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Site Access Restriction | Restrict Site and Content Access WordPress Plugin

A gated content powerful solution and restricted content plugin for WordPress. Restrict content access by user role on your WordPress site.

Access and Content Restriction WordPress Plugin Description

Lock away your exclusive content and give access only to valued members. The WordPress Site and Content Restriction plugin allows you to control which WordPress users can view each post or page on your site.

Choose which post type, category or even specific page should be locked – and to whom. Only logged-in users can access? Only Administrators? Only accounts created more than 7 days ago? You can control everything.

Membership Plugin Solution

WordPress Restricted Content Plugin acts as a WordPress membership plugin and lets you restrict content.

Manage private content on your WordPress Posts, Pages, Categories, URLs, Custom Posts, and even portions of a post's content using a shortcode

 Lock certain users out of premium content
Lock certain users out of premium content

Redirect, Hide All, Hide Part

Page's content is partially hidden
Page's content is partially hidden		 How to hide content? Choose between:

  1. Hiding all content
  2. Showing part of content
  3. Redirecting to another page

Gated Content Solution

You can open part of your WordPress site posts to visitors who are not logged in while leaving other pages to be accessible only to logged-in users or to registered users with specific roles in a private area.

Restrict complete Pages or Posts from appearing to website visitors who haven't paid a subscription as an easy way to monetize premium content access within a private section on your membership site.

 Settings Options To Restrict Access to content Based on Post Type
Settings Options To Restrict Access to content Based on Post Type

Restrict access to content by specifying URL

Dashboard Controlling URL Access Rules
Dashboard Controlling URL Access Rules		 The WP Restrict content plugin is easily configurable with many powerful features.

You can protect URLs which are generated by third party plugins directly from the restrict content URL dashboard and apply restrictions on specific actions used within the subscription plugin.

Drip Content By Time and Role

Lock pages to accounts until they have been active for a set amount of days.

Set different time values for each user role.

Choose a specific page users will be redirected to if they still don't have access.

For even more control, set a timer on each individual post/page or any custom post type of your site.

 Dripping content settings
Dripping content settings

Restrict Access by Specific Date or Period

Date/time restrictions
Date/time restrictions		 Open the access to certain pages or site areas by setting a specific period of time or date.

Define it for any post type, URL, category or a specific post/page

Restrict Based on Category

Impede certain roles from accessing certain categories of your content.

This applies to any post, page or custom post type, even if they were created by third-party plugins.

Example: let only Authors view posts with the category 'Sensitive'.

Or hide special WooCommerce products from regular customers.

This is the best solution for gating content on your WordPress site based on membership or role.

 Restricting view of WooCommerce product category
Restricting view of WooCommerce product category

Access and Content Restriction WordPress Plugin Use Cases

  • Exclusive Club – Create a website with exclusive content accessible by paid members only. When a guest tries to access the premium content, he/she will be redirected to the “Join Now” page
  • Tiered Membership – Use this subscription plugin to grant limited access to new users, locking sections of certain posts or pages. Users with membership subscriptions will see the complete content
  • Drip Content – Only allow new users to see the forum page 7 days (or any other number of days) after registration
  • Menu Items Visibility – The plugin allows to restrict menu items to different user roles and depending on if they are logged in or not

WordPress Access and Content Restriction Plugin Related Use Cases

How To Restrict Content by User Role

  • Control WP Site Access – Easily restrict complete post content. Also supports private content restrictions for pages, custom posts, part of a post and any URL within your site
  • Content Drip Solution – Hide precious content from recently-created accounts. Instead, grant them access only a after a set amount of days
  • Restrict Content by Role – Open content only to specific WordPress roles and support several access levels of restriction. For example, you can restrict content to only Administrators, Editors and Authors
  • Gated Content WordPress Site – Give access to part of the content of a page or post to visitors while locking valuable content to members only
  • Site Lock Down – Protect your content and by creating private areas, access levels for post and pages
  • User Login and User Registration Support – Integrates with the User Registration plugin to provide easy user login and user registration

Access and Content Restriction Additional Resources

Access and Content Restriction Features

Please check the user guide to learn more about this plugin

Restrict Page/Post Access

Restrict Custom Post Types – Control the access to all posts of a specific custom post type
URL Filtering – Lock access to specific URLs, allowing you to restrict actions added by external plugins
Restrict Access to Visitors – Choose whether the page or post should be open to all users or registered users only for each page or post. Protect your content now
Restrict Access by Role – Set whether or not the page should be open to specific user roles only for each page or post
Drip Content by Account Age – Only allow access to accounts active for a certain number of days
Restrict by Category – Prevent certain user roles from accessing specific categories, including from posts, pages and custom post types
Date Restrictions – Open the access to specific posts or pages for a specific day or period of time
Restrict Access by Capability – Advanced WordPress users can use the subscription plugin to limit access based on capabilities, such as edit page
Restrict the Content Fully or Partially – Define how much content you want to restrict for your users: hide all content or show only some part of it
Edit Denied Message – Display any text, in any language, when users are denied access
Exclude Blog Homepage – If you use the latest blogs as homepage, you can easily create an exception to make sure the homepage is not restricted
User Blacklist – Create a list of users who are denied access to content
User Whitelist – Create an exclusive list of users who are granted access to content
Allow Guest Users Only – Restrict content so that only non logged-in (guest) users can access specific pages or content

