Best access plugins for WordPress
The most popular access plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Loginizer leads with 1M+ active installs, ahead of User Role Editor (700K+) and Remove Dashboard Access (30K+). All 92 plugins tagged “access” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 10 access plugins
- 1.
LoginizerThe most installed access plugin, with 1M+ active installs. Rated 4.8 from 1,033 reviews, updated 1 week ago.
- 2.
User Role Editor700K+ active installs. Rated 4.5 from 288 reviews, updated 5 days ago.
- 3.
Remove Dashboard Access30K+ active installs. Rated 4.6 from 78 reviews, updated 5 months ago.
- 4.User Access Manager
10K+ active installs. Rated 4.4 from 112 reviews, updated 1 month ago.
- 5.
Groups10K+ active installs. Rated 4.8 from 382 reviews, updated 5 days ago.
- 6.
Controlled Admin Access10K+ active installs. Rated 4.8 from 45 reviews, updated 4 days ago.
- 7.Simple Membership Form Shortcode
2K+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, updated 2 months ago.
- 8.
Authenticator1K+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 8 reviews, updated 9 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.9.11.
- 9.
Groups 404 Redirect1K+ active installs. Rated 4.6 from 10 reviews, updated 1 month ago.
- 10.
Htaccess by BestWebSoft400+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, updated 6 months ago.
All 92 plugins tagged “access”

Loginizer
#46by Softaculous11 days ago
Loginizer is a WordPress security plugin which helps you fight against bruteforce attacks.
- Installs
- 1M+
- Rating
- 4.8(1K)
- Downloads
- 9K/day

User Role Editor
#90by Vladimir Garagulya5 days ago
User Role Editor WordPress plugin makes user roles and capabilities changing easy. Edit/add/delete WordPress user roles and capabilities.
- Installs
- 700K+
- Rating
- 4.5(288)
- Downloads
- 14.6K/day

Remove Dashboard Access
Down in the last 7 days:3#993by TrustedLogin5 months ago
Disable Dashboard access for users of a specific role or capability. Disallowed users are redirected to a chosen URL. Get set up in seconds.
- Installs
- 30K+
- Rating
- 4.6(78)
- Downloads
- 169/day
User Access Manager
Down in the last 7 days:3#1,487by gm_alex2 months ago
With the "User Access Manager"-plugin you can manage the access to your posts, pages and files.
- Installs
- 10K+
- Rating
- 4.4(112)
- Downloads
- 141/day

Groups
Down in the last 7 days:4#1,738by itthinx5 days ago
Turn your site into a powerful membership solution. Manage members, teams and access to content easily.
- Installs
- 10K+
- Rating
- 4.8(382)
- Downloads
- 206/day

Controlled Admin Access
#1,764by Waseem Senjer4 days ago
Give a temporarily limited admin access to themes designers, plugins developers and support agents.
- Installs
- 10K+
- Rating
- 4.8(45)
- Downloads
- 71/day
Simple Membership Form Shortcode
Down in the last 7 days:16#4,284by wp.insider2 months ago
Simple Membership Addon to generate registration form shortcode for specific membership access level.
- Installs
- 2K+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 24/day

Authenticator
Up in the last 7 days:76#5,262by Syde GmbH (formerly Inpsyde)9 months ago
This plugin allows you to make your WordPress site accessible to logged in users only.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 5.0(8)
- Downloads
- 22/day

Groups 404 Redirect
Up in the last 7 days:6#6,380by itthinx1 month ago
Redirect 404's when a visitor tries to access a page protected by Groups.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 4.6(10)
- Downloads
- 20/day

Htaccess by BestWebSoft
Up in the last 7 days:13#9,886by bestwebsoft6 months ago
Protect WordPress website – allow and deny access for certain IP addresses, hostnames, etc.
- Installs
- 400+
- Rating
- 4.0(2)
- Downloads
- 8/day
Access Areas for WordPress
Down in the last 7 days:39#9,956by podpirate11 months ago
Fine tuning access to your posts.
- Installs
- 400+
- Rating
- 4.5(17)
- Downloads
- 11/day
MW IP Denied
Up in the last 7 days:8#10,989by Takashi Kitajima13 years ago
MW IP Denied allows you to set access restrictions by IP address for each article.
- Installs
- 300+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 5/day

WP JV Post Reading Groups
Down in the last 7 days:25#12,221by Janos Ver6 years ago
Easily create posts and pages visible only for selected users of your blog
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 3.7(9)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Read More Login
Down in the last 7 days:69#12,349by arildur5 years ago
Put a combined read more/login/registration form in your posts and pages. The visitors must log in or sign up to read more.
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 4.4(7)
- Downloads
- 11/day

Loginstyle
Down in the last 7 days:49#12,519by archtheme10 years ago
Brand and customize your login page without any coding knowledge.
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 4.9(7)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Melapress Role Editor
Down in the last 7 days:79#14,268by Melapress10 days ago
The complete WordPress user roles plugin for everyone
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 20/day

Frontier Restrict Backend
Down in the last 7 days:102#14,761by finnj3 years ago
Frontier Restrict Backend will restrict users from access to the backend (admin area)
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 5.0(3)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Page Protection
Up in the last 7 days:120#17,981by mortenf17 years ago
Protect pages and their subpages with user name/password, and keep protected pages from showing up in menus, search results and page lists.
- Installs
- 80+
- Rating
- 3.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day
BU Section Editing
Up in the last 7 days:378#20,290by BU Web Team14 days ago
Advanced content editing workflow in WordPress through the use of section editing groups and permissions.
- Installs
- 50+
- Rating
- 5.0(5)
- Downloads
- 11/day

