# How to add a paywall to your content

**Step 1**: Log in to your WordPress Dashboard.

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**Step 2:** On the left-hand side menu click posts, this will now bring you to your posts dashboard, click add new right at the top.

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**Step 3:** Now you can write your content, starting with your header, then onto your full story/blog.&#x20;

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**Step 4:** Once that is complete, you can now decide where your paywall starts. After each text line, you can add a block by clicking on the blue plus sign, the text underneath where you decide will be hidden by the paywall. Type in Lightning Paywall, and click...

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**Step 5:** Now you have a paywall. Here you can customize how much, the message, and the currency (BTC OBVS😉) you want your paywall to be set up for. Then you can click publish at the top right-hand corner.

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**Step 6:** After you have published, here you can copy the link or view your new paywalled content.

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**Step 7:** Here is your paywalled content, now you have to pay 100 sats to continue reading your article.

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