Dude Patron

Dude Patron is a lightweight WordPress patronage plugin that makes it easy for your audience to support your work.

Accept one-off or recurring patron payments directly from your WordPress site using Stripe Checkout.

Dude Patron is designed for creators, independent publishers, writers, bloggers and other WordPress site owners who want a simple way to accept financial support without running a complicated membership or ecommerce system.

One-off and recurring patronage

Give your supporters a simple way to contribute.

Patrons can make a one-off contribution or provide ongoing recurring support.

Secure Stripe payments

Payments are processed securely through Stripe Checkout.

Your site does not need to collect or store card details.

Public patron list

Optionally recognise the people supporting your work with a public patron list on your WordPress site.

Track your supporters

View and manage patron activity from your WordPress dashboard, giving you a simple overview of the people supporting your work.

Built for simplicity

Dude Patron focuses on the essentials of patronage without turning your WordPress site into a complicated membership platform.

Your website. Your audience. Their support.

Video Tour

Watch the Dude Patron feature tour to see how easy it is to accept one-off and recurring patron support with Stripe:

External services

This plugin connects to Stripe to process payments. When a visitor starts checkout, name, email, amount, and currency are sent to Stripe. Stripe’s terms: https://stripe.com/legal and privacy policy: https://stripe.com/privacy

Licensing and updates for the optional Pro package use Freemius. Connecting is optional; you can skip it and keep using the free plugin. See https://freemius.com/privacy/