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Gates

Free Pages

Whitelist specific URLs so they are never gated, regardless of your trigger rules.

Free pages are URLs that should always be accessible — even if a gate trigger would otherwise match them.

Adding a free page

  1. Go to Dashboard → Domains → [your domain] → Free Pages
  2. Click Add URL
  3. Enter the exact path (e.g. /about, /contact, /subscribe/confirmed)

Free pages apply domain-wide and override any gate trigger.

Common free pages to add

URLReason
/Homepage — readers should always see it
/aboutAbout page — important for trust
/subscribeYour subscription landing page
/subscribe/confirmedPost-payment confirmation
/sitemap.xmlSearch engine crawlers
/robots.txtSearch engine crawlers
/privacy, /termsLegal pages — required to be free

Free pages vs gate triggers

Free pages take precedence over all gate triggers. If a URL is both in your free pages list and matched by a gate trigger, the gate does not fire.

Use free pages for:

  • Navigational pages (homepage, about, contact)
  • Subscription management pages (so paying readers can manage their account)
  • Legal / compliance pages
  • Any URL you want search engines to fully crawl and index

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