Automattic / Automattic/jetpack

Comments: allow gating only to paid members or free subscribers

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[Feature] Comments [Feature] Memberships [Feature] Subscriptions Enhancement
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Description

To keep commenting more spam free, and within blog's reader community, a publisher might want to limit the discussions only to paid members or Newsletter subscribers.

Example from a competitor:

Currently, commenting on paid posts is limited to paid members, and open posts depending on WordPress settings (comments open, closed, for signed up users only).

#### Internal references

Team 51 discussion:
- p9MPsk-3Zr-p2/#comment-27309
- 26-gh-a8cteam51/public

Slack convos:
- p1686814175340449-slack-C01B6KEJ5GE
- p1730912998442399-slack-C052XEUUBL4

This might also be tangentially related (or need updating if we change how it’s working now):
- https://github.com/Automattic/wp-calypso/pull/75930

Contributor guide

Open the contributing guide

Research direction

No files, tests, or code entry points are named. Start by tracing the existing paid-post and WordPress comment-settings behavior, then clarify the desired subscriber and paid-member states and define tests for each commenting access option.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Tech stack
php, wordpress
Domain
authorization, backend
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
25/100

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