Redirect Features

Redirect Page – Define a page users will be redirected to once they try to access content which is available for members only
User Role Redirect Page – Select a redirect page users will be redirected to once they try to access content restricted to a different role
Time Redirect Page – Choose the page users will be redirected to if their account hasn’t hit the necessary number of days from creation

Membership Solution Utilities

Bulk Update – Update multiple access restrictions to post and pages at once
Quick Edit – Support quick edit functionality so “ad hoc pages” can also be edited to add access restrictions. This is useful for 3rd party plugins
Customize Denied Message – Define the content users without access will see
Restrict Menu Items – Control the visibility of menu items for different user roles and depending on if they are logged in or not

Integration

Registration and Login – Integrate the User Registration and Invitation Codes to allow easy login and registration. Control the fields in your registration forms by role. Offer registration by invitation code, same page login and many other powerful features

Content Restriction Plugin Editions and Pricing

FeaturePro EditionAdvanced EditionUltimate Edition
$39 $69 $119
Restrict access to registered users IncludedIncludedIncluded
Restrict access by role IncludedIncludedIncluded
Redirect-to for when users are not logged-in IncludedIncludedIncluded
Redirect when role doesn’t match requirement IncludedIncludedIncluded
Restrict access by URL IncludedIncludedIncluded
Restrict access by custom post type IncludedIncludedIncluded
Restrict portions of content in post IncludedIncludedIncluded
Restrict access by account age (Content dripping) IncludedIncludedIncluded
Date restrictions IncludedIncludedIncluded
Restrict access by category IncludedIncludedIncluded
Menu items control IncludedIncludedIncluded
Bulk update access settings IncludedIncludedIncluded
Shortcode support IncludedIncludedIncluded
Registration plugin included Not includedIncludedIncluded
Payment support Not includedNot includedIncluded
Approve users after registration Not includedNot includedIncluded
Send invitation in bulk emails Not includedNot includedIncluded
$39 $69 $119

Access and Content Restriction Frequently Asked Questions

Please check the user guide to learn more about this plugin

How do I block (or unblock) an individual post?

The plugin supports blocking or restricting access to individual posts in two ways:

1 – Using a URL method which you can list in the plugin restrict URL section,

2 – On the metabox found on each post edit page which lets you define the access restriction rules for the specific post.

Is there a registration and login widget without the CM Registration plugin?

No. You need to have both the Registration plugin and the Content Restrictions plugin to be able to display a registration and login widget.

You can of course always use the WordPress default login and registration screens.

Can access be restricted to logged-in users?

Yes. You can turn your site into a membership site allowing only logged in users to view content.

Can I restrict only certain URLs or pages of my site?

Yes. The plugin includes a URL filtering functionality to help you restrict access to content on your site which is generated with unique URLs. It can also support URL parameters and restrict only URL with specifically set params.

To learn more about URL filtering with the Content Restriction Plugin see this User Guide.

Can the content restriction be applied to specific WordPress roles?

Yes. The plugin can control which user role can access the post for each post. This means that you can create several zones on your WordPress site which are available only to selected user groups.

Can I restrict access to certain pages for a specific period of time?

Yes, you can define a day or period of time when your site visitors will have access to the post/page or site area. Learn more about it in this Help Article.

Can the content restriction be applied to specific Custom Post Types?

Yes. The plugin can control which post types including custom post types will have access restrictions. Once limit access but post type all posts under this post type will be restricted.

Can I prevent only new accounts from accessing parts of my site? (Content drip)

Yes, you can set this time restriction, in days, by post type and role. Also, in individual pages.

Learn more: Site Access Restriction (SAR) – Restricting Content For X Days After Registration.

I use a plugin that has categories. Can I restrict access to those?

Likely yes. The Site Access Restriction plugin allows you to control access by role to categories of all post types. However, since that may involve third-party code, the feature might be obstructed by the other plugin.

Can I show or hide specific menu items for different users?

Yes, you can control which menu items to display for specific user roles or to logged-in/non-logged-in users. Learn more about it in this Help Article.

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