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
Down in the last 7 days:1#902by 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
- 60/day
Force Login
Up in the last 7 days:2#970by 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:11#5,569by Robin W2 months ago
For bbPress - Creates private forum groups
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 4.9(49)
- Downloads
- 24/day

BuddyPress Members Only
Up in the last 7 days:24#6,966by Tomas1 year ago
BuddyPress Members Only restricts Your Buddypress and Wordpress to logged in/registered members.
- Installs
- 900+
- Rating
- 3.7(26)
- Downloads
- 14/day

Eazy Under Construction
Down in the last 7 days:3#8,454by 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
Down in the last 7 days:11#9,004by 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:22#9,641by kirkclarke27 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
Up in the last 7 days:6#10,824by 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
Up in the last 7 days:19#11,028by 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:56#12,154by webnist12 years ago
Private publishing
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day

BRB
Up in the last 7 days:51#13,160by 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
Up in the last 7 days:25#13,802by 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:73#13,910by 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:98#14,377by 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
- 6/day
Partners
Down in the last 7 days:146#15,243by farinspace11 years ago
Creates a fenced membership area with private content.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 11/day

WPC Advanced Password Protect for WooCommerce
Up in the last 7 days:140#15,733by 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:17#17,079by 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
Up in the last 7 days:53#17,284by 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:543#18,692by 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
- 11/day
Eyes Only
Down in the last 7 days:55#18,869by 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:117#19,001by 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:116#19,122by 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:39#19,261by 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
Up in the last 7 days:30#19,690by Ederson Peka11 days ago
Allow commenters to choose restrict their comments exhibition only to site owners
- Installs
- 60+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 11/day
Private Suite
#20,086by 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:132#20,315by 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
Down in the last 7 days:111#20,625by 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: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
RA
Down in the last 7 days:910#22,088by 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:283#22,812by 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
Up in the last 7 days:158#22,818by 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
Safe Private
Down in the last 7 days:80#23,724by 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

Buddyfence
Down in the last 7 days:483#23,764by 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
FT Remove Private From Post Titles
Up in the last 7 days:98#23,793by 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:447#25,146by 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
Up in the last 7 days:136#26,534by 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
#28,089by 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:1,191#28,299by 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

Admin Private Note on users
Up in the last 7 days:404#28,439by 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:357#28,627by 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
Bulk Password Protect Post Types
Down in the last 7 days:1,119#28,689by Bruno Kos12 days ago
Password-protect all posts of the post types you choose, with one password.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 11/day

PB Unblock some IPs
Down in the last 7 days:723#29,187by Pat Bloom4 years ago
Block your website from being viewed - But unblock some IPs!
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Private Notes
Up in the last 7 days:739#29,359by noahcoad14 years ago
Lets an author keep private notes with a post.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Private URL
Down in the last 7 days:244#29,559by JamesClarke18 years ago
Allows private posts to be shared through a special private url.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
BuddyPress Private Community
Down in the last 7 days:247#29,562by 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 Comment Notification Email
Up in the last 7 days:602#31,341by Tosh15 years ago
Hides private details from comment notification emails, such as IP address and email.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Bootstrap Devnia PM based on Cartpauj-PM wordpress
Up in the last 7 days:8,853#34,124by 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
Token Access
Down in the last 7 days:698#34,464by 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
MembersBlog
#34,645by DCoda14 years ago
Lock down all your posts and pages so only members can access them
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day