Reader accounts

News. Core adds front-end accounts: a Login page (sign in, create account with e-mail confirmation, password reset, social login with Nextend Social Login) and a My account page (profile and photo, saved articles, reading history, comments, newsletters, security, Premium). Readers never see wp-admin. Configure it in News. → Account.

Visitor, free account and Premium#

	Visitor (not signed in)	Free account	Premium
Read free stories	✓	✓	✓
Read Premium stories	first paragraphs, then the paywall	first paragraphs, then the paywall	✓ complete
Comment	— (sees “Join the discussion”)	✓	✓
Save articles	on this device only; moved into the account at sign-in	✓ in the account, on every device	✓
Newsletters, reading history, profile photo	—	✓	✓
Ads	shown	shown	none (if No ads for Premium readers is on)
Buy Premium	✓ (account created at checkout)	✓ from My account → News Premium	extend / change plan

Free accounts are on by default (News. → Account → Allow visitors to create accounts). Switch it off to give accounts only to Premium buyers — the WooCommerce checkout creates them; the sign-in page and the bookmark button then point readers to the Premium page. New accounts confirm their e-mail address first.

Comments are for signed-in readers by default (News. → Account → Only signed-in readers can comment). Switch it off to let the WordPress setting decide (Settings → Discussion).