IP Whitelist
Down in the last 7 days:43#20,460by Awesoft29 days ago
Restrict the WordPress admin area and login page to trusted IP addresses and ranges (IPv4, IPv6 and CIDR).
- Installs
- 50+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Force login to make the site private
Up in the last 7 days:241#21,063by Fernando Tellado2 months ago
Force visitors to log in before accessing your site with extensive exception controls.
- Installs
- 50+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 11/day

UserFlow
Down in the last 7 days:1,478#23,238by Ga Satrya1 month ago
UserFlow: Only admins can access the dashboard by default. Whitelist trusted users easily, quick setup, and secure.
- Installs
- 30+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Monitor Login
Up in the last 7 days:46#24,506by aixeiger3 years ago
Every time than a user log into your website you will receive a simple email notify this.
- Installs
- 30+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

idbbee
Down in the last 7 days:399#26,766by dbBee2 years ago
Turn your Excel Spreadsheet, or Access database into a powerful online database application with a few clicks.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Drafts Dropdown
Down in the last 7 days:2#26,971by Crowd Favorite4 years ago
Adds a Drafts tab to the admin bar so that you can quickly access your draft blog posts.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Temporary Access
Up in the last 7 days:32#29,007by Sajjad Hossain Sagor5 months ago
This plugin helps you to create a temporary login for a limited amount of time to give access anyone.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Role Content Restriction
Down in the last 7 days:77#29,553by Imprevo10 years ago
Restricts access to selected post types based on user roles.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
User Access Expiration
Down in the last 7 days:209#29,567by NateJacobs12 years ago
A user's access to a site is disabled after a specified number of days. The admin can set the number of days since registration to deny access.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 1/day

Member-Exclusive Products for WooCommerce
Down in the last 7 days:49#32,173by Amzil Ayoub1 year ago
A WordPress plugin to control WooCommerce product visibility for logged-in users.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Token Access
Up in the last 7 days:1,493#32,976by Anthony1 year ago
Limit access to the site to those with a cookie token. Visitors without the cookie see a customisable "coming soon" style of page.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day

SAM Support Access Manager
#34,714by 2carets5 months ago
Grant temporary, monitored support access to developers and staff.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 2/day
Protect Ai Login
#35,441by anouny10 years ago
Change default login site to a custom URL, block spam, bot registration, and brute-force using Google reCAPTCHA.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Very basic content restriction
Up in the last 7 days:9,980#35,770by curlybracket12 years ago
Restricts access to all content except pages for non authenticated users.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(3)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Groups Blog Protect
Up in the last 7 days:6,599#36,440by itthinx10 months ago
Protect access to blogs via group memberships powered by Groups.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Nodelytics Real Time Stats
Up in the last 7 days:2,004#38,941by straps15 years ago
Simplest way to add Nodelytics code to enable real time statistics
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
O3World Members-Only Categories
#39,482by kris-o3world15 years ago
Designate categories as "members-only" via 'Privacy Settings.' Assign them to users via 'Profile.'
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 1.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
WP Warning
#39,633by Re4DeR17 years ago
This plugin allow you warn visitors when they want to go in category.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 11/day
Protected Content
#40,023by blackc200418 years ago
Check if the user can see protected content (This is a proof of conenpt ONLY, do NOT use)
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
User-Cats Manager
Down in the last 7 days:2,170#40,051by dgmike18 years ago
Provides to admin users a way to select what categorie determined users can write. (administrators have access to all categories)
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Achievement Shortcode Add-On for GamiPress
#40,512by konnektiv6 years ago
This GamiPress Add-on adds a shortcode to show or hide content depending on the user having earned a specific achievement.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 2/day
Restrict Page Parents
#40,690by tom.maitland13 years ago
Restrict Page Parents restricts page parent options to those owned by the user, with the option of forcing a page parent.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 4.5(4)
- Downloads
- 0/day
WP Access Codes
Down in the last 7 days:6,048#40,894by slickorange12 years ago
Assigns a WordPress Role or/and a Press Permit Group to a user based on a predefined access code they enter.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Demo Mode
#40,961by Roland Rust19 years ago
This plugin adds an additional authentication layer to your WordPress installation to put the site into a demo- or maintainance-mode.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Hetjens Registered Only
#41,293by S Hetjens10 years ago
This plug-in restricts the access to blog and feed. Visitors need to login before accessing the blog. It offers a private feed for every user.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Elvez Control Access
Up in the last 7 days:3,293#41,767by 株式会社エルブズ5 years ago
Control the access of non-logged-in users for each posts and pages.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Post Restrictor
Up in the last 7 days:3,177#42,341by CygnusH33L13 years ago
Post Restrictor
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 1/day
Almost Users Only
Up in the last 7 days:3,181#42,385by Mads Phikamphon14 years ago
If logged in, the visitor can view all the pages/posts on the blog. If not logged in, the visitor can only view a specific public page.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 3.3(3)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Trusted Only
Down in the last 7 days:5,091#42,830by andreyk13 years ago
Makes your site content visible only for several users who are in your trusted list.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Access
Up in the last 7 days:3,030#43,272by Ariel7 years ago
Restrict your users access to different site sections like navs, widgets, blocks, pages, categories etc.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Role Master
Down in the last 7 days:8,316#43,619by mpakfm16 years ago
Настройка возможности писать пользователям в определенные категории.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day