Unlock-To-View – Video Paywall & Rentals

Unlock-To-View is a lightweight WordPress video paywall plugin for restricting access to videos and offering pay-per-view rentals. Viewers simply enter their email address, receive an unlock code, and use the code to access the video for the configured rental period.

Create your first video rental shortcode in minutes, then place it on any WordPress page to start offering time-limited video access.

No registration is required, and viewers can pay afterwards if you choose to use a manual payment process.

Unlock-To-View works with shortcode-based WordPress video players, YouTube, Vimeo, and direct video URLs. No media player selection is required when creating a shortcode.

Demo

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Key Features:

• Lock any video with a simple shortcode.
• Fixed price and duration for all rentals.
• Works with shortcode-based WordPress video players and video URLs without requiring a media player selection.
• Easy-to-use shortcode generator in the admin panel.
• All shortcodes are stored in a log.
• Full rental log with email, slug, media, expiration, unlock code and IP.
• Email reminders for expired video rentals and unpaid manual payments.
• A mark as paid button to show if a rental is paid.
• CSV export of all shortcodes and rentals.
• Customizable unlock button text.
• No third-party integration.

PRO Features:

• Full customization of the unlock/rental button.
• Fixed or individual price and duration for rentals.
• Styling options directly in the admin panel.

How it works:

1. Embed a video on any page or post.
2. Use the Unlock-To-View shortcode.
3. Users unlock the video by adding their email address.
4. All rentals are logged using email, slug, expiry date and code.

External services

This plugin may connect to the following external services:

Vimeo (player.vimeo.com)

• Purpose: To display embedded videos using Vimeo’s video player.
• What is sent: When a video is displayed, the visitor’s browser requests the video from Vimeo’s servers. This includes the video ID and standard browser request information (such as IP address and user agent).
• When: Only when a page containing a Vimeo video shortcode is viewed.
• Terms of Service: https://vimeo.com/terms
• Privacy Policy: https://vimeo.com/privacy

theappmill.com

• Purpose: The plugin includes links to the developer’s website for documentation, support, and information about Unlock-To-View PRO. The “Upgrade to Pro” menu item and other upgrade links open the plans and features page at https://theappmill.com/unlocktoview/unlocktoview_plans.html.
• What is sent: No data is sent automatically by Unlock-To-View. If an administrator manually clicks one of these external links, their browser makes a normal web request to theappmill.com. Standard request information such as IP address, browser/user-agent information, and referrer information may be processed by the website or its hosting provider.
• When: Only when an administrator manually clicks a link to theappmill.com in the plugin interface.
• Terms of Service: https://theappmill.com/unlocktoview/terms.html
• Privacy Policy: https://theappmill.com/unlocktoview/privacy.html

License

This plugin is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 as published by the Free Software Foundation.