# Monero Subscriptions Plugin

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/monero-subscriptions-plugin/264997>\
**Category:** Plugin\
**Created:** [May 15, 2023, 6:11am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/monero-subscriptions-plugin/264997 "2023-05-15T06:11:42Z")\
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**Author:** ![spirobel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/spirobel/32/170908_2.png) [@spirobel](https://meta.discourse.org/u/spirobel)\
**Post date:** [May 15, 2023, 6:11am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/monero-subscriptions-plugin/264997/1 "2023-05-15T06:11:43Z")

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| ℹ | **Summary** | **Monero Subscriptions** allows site owners to sell recurring and one-time purchase subscriptions that grant access to a group on a Discourse instance. |
| 🛠 | **Repository Link** | [GitHub - spirobel/monero-discourse-subscriptions: A Discourse plugin that allows payments and subscription management via Monero. · GitHub](https://github.com/spirobel/monero-discourse-subscriptions) |
| 📖 | **Install Guide** | [How to install plugins in Discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/t/install-plugins-in-discourse/19157) |

  

### Features

Here is a video that describes the features:

> <https://twitter.com/spirobel/status/1595949928634667008>

The full video can also be found on youtube:[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZeyAH9JUs2g](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZeyAH9JUs2g)

### Configuration

Please follow the steps described in the README of the github repository:  
[https://github.com/spirobel/monero-discourse-subscriptions](https://github.com/spirobel/monero-discourse-subscriptions)

### TODO

- I tried this with stagenet coins and it has been running without issue on forum.monerochan.news since I created it.
- There is currently no budget to maintain it, so don’t use it for production.

Because of the versatile permission system of Discourse, it is possible to use this in many creative ways to sell content / access to more productive group conversations.

> [@How would I install a cryptocurrency paywall?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-would-i-install-a-cryptocurrency-paywall/264103/6):
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> That is possible. Take a look at the category security settings page: The Builders group would for example be the group that people pay subscription access for. You are free to add the everyone group as well and remove the create and reply permissions. So everyone can see the posts (no paywall) but people have to pay to create topics and reply to them. (You could go even more fancy and charge extra for people to create topics vs just being able to reply) So this plugin can be used…

I used a special technique to make the better maintained js package work with Discourse: [https://twitter.com/spirobel/status/1596299822516285440](https://twitter.com/spirobel/status/1596299822516285440)

If you are looking for similar solutions I am also available for consulting work. This work can be adapted for other cryptocurrencies and payment providers.

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