Patrons Tips
Patronage system. A free Patreon-like tool to monetize your creations and reward your backers with restricted content. Works great with WooCommerce.
Solid choice
Patrons Tips is a solid plugin choice in 2026, with a few things worth checking first. Is rated 5/5 and was last updated 2 months ago, and scores 67/100 on our health check.
- Tested with the latest WordPress (7.1)
- Small user base (<10 active installs)
- Very few reviews so far
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Daily downloads
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Rankings
Where Patrons Tips stands todayWordPress.org search rankings
Live position in the plugin search, top 100| Keyword | Position |
|---|---|
| crowdfunding | #37 |
| membership | >100 |
| patreon | #18 |
| patronage | #1 |
| tipeee | #1 |
Rating breakdown
★★★★★★★★★★ 5 from 1 reviews
About Patrons Tips
From the official readme · v1.1.2Description
Patrons Tips is a free patronage system for artists and content creators (like Patreon, Tipeee, Buy Me A Coffee, Ko-Fi, etc.) that settles on your website.
It allows your audience to financially support your work!
- Set up membership tiers and define their restricted content.
- Customize and publish your patronage page.
- Patrons subscribe to access this exclusive content and become part of your special community!!
Patrons Tips is fully integrated with WooCommerce to collect online payments.
Try this patronage tool live on the demo website, or generate a temporary site to test the backend!
Main features
★ Patron tiers
- Create unlimited membership levels
- Customize your tiers with your own titles, descriptions, images et prices.
Think about what could interest your fans to make your reward system: early access, exclusive work, being part of your very special members, being credited on your videos, posts, etc.
★ One-off and recurring payments with WooCommerce
- Receive unique one-time payments using WooCommerce
- Receive automatic monthly recurring payments, through one of the supported extensions :
- WooCommerce Subscriptions by WooCommerce (paid)
- Subscriptions for WooCommerce by WP Swings (free)
- Flexible Subscriptions by WP Desk (free)
Automate a regular income to focus on your core activity and passion.
★ Content restriction
- Restrict certain content categories and tags (posts, medias and products) to your patrons only
- Define which patronage level gives access to which content
- Restricted content is automatically unlocked for one month as soon as the patron subscribes to an eligible tier
★ Customizable sales page
- A landing page with a familiar interface is automatically created
- Customize it completely by following the recommendations to encourage your patrons to support you
★ Patron area
- A page dedicated to your patrons in order to manage their patronage (integrated to “My account” with WooCommerce)
- Your patrons can see their current status, patronage history and a list of unlocked rewards
★ Customize your website with Blocks and Shortcodes
- Display a patron counter, subscription form, patron list, modular post/media/product lists, image of the month, etc. thanks to the many supplied blocks and shortcodes.
★ Translation ready
- Multilingual support with WPML and Polylang
- Available in English and French. You can also help us translating Patrons Tips in your language.
The best inside
- API for developers (PHP actions and filters, JS actions).
- Support WP privacy tools for exporting and erasing your patrons’ personal data
See the full list of features here.
More features with Patrons Tips Pro
Patrons Tips Pro allows you to restrict your content to patrons of the month of their publication.
If you published a restricted post/image/product in July 2025, then only people who were patrons in July 2025 will be able to see it. Newcomers will never have the permission to see it.
This way, you will no longer give access to all the content you have created to the first person who comes along.
This feature protects your work and increases its value and is exclusive to Patrons Tips Pro, no other patronage system offers it.
Patrons Tips Pro also includes many features:
- Restrict posts, medias and products by tier to patrons of the month of publication
- Restrict the availability of one or more tiers to offer limited premium rewards
- Display monthly stretch goals (number of patrons or amount of money) to encourage more backers to contribute
- Manually add patrons from the back office
- Manually manage your patrons’ history, you can change, revoke and subscribe patrons to any tier, any month
- Patrons can choose their own nickname which will be displayed in patron lists
- Give your patrons annual badges to reward their loyalty and make them feel special
- Send automatic reminder emails when a patronage expires (with WooCommerce)
Purchase Patrons Tips Pro here.
How is Patrons Tips different from crowdfunding platforms such as Patreon or Tipeee?
- Patrons Tips is free: there are neither fees nor commissions on sales.
- Patrons Tips is independant: you and your patrons are not locked into a platform and its terms (pricing, features, policies, etc.) for life.
- Patrons Tips settles on your website : customize your site and its features using WordPress plugins.
This plugin is perfect for… you ?
This sponsorship system was specifically created to meet the needs of most independant creators:
- Artists (painters, cartoonists, photographers, 3D artists…)
- Video makers (youtubers, streamers…)
- Authors (reporters, writers, bloggers…)
- Musicians (composers, singers, instrumentalists…)
- Performers (humorists, dancers, circus artists…)
- Podcasters (hosts, interviewers…)
- Cosplayers (tailors, models…)
- Developers (video games creators, web developers…)
- Craftspeople (plush makers, ceramists, jewelers…)
- Advisers (speakers, experts…)
- Sportspeople (athletes, coaches…)
- and maybe you!
If you want to monetize your creative work, then you should give it a try!
We are listening
Patrons Tips is the result of a collaboration between an artist and a developer.
We will be happy to provide help and support:
- Take a look at our documentation
- Contact us at contact@patronstips.com (French and English)
Requirements
- WordPress: 6.7 or later
- PHP: 7.0 or later
- MySQL: 5.7.22 or later (or MariaDB 10.5.4 or later)
- WooCommerce: 8.8 or later
- Patrons Tips can be used without WooCommerce
Frequently asked questions
Can I use Patrons Tips on an existing website?
