Limiting registered users to only X posts every Y period of time?

#1

I want to create one subscription category that allows a user to login and view 5 posts every month. It is a free subscription, but they are limited to only 5 posts a month. Is this possible?

#2

You will need custom code for that. And you will need to decide whether you mean five views or five posts (each with unlimited views).

#3

Thank you for your quick response. So it sounds very doable! I would rather do 5 views, but 5 posts is possible if that is easier and more “secure” to limit users. I mean, I assume the posts could be saved in the database by views may only be saved by a cookie? Am I wrong?

#4

I wouldn’t do it with a cookie. I would set an incremental meta value each time a post is viewed and then check against that.