%20readers%20buy%20coins%20automatically%3F\"><h3>Can readers buy coins automatically?<\/h3><\/dt>\n<dd><p>No. This plugin uses manual coin balances. The site administrator adds or removes coins.<\/p><\/dd>\n<dt id=\"is%20there%20a%20chapter%20limit%3F\"><h3>Is there a chapter limit?<\/h3><\/dt>\n<dd><p>No. You can lock any number of posts, pages and supported public custom post types.<\/p><\/dd>\n<dt id=\"can%20one%20coin%20equal%20one%20chapter%3F\"><h3>Can one coin equal one chapter?<\/h3><\/dt>\n<dd><p>Yes. Set the default cost to 1 coin. Individual content can use a different cost.<\/p><\/dd>\n<dt id=\"does%20access%20stay%20saved%3F\"><h3>Does access stay saved?<\/h3><\/dt>\n<dd><p>Yes. When a reader unlocks content, access is saved to the WordPress user account.<\/p><\/dd>\n<dt id=\"can%20i%20lock%20custom%20post%20types%3F\"><h3>Can I lock custom post types?<\/h3><\/dt>\n<dd><p>Yes, when the custom post type is public and uses normal WordPress content.<\/p><\/dd>\n<dt id=\"does%20the%20plugin%20send%20data%20to%20external%20services%3F\"><h3>Does the plugin send data to external services?<\/h3><\/dt>\n<dd><p>No. Coin balances, access records and plugin settings are stored in the site's own WordPress database.<\/p><\/dd>\n\n<\/dl>\n\n<!--section=changelog-->\n<h4>1.0<\/h4>\n\n<ul>\n<li>First public release.<\/li>\n<li>Unlimited chapter, episode and serialized-content locking.<\/li>\n<li>Manual coin balances and access grants.<\/li>\n<li>Bulk Edit and tag-based locking.<\/li>\n<li>User filters, reader shortcodes and activity logs.<\/li>\n<\/ul>","raw_excerpt":"Lock chapters, episodes and serialized content, give readers coins, and let logged-in users unlock access.","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ca.wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/plugin\/343995","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ca.wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/plugin"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ca.wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/plugin"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ca.wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=343995"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ca.wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wporg\/v1\/users\/mugencodex"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ca.wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=343995"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"plugin_section","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ca.wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/plugin_section?post=343995"},{"taxonomy":"plugin_tags","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ca.wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/plugin_tags?post=343995"},{"taxonomy":"plugin_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ca.wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/plugin_category?post=343995"},{"taxonomy":"plugin_contributors","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ca.wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/plugin_contributors?post=343995"},{"taxonomy":"plugin_business_model","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ca.wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/plugin_business_model?post=343995"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}