Patreon WordPress

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Share of active installs on each version of this plugin · 91% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.

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1. ★★★★★ osarusan

   2mo ago

   It’s a neat concept, and it almost works… but importing posts does not import the featured images, inline images, or attachments, making it pretty much pointless if you have anything but a text-only Patreon account. An option to turn these into previews with a “click here to read the post on Patreon” would be a partial workaround. But as it stands, since it only imports the text, it almost does more harm than good, by making your imported posts look worse than they do on Patreon.

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2. ★★★★★ S.R. Drouin

   3mo ago

   It’s a great plugin. However, I had to fix bugs, make some PHP adjustments, manage the French language, and update it visually to match Patreon’s new branding. The plugin isn’t consistent with the new branding, even though it’s three years old already. So, I never update it, because it overwrites my changes (which makes sense). That said, I’m really looking forward to Patreon releasing a version 2.0, because this one is getting old. But apart from that, it’s a great plugin. 😏

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3. ★★★★★ Yeah GbR

   3mo ago

   The Pro Version stopped working at 1.6.4: Users were unable to connect to Patreon. Downgrading to 1.6.3 fixed the problem. Unfortunately all further updates didn’t fix the problem, only a downgrade would make it work again. The current version can’t be tested without updating my subscription. Support disappeared after the first response, where a fix was promised but never delivered

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4. ★★★★★ erdeme61

   1.2y ago

   This version is stable. Don’t buy or try the pro plugin. That plugins code is garbage and it crashes everything. This topic was modified 1 year, 1 month ago by erdeme61.

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5. ★★★★★ whoaitsaimz

   1.3y ago

   I have to go in and manually edit each post as this plugin doesn’t pull in the main image from Patreon. I would expect it to pull the image as a featured image in WP. It does pull in the images from the body of the post which is great. Also seems to use Classic editor instead of blocks / Gutenberg by default, which is not a big deal but also something I update when I go in to edit. it doesn’t pull videos that are the main part of my Patreon posts either, so I do have to manually embed them in WP. I understand this may be a bigger development task as Patreon supports a number of different video types, but it would be nice to at least have, say, a raw URL link of whatever is in my Patreon posts either so I do t have to keep cross referencing.

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6. ★★★★★ theman45

   1.5y ago

   It stopped working on my 2 hostings, and support doesn’t provide a solution.

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7. ★★★★★ malbuquerque306

   1.5y ago

   It has conflicts with UM plugin, making it useless (page/post is visible by any means regardless tier is selected). This topic was modified 1 year, 5 months ago by malbuquerque306.

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8. ★★★★★ triskele

   1.7y ago

   plugin admin in simple mode access in site! wonderful!

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Recent releases and news for this plugin

1. — Version 1.9.17 Fixed: HTTP 429 responses no longer incorrectly mark credentials as invalid — only HTTP 401 triggers this Fixed: Token refresh is no longer attempted when API calls fail due to rate limiting or server errors Fixed: Added 1.9.17

10 disclosed vulnerabilities on record for this plugin, all fixed in the current version. Sites on older versions stay exposed until they update.

1. Medium · 5.3 Patreon WordPress <= 1.9.1 - Missing Authorization ↗
   2025-01-24 CVE-2025-24588 Missing Authorization Affects <= 1.9.1 Patched in 1.9.2
2. Medium · 5.3 Patreon WordPress <= 1.9.0 - Protection Mechanism Bypass ↗
   2024-06-28 CVE-2024-37430 Protection Mechanism Failure Affects <= 1.9.0 Patched in 1.9.1
3. Medium · 4.3 Patreon WordPress <= 1.8.7 - Cross-Site Request Forgery ↗
   2023-11-07 CVE-2023-41129 Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) Affects <= 1.8.7 Patched in 1.8.8
4. Medium · 5.5 Patreon WordPress <= 1.8.1 - Authenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting ↗
   2022-02-20 CVE-2021-25026 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') Affects < 1.8.2 Patched in 1.8.2
5. High · 7.5 Patreon WordPress < 1.7.0 - Local File Disclosure ↗
   2021-03-26 CVE-2021-24227 Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor Affects < 1.7.0 Patched in 1.7.0
6. High · 8.8 Patreon WordPress <= 1.6.9 - Cross-Site Request Forgery ↗
   2021-03-26 CVE-2021-24231 Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) Affects <= 1.6.9 Patched in 1.7.0
7. Critical · 9.6 Patreon WordPress <= 1.7.0 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting ↗
   2021-03-26 CVE-2021-24228 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') Affects < 1.7.2 Patched in 1.7.2
8. High · 8.1 Patreon WordPress <= 1.6.9 - Cross-Site Request Forgery ↗
   2021-03-26 CVE-2021-24230 Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) Affects < 1.7.0 Patched in 1.7.0
9. Critical · 9.6 Patreon WordPress <= 1.7.0 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting ↗
   2021-03-26 CVE-2021-24229 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') Affects < 1.7.2 Patched in 1.7.2
10. Critical · 9.8 Patreon WordPress < 1.2.2 - PHP Object Injection ↗
    2018-11-23 CVE-2018-20984 Deserialization of Untrusted Data Affects < 1.2.2 Patched in 1.2.2

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 7.0.1

Growth timeline

Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow

1. 2024-11-30 4K+ → 3K+ down after 4 days in tier
2. 2024-11-26 3K+ → 4K+ up after 1 days in tier
3. 2024-11-25 4K+ → 3K+ down after 2 days in tier
4. 2024-11-23 3K+ → 4K+ up after 2 days in tier
5. 2024-11-21 4K+ → 3K+ down after 21 days in tier
6. 2024-10-31 3K+ → 4K+ up after 3 days in tier
7. 2024-10-28 4K+ → 3K+ down after 4 days in tier
8. 2024-10-24 3K+ → 4K+ up after 1 days in tier

Competes with

The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach, closest match first. The letter on the right is each plugin's health grade (A best, F worst).

• Simple Membership 40K+ installs · 4.6★ · 2 shared tags A
• WP User Manager – User Profile Builder & Membership 10K+ installs · 4.7★ · 2 shared tags A
• S Simple Membership After Login Redirection 10K+ installs · 4.4★ · 2 shared tags A
• S Simple Membership Form Shortcode 2K+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags B
• Memberships and User Profiles for WooCommerce – ProfileGrid WooCommerce Integration 300+ installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags B
• Membee Login 300+ installs · 3.8★ · 2 shared tags B

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