Best member only plugins for WordPress
The most popular member only plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Role Content Restriction leads with 10+ active installs, ahead of Very basic content restriction (10+) and Restrict Content Pro (10+). All 5 plugins tagged “member only” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 4 member only plugins
- 1.Role Content Restriction
The most installed member only plugin, with 10+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 10 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.6.30.
- 2.Very basic content restriction
10+ active installs. Only 3 reviews so far, last updated 12 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.0.38.
- 3.Restrict Content Pro
10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 11 years ago.
- 4.Pageview content restriction
10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 11 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.2.39.
All 5 plugins tagged “member only”
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
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
Restrict Content Pro
Down in the last 7 days:1,961#40,856by Pippin Williamson11 years ago
Requires at least 3.6 Tested up to 3.9 Stable tag: 1.0.0 Add GetResponse integration to Restrict Content Pro.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Pageview content restriction
Down in the last 7 days:2,238#47,964by curlybracket11 years ago
Restricts access to your Wordpress site after a certain number of pageviews.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day