Of course! You can restrict old and future content with existing or new tags and categories. And you can also specify a launch date so that your older content won’t be affected.
I am not a creator, can this plugin still meet my needs?
Yes, you can use Patrons Tips as a simple membership plugin. It basically allows you to restrict content and unlock it for subscribers, so you can find another use for it.
Pricing comparison with other platforms
Patreon: 10% commission + taxes Tipeee: 8% commission Buy Me a Coffee: 5% commission Ko-Fi: 5% commission (Last update : July 2025) Patrons Tips: completely free We believe that everyone should pay the same price for the same service. This price souldn’t raise based on your success, let alone without any limits, which is why we will never charge commissions on your sales. Earning money is already a huge challenge! Patrons Tips is completely free to let everyone get started, and Patrons Tips Pro is offered at a one-time, fixed annual fee for as long as your subscription is active. We want to…
Why choose Patrons Tips over Patreon, Tipeee, etc.?
Your patrons want to support you, not the patronage platform you’re using. Think about it, what will happen if you are successful? By choosing one of these online platforms, you will bring them more than they bring you (advertising, revenue, members), their fees will soar, you will depend on them, you will no longer be able to leave them, even if their conditions no longer suit you (prices, features, policy, etc.), because it is where your entire community will be. Whereas by using Patrons Tips on your own site, you Preserve your independence and your ethics Maintain total control over your…
Is WooCommerce mandatory?
No, it’s not. Patrons Tips works on its own: you can build a free or offline paid community of supporters. But we recommend using it as it was first designed to work perfectly with WooCommerce to get financial support. Moreover, you can automatize revenue with a subscription plugin.
Can I use Patrons Tips as a donation plugin?
Sure, you don’t have to offer benefits if you just want a tip system that allow your fans to donate and help you with a financial support. You can use Patrons Tips to make a well-designed page with different price points so that every tipper finds a reasonnable choice.
Changelog
1.1.2 – 2026/08/03
- Dev – Update blocks API version to 3 to support iframe post editor
- Dev – Add key on “active” database columns
1.1.1 – 2026/04/03
- Fix – PHP Warning: Undefined variable $input_key when displaying WC add to cart tier form
- Fix – French translation typo
- Dev – Update WP and WC compatible versions
1.1.0 – 2026/01/29
- Feature – Add a quick start button to automatically create tiers with demo data (when no tiers exist)
- Feature – Add buttons in tier settings to automatically create product and to go to its edit page
- Tweak – Update WP and WC compatible versions
- Tweak – Use attribute for Tiers in variable product, and update attribute title when tier is updated
- Fix – Cannot dismiss admin notices on Tiers and Patrons pages if no tiers were created
1.0.5 – 2025/10/02
- Tweak – Update links to documentation
- Tweak – Minor text changes
1.0.4 – 2025/07/31
- First release on wordpress.org and github!
- Feature – Add an option to change the endpoint name in WC settings > advanced
- Feature – Add an option to gray out locked posts
- Tweak – Add class to body if current user is patron
- Tweak – Improve patron history display on mobile
- Tweak – Add “categories” options in Period media block
- Tweak – Display “No images.” feedback in Patron post list block if “Image only” option is ON and post has no attachment image
- Tweak – Remove no longer a patron non working filter in admin patron list
- Tweak – Update readme description and add screenshots
- Fix – Display pages options only in default site language in settings
- Fix – Patronage form was not working if two instances were displayed on the same page
- Fix – Term description was displayed out of its container in restricted post message
- Fix – Decimal number was not taken into account in subscription form with WooCommerce
- Fix – Do not display “Monthly” frequency if no subscription plugin is active in subscription form with WooCommerce
- Fix – Scale images instead of stretching them in subscription form and in image selector preview
- Fix – Translation error caused PHP error on french Patron area page
- Fix – Media categories were not displayed in Patron post list block settings
- Fix – Posts incorrectly grayed out, and locks displayed on non restricted posts, in post lists displayed on WC product pages
- Fix – Undesired white space at the bottom of the patron area page
- Dev – Refactor patronage endpoint for a better WC handling
1.0.3 – 2025/06/27
- Fix – Improve nonce verification when creating patronage pages
- Lib – Add the source code of the select2 library french translation
- Lib – Update the jQuery UI CSS theme and add source CSS
- Dev – Update translation files
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FAQ
Patrons Tips: quick answers
Straight answers, pulled from live WordPress.org data.
Live data from WordPress.org · checked Oct 5, 2026
Is Patrons Tips free?
Yes. Patrons Tips is free to download and use from the official WordPress.org plugin directory.
Is Patrons Tips safe to use in 2026?
Patrons Tips is a solid plugin choice in 2026, with a few things worth checking first. Is rated 5/5 and was last updated 2 months ago, and scores 67/100 on our health check.
How many websites use Patrons Tips?
Patrons Tips is active on <10 WordPress websites and has been downloaded 824 times since it launched in July 2025. It was downloaded 54 times in the last 30 days.
Does Patrons Tips work with WordPress 7.1?
Yes. The developer has tested Patrons Tips up to WordPress 7.1.2, the latest release. It requires WordPress 6.7 or newer.
What PHP version does Patrons Tips need?
Patrons Tips requires PHP 7.0 or higher. Most hosts run PHP 8.x today, so it works on any modern WordPress hosting.
When was Patrons Tips last updated?
The latest version, 1.1.2, was released on August 3, 2026 (2 months ago).
Who makes Patrons Tips?
Patrons Tips is developed and maintained by patronstips.
What are the best alternatives to Patrons Tips?
The most popular alternatives to Patrons Tips are GiveWP (100K+ installs), Charitable (10K+ installs) and HelloAsso (4K+ installs).
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