Restrict With Stripe is the first paid-content plugin for EmDash. Connect Stripe in one click, mark a post as premium, and let Stripe Checkout do the selling. No member database to babysit: Stripe is the source of truth.
How it works
Everything about billing stays in Stripe. Your EmDash site only asks one question: does this visitor have access?
Click Connect to Stripe in the EmDash admin. Stripe Connect handles the handshake, so there are no API keys to copy and paste. Prefer your own key? Paste a Stripe restricted key instead.
Add a product with a default price for each thing you sell, either a one-time purchase or a subscription.
Open a post or page and tick the products that unlock it. Visitors see a paywall, buy through Stripe Checkout, and come back unlocked.
Built for EmDash 1.x
Restrict With Stripe is a native EmDash plugin. Register it next to your other plugins and a Restrict With Stripe screen appears in the admin, with a panel in the editor sidebar for every entry.
Full install guide
import { defineConfig } from "astro/config";
import react from "@astrojs/react";
import emdash from "emdash/astro";
import { restrictWithStripe } from "emdash-restrict-with-stripe";
export default defineConfig({
integrations: [
react(),
emdash({
siteUrl: "https://example.com",
plugins: [restrictWithStripe()],
}),
],
});Features
Stripe already does checkout, billing, invoices, and receipts better than any plugin could. We connect it to your content and get out of the way.
Visitors pay on Stripe's hosted Checkout. One-time prices and subscriptions both work.
Access means an active or trialing subscription, or a paid invoice. Cancel or refund in Stripe and access ends.
Returning members get a single-use login link that expires in 15 minutes. No passwords to manage.
Members update cards, download invoices, and cancel in Stripe's billing portal.
Pick products from the editor sidebar. Restrictions are stored by entry ID, so renaming a slug doesn't drop them.
getAccess() keeps premium text out of the HTML entirely when your template needs a hard wall.
Connect through Stripe Connect. The key is checked against Stripe and stored encrypted with your site's encryption key.
Hashed single-use tokens, server-verified Checkout sessions, and rate limits on every public route.
Two plugins, one idea
Both plugins use the same Stripe Connect server and the same access rule, so the experience carries over.
Version 0.2.0 for EmDash 1.x
A native plugin for EmDash, the Astro-based CMS. Sell access to posts and pages with a paywall that drops into your theme.
Version 1.0.10
The original plugin. Free to install, built for the block editor and the classic editor.
With Stripe Connect, the WordPress plugin adds a 2% application fee to payments, on top of Stripe's processing fees.
Install the plugin, connect Stripe, and publish your first paid post today.