Best access-control plugins for WordPress

Limited Admin Role By HEMDOX Digital

Up in the last 7 days:7,813#36,373

by minhaz5227 days ago

A safe "Admin Panel Manager" role for staff, clients and freelancers: one-click presets, per-plugin access, WooCommerce limits and session timeout.

Groups Blog Protect

Up in the last 7 days:6,599#36,440

by itthinx10 months ago

Protect access to blogs via group memberships powered by Groups.

PasswordSentry

Up in the last 7 days:10,137#37,834

by DJ Abrams2 years ago

Secure WordPress by detecting shared passwords, and blocking password sharing. The plugin integrates Password Sentry app into WP to track logins.

RoleMatrix

Up in the last 7 days:2,424#39,939

by Mohammadreza Maghsoudipour2 months ago

A powerful plugin to manage user roles, capabilities, and admin menu access with advanced URL restrictions.

Mathlock Guard

Down in the last 7 days:4,939#44,479

by ishanishr21 days ago

Protects your site with a lightweight math CAPTCHA, requiring visitors to solve a simple question before accessing your content.

AuthDock

#44,709

by RAKIBUZZAMANtoday

All-in-one WordPress authentication: social login, magic links, 2FA, brute force protection, session management & security hardening.

RS User Access

Down in the last 7 days:4,889#46,095

by rorystandley11 years ago

A plugin for allowing the control over what your users can see in the admin section of WordPress

Admin Menu Restrictor

Down in the last 7 days:9,550#46,721

by Ram Vaithia Nathan1 year ago

Restricts the WordPress admin menu for non-admin users, showing only the \"Posts\" menu to simplify the interface and enhance security.

WP Access Control Center

Down in the last 7 days:11,248#46,952

by Michael Finkenberger2 months ago

Take full control over authentication, sessions, and password security in WordPress – including real-time session monitoring, 2FA, and emergency tools

Access

Down in the last 7 days:8,231#48,058

by ryanve13 years ago

Control content access via a taxonomy that accepts user IDs, roles, or capabilities.

WD Restrictions

Down in the last 7 days:7,525#48,348

by WolfDevstoday

Comprehensive WordPress access control for dashboard, admin bar, pages, and post types with role-based permissions.

Network Restricted Members

Down in the last 7 days:3,157#48,537

by Luis Rodrigues10 years ago

Restrict user access to selected sites on open multisite networks.

RoleCraft

#49,815

by Angelo Rocha2 months ago

Take control of WordPress with custom user roles, capabilities, admin menu access, widget control, and content restrictions in one plugin.

Dock Order History Product Restrictions for WooCommerce

Up in the last 7 days:12,447#49,834

by Jacek Sultan7 days ago

Hide WooCommerce products and categories until a customer has completed a required number of orders.

TimeQuota

Up in the last 7 days:16,002#50,023

by RoarDev2 months ago

Control and restrict active browsing time per user, role, and guest visitor. Measures real engagement and blocks access when daily limits are reached.

Meta Membership

Up in the last 7 days:20,419#52,412

by jerrystewart991 month ago

WordPress membership built around the membership cycle, not transactions. Free, flexible, and designed with clubs and nonprofits in mind.

atshift IP Blocker

Up in the last 7 days:17,795#54,999

by @shift6 days ago

Review existing WAF IP records and manually manage Apache server blocks with backups, previews and rollback checks.

VaraStudy Vault Access Control

Up in the last 7 days:905#55,431

by Vara Prasad Jada10 days ago

Course, semester and contributor access controls with administrator moderation for VaraStudy Vault. Purpose - Public visitors can view published resou …

SmartWay Suite

#55,780

by SmartWay Designs4 days ago

Restrict content by role, manage roles, sort media into folders and replace files without breaking links. Switch on only what you need.

PixelClients Closed Site Access

Up in the last 7 days:11,142#56,194

by pixelclients6 months ago

Protect WordPress websites with a branded password gate, access logs, visitor tracking, contact information, and IP blocking.

Access Guard

Up in the last 7 days:5,846#56,768

by Nitin Prakash1 month ago

Access Guard enhances security by managing user permissions and banning IPs to protect sensitive content.

NexiGuard

Down in the last 7 days:2,137#56,804

by Nexiby LLC2 months ago

Restrict website access by IP addresses, CIDR ranges, countries, and regions.

ncdLabs Site Access Policies

#57,966

by ncdLabs1 month ago

Control who can access your WordPress site, domain names, and URL paths with passwords, logins, roles, and reusable policies.

Easeora Content Access

Up in the last 7 days:5,173#58,266

by rifathasanbd3 months ago

Restrict selected pages and posts to logged-in users with a lightweight central manager, custom login message, and search-safe protection.

