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Best content restriction plugins for WordPress

The most popular content restriction plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. User Registration & Membership leads with 50K+ active installs, ahead of Content Control (40K+) and Paid Membership Subscriptions (10K+). All 49 plugins tagged “content restriction” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.

Installs aren’t everything: a recent release, a “Tested up to” that matches the current WordPress, and support threads that get resolved show a plugin is looked after. Open any plugin for its downloads, rank history and alternatives.

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Top 10 content restriction plugins

  1. 1.
    User Registration & Membership

    The most installed content restriction plugin, with 50K+ active installs. Rated 4.8 from 832 reviews, updated 3 days ago.

  2. 2.
    Content Control

    40K+ active installs. Rated 4.9 from 575 reviews, updated 1 month ago.

  3. 3.
    Paid Membership Subscriptions

    10K+ active installs. Rated 4.7 from 270 reviews, updated 1 week ago.

  4. 4.
    Restrict User Access

    10K+ active installs. Rated 4.3 from 94 reviews, updated 2 days ago.

  5. 5.
    s2Member

    8K+ active installs. Rated 4.1 from 234 reviews, updated 3 days ago.

  6. 6.
    SureMembers

    2K+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, updated 2 months ago.

  7. 7.
    Page and Post Restriction

    1K+ active installs. Rated 4.3 from 16 reviews, updated 1 week ago.

  8. 8.
    Prevent Files / Folders Access

    1K+ active installs. Rated 4.6 from 35 reviews, updated 3 weeks ago.

  9. 9.
    Membership For WooCommerce

    700+ active installs. Rated 4.4 from 28 reviews, updated 1 week ago.

  10. 10.
    Leaky Paywall

    600+ active installs. Rated 4.2 from 35 reviews, updated 4 days ago.

All 49 plugins tagged “content restriction”