Best restrict plugins for WordPress
The most popular restrict plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Remove Dashboard Access leads with 30K+ active installs, ahead of Restricted Site Access (10K+) and PublishPress Permissions (10K+). All 68 plugins tagged “restrict” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 10 restrict plugins
- 1.
Remove Dashboard AccessThe most installed restrict plugin, with 30K+ active installs. Rated 4.6 from 78 reviews, updated 5 months ago.
- 2.
Restricted Site Access10K+ active installs. Rated 4.8 from 62 reviews, updated 3 weeks ago.
- 3.
PublishPress Permissions10K+ active installs. Rated 4.3 from 66 reviews, updated 3 weeks ago.
- 4.
WooCommerce Product Dependencies3K+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 16 reviews, updated 1 day ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.6.11.
- 5.Conditional Blocks
2K+ active installs. Rated 4.9 from 15 reviews, updated 5 months ago.
- 6.
Simple Restrict1K+ active installs. Rated 4.9 from 15 reviews, updated 3 months ago.
- 7.Age Verify
1K+ active installs. Rated 4.4 from 24 reviews, last updated 8 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.4.34.
- 8.
Restrict for Elementor900+ active installs. Rated 4.0 from 9 reviews, updated 2 weeks ago.
- 9.
CPS800+ active installs. Rated 4.4 from 7 reviews, updated 4 months ago.
- 10.Page Restrict for WooCommerce
700+ active installs. Rated 4.7 from 23 reviews, updated 5 months ago.
All 68 plugins tagged “restrict”

Remove Dashboard Access
Down in the last 7 days:1#991by 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

Restricted Site Access
#1,437by 10up25 days ago
Limit access to visitors who are logged in or allowed by IP addresses. Includes many options for handling blocked visitors.
- Installs
- 10K+
- Rating
- 4.8(62)
- Downloads
- 934/day

PublishPress Permissions
Up in the last 7 days:1#1,557by PublishPress25 days ago
The permissions plugin for posts, pages, categories, tags and more. You can control permissions for roles, individual users, and even custom groups.
- Installs
- 10K+
- Rating
- 4.3(66)
- Downloads
- 290/day

WooCommerce Product Dependencies
Down in the last 7 days:22#3,942by WooCommerce1 day ago
Restrict access to any WooCommerce product, depending on the ownership and/or purchase of other required products.
- Installs
- 3K+
- Rating
- 5.0(16)
- Downloads
- 33/day
Conditional Blocks
Down in the last 7 days:15#5,058by Morgan Hvidt5 months ago
Easily show/hide WordPress blocks & widgets with powerful, no-code display logic. Perfect for restricting content. Explore advanced scheduling, Ge …
- Installs
- 2K+
- Rating
- 4.9(15)
- Downloads
- 25/day

Simple Restrict
Up in the last 7 days:15#6,462by WP Chill3 months ago
Restrict pages based on permissions assigned to pages and granted in user profiles.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 4.9(15)
- Downloads
- 23/day
Age Verify
Up in the last 7 days:29#6,768by Chase Wiseman9 years ago
A simple way to ask visitors for their age before viewing your content.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 4.4(24)
- Downloads
- 11/day

Restrict for Elementor
Up in the last 7 days:7#7,162by Restrict20 days ago
Show or hide Elementor sections, columns and widgets with ease using many different criteria
- Installs
- 900+
- Rating
- 4.0(9)
- Downloads
- 23/day

CPS
Down in the last 7 days:16#7,445by Surbma4 months ago
An easy to use age verification plugin for any membership or 18+ adult sites or any sites, that requires confirmation from a visitor.
- Installs
- 800+
- Rating
- 4.4(7)
- Downloads
- 18/day
Page Restrict for WooCommerce
Up in the last 7 days:29#7,768by Vlado Grcic5 months ago
Restrict access to your WordPress pages using WooCommerce products.
- Installs
- 700+
- Rating
- 4.7(23)
- Downloads
- 22/day

Products Restricted Users for WooCommerce
Down in the last 7 days:87#9,750by Javier Carazo1 month ago
Restrict product visibility by user or role. Enable per product.
- Installs
- 400+
- Rating
- 4.3(6)
- Downloads
- 17/day

GamiPress
Down in the last 7 days:34#10,479by Ruben Garcia6 months ago
Block users and roles from getting awarded through the GamiPress awards engine
- Installs
- 300+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 9/day

Role Based Content Restrictor
Up in the last 7 days:235#13,608by inzidev1 month ago
Restrict access to pages, posts, and custom post types by user roles or login status with a clean and conflict-free interface.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 5.0(3)
- Downloads
- 11/day

WC Restrict Payment Methods
Down in the last 7 days:5#14,510by dimdavid5 years ago
Restricts Woocommerce payment methods by individual products. If the product is in the cart, the method will not be shown.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 5.0(3)
- Downloads
- 6/day

