=== Content Revenue Engine ===
Contributors: leadhospitality
Tags: paywall, content monetization, pay per post, content revenue, premium subscriptions
Requires at least: 6.0
Tested up to: 6.9
Stable tag: 1.1.21
Requires PHP: 7.4
License: GPLv2 or later
License URI: https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html

Content Revenue Engine is a professional content monetization plugin for WordPress designed for publishers, premium blogs, and knowledge businesses.

== Description ==

Content Revenue Engine is a professional content monetization plugin for WordPress designed for publishers, premium blogs, and knowledge businesses.

Pay Per Post, metered paywalls, dynamic CTAs and more — all included in your free trial.


Content Revenue Engine helps publishers and content sites limit free reads by period while keeping selected content exempt.

Features included in this free build:

* Metered paywall
* Exempt categories, tags and content
* Dynamic notices and CTAs
* Dashboard
* Inspector
* Quick Setup wizard
* Compatibility layer for member bypass rules

This WordPress.org build focuses on the core metered paywall experience only.

== Installation ==

1. Upload the plugin folder to `/wp-content/plugins/`.
2. Activate the plugin.
3. Go to **ContentRevenue** in the WordPress admin.
4. Run Quick Setup and configure the paywall.

== Changelog ==

= 1.1.20 =
* Replaced directory banners with the approved creatives.
* Reduced plugin tags to the 5 allowed tags for WordPress.org.
* Kept animated GIF icons for the plugin directory.

= 1.1.15 =
* Updated the topbar logo link to https://www.content-revenue.com/.
* Updated all “How it Works →” links to https://www.content-revenue.com/how-it-works/.
* Refined readme metadata for version alignment and cleaner SEO tags.


= 1.1.14 =
* Fixed HUB links in the free topbar so logo, How it Works, and Not Licensed point to content-revenue.com.
* Cleaned the distributable ZIP by removing repository and macOS metadata files.
* Aligned the free readme copy for clearer WordPress.org search relevance.


= 1.1.8 =
* Further cleaned the WordPress.org build to reduce commercial and payment-related wording in the free package.
* Keeps the free build focused on the core metered paywall experience.

= 1.1.9 =
* Replaced the exempt-posts admin lookup with a direct prepared SQL query to avoid disallowed WP_Query parameters in the WordPress.org scan.
* Reworked read-only admin parameter handling in UI Extras to avoid nonce-verification warnings on submenu redirects.

= 1.1.10 =
* Replaced inline admin scripts with proper enqueued assets.
* Hardened public prefixes and replaced the generic gate shortcode with [contrev_gate].
* Migrated the main option key to `contrev_engine_options` with backward-compatible migration.

= 1.1.11 =
* Replaced the remaining direct database query in admin with WordPress post queries.
* Removed duplicate inline gate help text.
* Refined the readme for the WordPress.org submission.