Buy Me a Coffee — WordPress Plugin

Monetize members-only content, accept one-time donations, and run recurring subscriptions via Stripe and PayPal — directly into your own account, with zero commission.

Current version: 1.2.8 · Full Changelog

Plugin Site · User Guide · Demo · WordPress.org

• Buy Me a Coffee — WordPress Plugin
  • Quick Navigation
  • Why Buy Me a Coffee
  • What's New in 1.2.x
    • 1.2.7
    • 1.2.6
    • 1.2.1
    • 1.2.0
  • Features
  • Quick Start
  • Requirements
  • Installation
  • Development
  • Common Shortcodes
  • Third-Party Services
  • Changelog
  • Contributing
  • License

• Monetize posts and pages with paid membership levels and built-in paywall CTA
• Accept one-time and recurring donations on your own WordPress site
• Receive payments directly to your Stripe or PayPal account
• Manage supporters, subscriptions, and activity from a modern admin dashboard
• Customize donation forms with shortcodes, block support, and page templates

• Paywall — offers only the membership levels selected for that post
• Membership checkout — shows a log in link when the email already has an account

• Payment handling — smoother Stripe payments for zero-decimal currencies like JPY and KRW
• Membership access — improved handling for refunds, restored payments, removed supporters, and subscription period changes
• Settings — membership and email notification toggles now save reliably
• Setup — improved default membership level setup on new installs

• Onetime membership access - Now onetime membership access can be managed

• Memberships and content monetization — create paid levels, protect posts/pages, and show a built-in paywall CTA
• Members dashboard — search active members, view levels, renewal dates, billing intervals, and subscription status
• Post access controls — choose allowed membership levels and teaser word counts from the editor
• Admin polish — top navigation, safer supporter links, and production route guards

• Adds Subscription management
• Adds Design Update v2
• Adds Coffee theme and UI polish
• Adds Account creation email details
• Adds Active subscription helper and synced user meta
• Fixes Subscription query issue
• Fixes Payment flow and release pipeline
• Improves Subscriber account history view
• Improves Admin loader experience
• Redesigns All Page styling

• Stripe Recurring Subscriptions — monthly or yearly billing with full webhook lifecycle management
• Refunds — issue Stripe and PayPal refunds directly from the admin panel
• Activity Log — persistent event timeline for every payment, subscription, email, and webhook event

See CHANGELOG.md for the complete version history.

1. Install and activate the plugin
2. Open Buy Me a Coffee -> Quick Setup
3. Connect Stripe and/or PayPal credentials
4. Add [buymecoffee_button] or [buymecoffee_form] to any page
5. Publish and start collecting donations

• WordPress 4.5+
• PHP 7.4+
• Stripe and/or PayPal account

1. Download the latest release zip and upload via Plugins → Add New → Upload Plugin, or install directly from the WordPress plugin directory.
2. Activate the plugin.
3. Go to Buy Me a Coffee → Quick Setup to configure your payment gateways.

npm install       # install dependencies
npm run dev       # Vite dev server with HMR (localhost:3000)
npm run build     # production build → assets/
npm run package   # build + create distributable zip

Built assets output to assets/ with a manifest.json for cache-busted URLs. Entry points are defined in vite.config.js.

Stack: Vue 3 · Vue Router · Element Plus · Vite · Tailwind CSS · PHP 7.4+

• [buymecoffee_button] - Donation button with popup
• [buymecoffee_form] - Inline donation form
• [buymecoffee_basic] - Basic donation template

• Stripe — payment processing. Privacy Policy · JS SDK
• PayPal — payment processing. JS SDK
• WP Fluent DB — bundled database query builder (no external requests)

See CHANGELOG.md.

Go to the GitHub repository — see package.json for the full list of scripts and dependencies.

GPLv2 or later — see LICENSE.