Best private plugins for WordPress
The most popular private plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. underConstruction leads with 40K+ active installs, ahead of Force Login (30K+) and Private groups (1K+). All 91 plugins tagged “private” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 10 private plugins
- 1.
underConstructionThe most installed private plugin, with 40K+ active installs. Rated 4.5 from 111 reviews, last updated 2 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.4.14.
- 2.Force Login
30K+ active installs. Rated 4.8 from 101 reviews, updated 4 months ago.
- 3.Private groups
1K+ active installs. Rated 4.9 from 49 reviews, updated 2 months ago.
- 4.
BuddyPress Members Only900+ active installs. Rated 3.7 from 26 reviews, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.8.12.
- 5.
Eazy Under Construction600+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, updated 5 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.7.11.
- 6.Require Login
500+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 7 reviews, last updated 11 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.1.42.
- 7.Customize Private & Protected
400+ active installs. Only 3 reviews so far, updated 3 weeks ago.
- 8.
Wbcom Designs300+ active installs. Rated 4.9 from 25 reviews, updated 11 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.8.12.
- 9.
Private Website300+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, updated 4 months ago.
- 10.Ichigen San
200+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, last updated 12 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.9.40.
All 91 plugins tagged “private”

underConstruction
#903by Garrett Grimm2 years ago
Creates a 'Coming Soon' page that will show for all users who are not logged in
- Installs
- 40K+
- Rating
- 4.5(111)
- Downloads
- 71/day
Force Login
#972by Kevin Vess4 months ago
Force Login is a simple lightweight plugin that requires visitors to log in to interact with the website.
- Installs
- 30K+
- Rating
- 4.8(101)
- Downloads
- 5.8K/day
Private groups
Down in the last 7 days:15#5,575by Robin W2 months ago
For bbPress - Creates private forum groups
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 4.9(49)
- Downloads
- 24/day

BuddyPress Members Only
Down in the last 7 days:19#6,986by Tomas1 year ago
BuddyPress Members Only restricts Your Buddypress and Wordpress to logged in/registered members.
- Installs
- 900+
- Rating
- 3.7(26)
- Downloads
- 16/day

Eazy Under Construction
Down in the last 7 days:18#8,457by Rob Scott6 months ago
Creates a 'Coming Soon' page that will show for all users who are not logged in
- Installs
- 600+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Require Login
Up in the last 7 days:6#8,977by richard433911 years ago
A plugin for Wordpress that redirects users to the login page whenever they try to visit any page/post/etc on the blog.
- Installs
- 500+
- Rating
- 5.0(7)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Customize Private & Protected
Up in the last 7 days:12#9,673by kirkclarke25 days ago
Remove or change the "Protected:" and "Private:" title prefix. Customize the password form text, button, colors and widgets. Block themes too.
- Installs
- 400+
- Rating
- 4.7(3)
- Downloads
- 11/day

Wbcom Designs
Down in the last 7 days:177#10,816by wbcomdesigns11 months ago
Create a private BuddyPress community by restricting access to non-members. Control who sees what with flexible privacy settings.
- Installs
- 300+
- Rating
- 4.9(25)
- Downloads
- 11/day

Private Website
#11,016by roehler4 months ago
This plugin requires users to be logged in to view the website. Activate the plugin to enforce login, and deactivate it to remove the restriction.
- Installs
- 300+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Ichigen San
Down in the last 7 days:26#12,131by webnist12 years ago
Private publishing
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day

BRB
Up in the last 7 days:47#13,193by Fabio Lobo4 years ago
BRB creates a very simple maintenance mode / coming soon page for your site.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Private Posts by Default
Down in the last 7 days:59#13,858by richieri15 years ago
When you write a new Post or Page (or maybe a Custom Post Type) this plugin make Private Visibility choosen by default.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 5.0(6)
- Downloads
- 0/day

LH Private BuddyPress
Up in the last 7 days:108#13,861by shawfactor4 years ago
Protect your BuddyPress Installation from strangers. Only registered users will be allowed to view directory pages, activity and profile pages.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 5.0(5)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Show Private
Down in the last 7 days:149#14,403by AMIB5 years ago
Using this plugin everyone can get access to Private Pages and Attachments knowing their direct link without requiring admin rights.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 5.0(6)
- Downloads
- 5/day
Partners
Down in the last 7 days:126#15,151by farinspace11 years ago
Creates a fenced membership area with private content.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 6/day

WPC Advanced Password Protect for WooCommerce
#15,910by WPClever1 month ago
WPC Advanced Password Protect provides ultimate protection for your online stores with sophisticated accessibility rules to restrict visitors.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 11/day

Protect WordPress Videos
Down in the last 7 days:76#17,166by gaupoit4 years ago
Protect WordPress Videos offers a simple, fast and secure way to embed and protect your WordPress videos.
- Installs
- 90+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

