# Paragraph feature update: newsletter metrics, improved gating & more

*Better understand how your content performs.*

By [Paragraph](https://paragraph.com/@blog) · 2023-03-06

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We're excited to announce a handful of new features:

*   **Newsletter metrics:** open rates are now available for your newsletters, helping you better understand engagement. Click rates & view counts are on the way!
    
*   **Gating improvements:** gate individual sections in your posts to incentivize subscribers to upgrade. Require that readers subscribe _and/or_ hold specific tokens for access to gated content.
    
*   **Share button embeds:** embed a button that allows readers to share your newsletter with others.
    

Newsletter Metrics
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Starting today, you can view the open rates of all newsletters you send, allowing you to better understand how your audience engages with your content.

![](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/c1aaed38edbc91aca5b4d3c6bd6f4e7e.png)

You can find these metrics on every individual post in the editor, and view aggregate publication-wide metrics on your Subscribers page.

We'll be launching additional metrics over the coming weeks, including click rates & page view counts.

Gating improvements
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### Section gating

Historically, a post on Paragraph had to be either completely gated or completely accessible, with no in between. This worked well for certain use cases, but many users wanted more flexibility: they wanted to have a free preview available, to draw readers in and ensure the post was accessible for search engines, but gate the most valuable content behind a token.

We now support this natively. In the editor, type "/" and insert a new embed that gates everything after a certain point.

![](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/923675704998946bf830254b3d897143.png)

### Granting access based on combinations of tokens or newsletter subscriptions

You can now grant access to token-gated posts using a combination of NFTs/ERC20s and complex AND/OR conditionals. You can also require that readers subscribe to your newsletter before accessing.

For example, you can grant access if a reader holds one of your previously collected posts (using our [Highlight integration](https://paragraph.xyz/@blog/highlight)); **or** if they hold 1 BAYC **and** are a subscriber to your newsletter.

This unlocks a handful of new usecases: one exciting usecase is bundling subscriptions with another author and granting access to eachother's content, enabling you both to grow an audience together.

Share button embeds
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Embed a share button into your newsletters to encourage your readers to share with others:

[Share](https://paragraph.xyz/@blog/metrics-and-gating)

Any feedback? Reply to this email, drop a comment below and let us know!

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*Originally published on [Paragraph](https://paragraph.com/@blog/metrics-and-gating)*