Konfyra Access Control

#58,504

by gsrcoimbatore1 month ago

Locks non-admin roles out of wp-admin entirely, redirecting them to a frontend page you choose instead.

Folio Gatehouse

Up in the last 7 days:5,774#58,621

by buffcleb3 months ago

Role-based file access control. Restrict upload folders to specific user roles, serve files securely through PHP, and log every access attempt.

NoEntry

Up in the last 7 days:14,573#58,727

by CodeByGary1 year ago

Restrict access to specific WordPress admin pages for selected users. Fully customizable per-user access rules based on URL matching.

LAPDI Member Portal

#58,801

by Let A Pro Do IT!8 days ago

Gate protected pages to logged-in members and give them a self-service account page.

Absoluto Access Gate

Down in the last 7 days:7,670#59,335

by Absoluto Designs9 months ago

Force users to login before viewing pages. Exclude specific pages and allow certain user roles/users to bypass the requirement.

Mandate App Security

Down in the last 7 days:7,674#59,366

by Paul5 months ago

WordPress Application Passwords carry the full access of their user. Mandate App Security adds per-credential policies to limit what each one may do.

Lumo Content Restriction

#59,420

by Lumowp2 days ago

Restrict posts, pages, and custom post types by login, role, or selected users, and redirect visitors who cannot view them.

Access Pages by Role for Admin

#60,203

by Elvorn6 years ago

The plugin allows the WordPress site administrator to easily control access to pages based on the user's role.

Qaiyo Access Manager

#60,886

by qaiyo27 days ago

Control which plugins, post types and taxonomies each role or user can access, with allow/deny rules, per-user overrides and a shortcode.

Only Members Access

#61,024

by LetoWPDev1 year ago

Only Members Access Only Members Access beschränkt den Zugriff auf Inhalte nur auf registrierte und eingeloggte Benutzer.

GlocalSaino WebPagesPassworded

Up in the last 7 days:7,974#61,033

by glocalsaino1 month ago

Single password form for groups of password-protected child pages. Enter the password and get redirected to the right child page automatically.

Blank Page

Up in the last 7 days:12,170#61,376

by swartwerk2 years ago

This plugin displays a blank page for all unauthenticated visitors. Any user logged in, with any capabilities, can see the site.

SoraStyle Full Page Password Protect

#62,815

by ayumitabuchi4 months ago

Protects the full page with the WordPress standard password form, not only the post content.

TempLogix Temporary Login Links

Up in the last 7 days:5,383#63,665

by Abdullah Dilshad2 months ago

Generate secure temporary login links with role-based and time-based access control.

LCK cloud Connector

#63,973

by LCK cloud2 months ago

Restrict your existing pages and posts to members only. Official connector for LCK cloud, a free membership site building system.

PathGuard Redirects

#64,159

by MD. Samrat Hossen1 month ago

Block specific relative URLs on your site and redirect visitors to a custom destination or your theme's 404 page.

Kitgenix Document Manager

Up in the last 7 days:4,904#64,623

by Kitgenix10 days ago

Manage WordPress documents with stable links, access control, signed sharing, versions, scheduling and local analytics.

Restrictify Extension Access Control

#65,088

by Abiodun Paul Ogunnaike3 months ago

Control access to plugin features and menus based on user roles, keeping your WordPress dashboard secure.

RIICT Intranet

#65,110

by reteliriict16 days ago

A complete company intranet: documents, news, departments with access control, a protected file store with versions, file preview and drawings.

Capveriq

Down in the last 7 days:8,132#65,113

by Muhammad Mujahid Sarfraz1 month ago

Find out why a WordPress user cannot access an admin page by inspecting roles, capabilities, menu requirements and runtime permission checks.

RoleArchitect

Down in the last 7 days:11,698#65,542

by byzgl3 months ago

Professional WordPress role and permission management. Design, build and control user access with architectural precision.

Nextfly Domain Restricted Access

#65,630

by NEXTFLY® Web Design1 month ago

Restrict access to post and page based on authorized email domains. Users verify identity via secure email links.

Content management control

Down in the last 7 days:11,125#66,071

by slayerh8 years ago

Allows administrator to restrict post editing.

Rolevault for Ninja Forms

#66,885

by Faisal Ahammad29 days ago

Per-user and per-role access control for Ninja Forms admin sections.

WPSwings Role Permission Editor

Up in the last 7 days:601#67,089

by WP Swings1 month ago

A modern, single-plugin replacement for legacy role editors with visual capability matrix, audit log, and AI-powered features.

RoleVault

Down in the last 7 days:15,592#67,144

by Muhammad Shahbaz3 months ago

Advanced WordPress role manager, capability editor and user access control plugin with WooCommerce support.