Status: Available Turn premium blog posts into something members can buy by bundling them into an access group and selling that group through a product or plan.
A premium blog post isn't sold on its own. You group your premium posts into a blog access group, then include that access group in a product or plan. Members who buy the product or subscribe to the plan get the whole group; everyone else sees only the summary as a teaser.
If you haven't read How access & monetization works yet, read it first. This article assumes you understand products and plans.
The three steps
1. Write the post and mark it premium
In Blog (/admin/content/blog), write your post and set Access Type to Premium. (See Write & publish a blog post.) A premium post shows its full article only to members with access; everyone else sees the Summary, so make that summary a genuine teaser.
A public post is free to everyone no matter what. Access groups only matter once a post is premium.
2. Put the post in an access group
A blog access group is just a named bundle of premium posts. It's the unit you sell, instead of selling posts one at a time.
You can either tag the post into an access group from the post itself (the Access Groups field on the post), or manage the group's posts from the group. To create a new group, open Blog Access Group (/admin/content/blog_access_group), click Create Item, give it a Title, and add your premium posts to it.
A post can sit in more than one access group, and a group can hold as many posts as you like.
3. Include the access group in a product or plan
This is the part people miss: you add the access group to a product or plan, not the individual post.
- For a one-time purchase, include the access group when you create a Product (
/admin/content/product). - For a recurring subscription, include it when you create a Plan (
/admin/content/plan).
You can also include all blogs at once instead of a specific access group. If you choose "all blogs," that covers every premium post and overrides any specific access-group picks for blogs. See How access & monetization works for how the "everything of a type" rule combines with specific picks.
What members see
| Member | What they get |
|---|---|
| Has the product or plan that includes the group | The full article. |
| Doesn't have access | The post's Summary as a teaser, with a prompt to get access. |