DiaryPress
Down in the last 7 days:53#17,336by Tom1 year ago
DiaryPress lets you keep a private diary.
- Installs
- 90+
- Rating
- 2.0(5)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Private Captcha
Up in the last 7 days:687#18,528by Taras Kushnir1 month ago
Private Captcha protects your WordPress website from spam and abuse with a privacy-first, independent CAPTCHA solution made in EU.
- Installs
- 70+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 12/day
Eyes Only
Up in the last 7 days:76#18,856by Archetyped1 month ago
The ultimate tool for publishing your private thoughts in public
- Installs
- 70+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 4/day
Simple Members Area
Up in the last 7 days:47#19,026by 3pointross12 years ago
A simple way to create and manage a members area in WordPress.
- Installs
- 70+
- Rating
- 4.5(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Private BuddyPress
Down in the last 7 days:138#19,130by Dennis16 years ago
Protect your BuddyPress Installation from strangers. Only registered users will be allowed to view the installation.
- Installs
- 60+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Private Area for WordPress
Up in the last 7 days:60#19,349by Evolve6 years ago
Private Area allows you to create restricted sections of your website that only logged users can access, and that are completely invisible to search e …
- Installs
- 60+
- Rating
- 3.0(3)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Private Comment
#19,690by Ederson Peka10 days ago
Allow commenters to choose restrict their comments exhibition only to site owners
- Installs
- 60+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 11/day
Private Suite
Down in the last 7 days:65#20,126by Stephanie Leary10 years ago
Allows you to choose who can read private content and offers better control of privacy features.
- Installs
- 50+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Private by Default
Down in the last 7 days:60#20,327by anttti11 years ago
When creating new posts or pages (of regular WordPress types or custom post types), this plugin makes them private by default.
- Installs
- 50+
- Rating
- 5.0(4)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Private4Time
Up in the last 7 days:136#20,537by peter_gross12 years ago
Makes a blog private or not accessable for a time period. Allows and dissallows registering also in WP Multiple Blogs. Shows your own login message.
- Installs
- 50+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Force login to make the site private
Up in the last 7 days:180#21,098by 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
RA
Down in the last 7 days:1,144#22,355by skuramoto11 years ago
The status of the post exhibited directly from new post is compulsorily changed into "private".
- Installs
- 40+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Private Media
Down in the last 7 days:92#22,709by Alexandre Froger7 years ago
Add access restrictions to specific items of the WordPress Media Library.
- Installs
- 40+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day

ACW Custom Messages for Password Protected Pages
Down in the last 7 days:135#22,921by Lorenzo Fracassi2 months ago
Customize the message displayed on password protected content, globally or with a different message for each page or post.
- Installs
- 40+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Buddyfence
Down in the last 7 days:391#23,415by JC4 years ago
This plugin allows you to restrict not logged-in users from accessing BuddyPress pages
- Installs
- 30+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Safe Private
Down in the last 7 days:112#23,677by Sherpah_13 years ago
A Private Wordpress, a Members-only Website, helpful during a site maintenance and useful for developers...
- Installs
- 30+
- Rating
- 5.0(3)
- Downloads
- 0/day
FT Remove Private From Post Titles
Down in the last 7 days:9#23,785by Glenn Ansley17 years ago
Once activated, private posts will no longer have the word "Private: " appended to the beginning of their title.
- Installs
- 30+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 2/day

TR Register Only
Down in the last 7 days:136#25,016by techieresource8 months ago
Restrict your WordPress site to registered/logged-in users only. Perfect for private communities, staging sites, and intranet portals.
- Installs
- 30+
- Rating
- 5.0(3)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Site Private
Down in the last 7 days:753#26,719by Gaiaz Iusipov2 years ago
Simplest plugin that redirects unauthorized users to login page.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- 4.7(3)
- Downloads
- 0/day

PreviewFlow
Up in the last 7 days:616#27,780by Dhaval Vachhani2 months ago
Share unpublished posts, pages and products with clients through secure links that expire, need no login, and can be revoked instantly.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Private WP 2
#28,054by neolee17 years ago
Makes your blog (including RSS feeds) accessible only to logged in users.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- 3.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day

NutsForPress Restricted Contents
Down in the last 7 days:279#28,091by Christian Gatti11 months ago
NutsForPress Restricted Contents allows you to restrict pages, posts and media (images, zip files, pdf) to logged in users only.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Bulk Password Protect Post Types
Down in the last 7 days:761#28,362by Bruno Kos11 days ago
Password-protect all posts of the post types you choose, with one password.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 11/day

Admin Private Note on users
#28,440by wplizer9 years ago
Easily add hidden and private notes for your users and they will never see your notes about them!
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- 5.0(3)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Clean Protected and Private Page Titles
Up in the last 7 days:130#28,703by peckjon11 years ago
Some themes prefix post titles with "Protected" or "Private"; this plugin removes those prefixes
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day

PB Unblock some IPs
Up in the last 7 days:378#28,704by Pat Bloom4 years ago
Block your website from being viewed - But unblock some IPs!
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Private Notes
Up in the last 7 days:619#29,464by noahcoad14 years ago
Lets an author keep private notes with a post.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
BuddyPress Private Community
Down in the last 7 days:109#29,535by NipponMonkey15 years ago
This plugin makes your BuddyPress community private. Only logged in members can view the social areas in full. You can configure the default settings.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 2.5(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Private URL
#29,655by JamesClarke18 years ago
Allows private posts to be shared through a special private url.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 1/day
Private Comment Notification Email
Up in the last 7 days:384#30,959by Tosh15 years ago
Hides private details from comment notification emails, such as IP address and email.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 1/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
Bootstrap Devnia PM based on Cartpauj-PM wordpress
Up in the last 7 days:8,939#33,960by waheeds12 years ago
Easily add Private Messaging for your users to your WordPress site with Cartpauj PM (Private Messages).
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(3)
- Downloads
- 0/day
MembersBlog
Up in the last 7 days:565#34,098by DCoda14 years ago
Lock down all your posts and pages so only members can access them
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day