Pay the web forward

Whether you're building plugins, extensions, or libraries, your contributions make open, sustainable monetization a reality.

  • Advance open standards.

  • Collaborate with the community.

  • Improve extensions and plugins.

  • Build tools that empower publishers.

Developer's Playground

The Web Monetization Playground is a developer-friendly environment to understand how Web Monetization works under the hood and to test payment flows.

Web monetization Libraries/Plugins

There have been a number of libraries and plugins developed over the years to enable Web Monetization features on the web, but a lot of them need updating to conform to the latest specification. If you would like to help out this effort, please check out the full list. These plugins have already been updated:

  • Astro Monetization

    This Astro component simplifies the process of adding monetization links to your Astro sites.

    Find out more
  • react-monetize

    Helpers and hooks to speed up your integration with Web Monetization API

    Find out more
  • Monetize 11ty

    An Eleventy plugin to monetize posts and site content by creating exclusive content areas

    Find out more

Tech blog

End-to-end testing the Web Monetization browser extension

End-to-end testing a browser extension can be tricky, but Playwright helps us get it right. In this post, we share how we test the Web Monetization extension—from wallet connections to micro-payments—ensuring a smooth, reliable experience for users.

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