Pay-To-View Lite enables time-limited rentals of digital media using PayPal and credit card payments. It’s perfect for selling and streaming your digital content with full control over price and rental duration.

Pay-To-View for WordPress

Tired of giving away your valuable videos for free or struggling with complicated membership systems?

You don’t need to anymore.

Meet Pay-To-View, a simple yet powerful pay-per-view rental system built for content creators, educators, tutorials, filmmakers, streaming services, and more.

With Pay-To-View, you can sell time-limited access to your videos, or any digital content, right on your WordPress site. No subscriptions needed — just direct payments and full control over your content.

Your viewers don’t need to register or create accounts. They simply choose a video, make a secure payment, and gain instant access for the limited time you’ve set in your plugin settings.

Creators love Pay-To-View because it’s lightweight, easy to use, and integrates seamlessly with PayPal. You can set your own prices, decide how long rentals last, track every transaction, and publish your videos anywhere using shortcodes.

Turn your video library into a revenue stream — in minutes.

Demo of how the Plugin Works

Watch this quick YouTube tutorial to understand how the plugin works:

Link to YouTube https://youtu.be/d_1CCzhOQ2g

Pay-To-View Lite Features

Accept PayPal and credit card payments
Set custom currency
Fixed time-limited rentals and fixed duration for all media files (for example: set the price $3.99 for a 48-hour rental and these settings will be automatically applied to all media files)
Complete rental log
Built-in shortcode generator
Works with most common WordPress media players that support shortcodes (like Presto Player, FV Player, HTML5, etc.) and YouTube & Vimeo
Automatic confirmation emails to the buyer (you can control Sender, Subject, and Message)
Admin settings for currency, pricing, and rental duration

Pay-To-View Basic & PRO Features

All Lite features
Set custom pricing per media file (e.g., one video $2.99, another $4.99)
Set custom duration per media file (e.g., one video 2 hours, another 48 hours)
Full customization of the rental button (colors, labels, hover effects) with live preview
Control if notifications are sent to admin when a rental is made
Control if confirmation mail is sent to the buyer (Sender, Subject, Message)
Complete rental log with CSV export
All shortcodes stored in a list
Priority bug fixes
Automatic updates

Upgrade to Pay-To-View Basic & PRO

Buy or upgrade to Basic & PRO at: https://theappmill.com/paytoview/pricing_plans.html

The difference between Basic and PRO is mainly support time and bug fixes; the feature set is identical.

How It Works

Install and activate the plugin (full instructions on https://theappmill.com/paytoview/installation.html)
Go to Settings > Pay-To-View Lite and add:
- PayPal business account email and Client ID (get one here: https://developer.paypal.com/api/rest/)
- Price (fixed in Lite, fixed or individual in Basic/PRO)
- Rental duration (fixed in Lite, fixed or individual in Basic/PRO)
- Currency
Add a media file to a post/page. Copy its slug exactly — it must match for the rental to work.
Go to the Shortcode page:
- Add the slug
- Price and duration auto-filled from settings (Lite) or set individually (Basic/Pro)
- Select a media player (Presto Player, YouTube, HTML5, etc.)
- Add media ID or URL
- Click Generate Shortcode
Paste the shortcode into your page/post.
Publish — the rental button will now appear. Visitors can click, pay securely, and watch instantly.
Every rental is logged automatically (Date, Email, Slug, Expiration, etc.)
Confirmation emails sent (configurable)
Visitors never need to register — simple pay, watch, and leave experience.

External Services

Integrates with PayPal using official JavaScript SDK
Includes a link to an internal upgrade info page

Upgrade to PRO (Static HTML Page)

The “Upgrade to PRO” admin menu item loads a static HTML file from: /assets/admin/upgrade-page.html. This page presents feature comparisons and pricing for Basic & PRO.

Service: Local static HTML page (no remote API)
External links: https://theappmill.com
Terms: https://theappmill.com/paytoview/terms.html
Privacy Policy: https://theappmill.com/paytoview/privacy.html

No user data is sent externally.

PayPal Integration

Uses PayPal JavaScript SDK (client-side) to render payment buttons and process transactions
Client ID required from PayPal Developer Dashboard
PayPal business email used to receive payments
No personal data sent externally; plugin does not use IPN
PayPal Terms: https://www.paypal.com/us/webapps/mpp/ua/useragreement-full
Privacy: https://www.paypal.com/us/legalhub/privacy-full

License

GPL-2.0-or-later: https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html

Pay-To-View Lite