My Members Only
Up in the last 7 days:49#16,124by uri2 years ago
Protect content in posts and pages with shortcodes.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 4.3(3)
- Downloads
- 6/day

Restrict New Users by Domain
Up in the last 7 days:85#16,244by exportsmedia9 years ago
Whitelist or Blacklist email domains used for new user registration.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day

UserFlow
Down in the last 7 days:275#23,524by 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
- 6/day
Limit Widgets
#23,779by Patrick Rauland11 years ago
A plugin for WordPress that limits the number of widgets in a sidebar.
- Installs
- 30+
- Rating
- 4.5(2)
- Downloads
- 0/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

Restrict User Taxonomies
Down in the last 7 days:991#27,071by Sibin Grasic9 years ago
Limit which posts your users can edit or view in the admin screen.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- 5.0(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
TS Business Hours
Up in the last 7 days:273#28,745by Zack Philipps13 years ago
TSBusinessDay class with functions used for restricting content based on hours of operation. Requires Advanced Custom Fields and 3 of its add-ons.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Specified language access for Polylang
#29,344by Pawel Cmachowski8 years ago
Plugin allows restrict users to edit content on wp-admin only with specified selected language.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Role Content Restriction
Down in the last 7 days:270#29,629by Imprevo10 years ago
Restricts access to selected post types based on user roles.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Simple File Upload Limiter
#31,378by Alberto Reineri1 month ago
Set maximum upload sizes for different file types in WordPress: images, documents, audio, video and everything else.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

User Exclusive Products
#33,262by Marco Gagnon5 months ago
Restrict WooCommerce products to specific users. Products remain hidden from all unauthorized users
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Category Combination Restrictions for WooCommerce
Down in the last 7 days:573#33,278by Senff - a11n2 months ago
Prevent customers from mixing products from conflicting categories in their cart.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 3/day

WP Post ACL
Up in the last 7 days:11,190#35,195by Viljami Kuosmanen10 years ago
A simple way to control who can edit WordPress posts or pages.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Access
#36,160by Ariel7 years ago
Restrict your users access to different site sections like navs, widgets, blocks, pages, categories etc.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Restrict Multisite Plugins
#37,013by Adam Harley (Kawauso)15 years ago
Allows network admins to restrict which plugins are available on sites, similar to themes.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Pageview content restriction
Up in the last 7 days:4,527#37,748by curlybracket11 years ago
Restricts access to your Wordpress site after a certain number of pageviews.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

RCP VAT
Up in the last 7 days:7,814#40,122by termel8 years ago
VAT management in Stripe for Restrict Content Pro plugin. Sell inside EU respecting the rules.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 4.5(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Achievement Shortcode Add-On for GamiPress
Up in the last 7 days:2,612#40,507by 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
Lemonberry Page Protect
Up in the last 7 days:6,523#40,531by Simon12 years ago
Lemonberry Page Protect is a simple way to restict page/post content to a list of (non-Wordpress) users.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 4.7(3)
- 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
Restrict Multisite Widgets
Up in the last 7 days:1,423#41,238by Adam Harley (Kawauso)15 years ago
Allows network admins to restrict which widgets are available on sites, similar to themes.
- 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
Hidden Contents
#41,520by Morteza Geransayeh7 years ago
A handy plugin for hide contents and images from guest users. But you can control how many characters and what words show.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 1/day
Elvez Control Access
Up in the last 7 days:3,293#41,767by 株式会社エルブズ4 years ago
Control the access of non-logged-in users for each posts and pages.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 6/day
Very basic content restriction
Down in the last 7 days:308#42,607by curlybracket12 years ago
Restricts access to all content except pages for non authenticated users.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(3)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Simple Content Restriction
#42,842by S16 years ago
Ask your visitors to login if the post is marked as visible only to registered users.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Restrict Password Changes
Up in the last 7 days:1,078#44,238by Ryan Willis16 years ago
Restricts multisite password changes to super admins only.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Ciusan Restrict Widget
Up in the last 7 days:2,281#44,329by Dannie Herdyawan11 years ago
Ciusan Restrict Widget can show message for user loggedin or for user not loggedin only in widget area.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
PrivatePost
Down in the last 7 days:4,402#46,326by blackc200416 years ago
This plugin is a full featured private post management interface. It allows you to manage all private post's publishing status via the "Mana …
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Award On Click Add-On for GamiPress
#46,474by konnektiv6 years ago
This GamiPress Add-on adds a shortcode to show a link. The user is awarded a specified achievement when the link is clicked.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 2/day
Zesty Custom Post Types for Paid Memberships Pro
Down in the last 7 days:8,409#46,531by Bijingus4 years ago
Restrict any custom post type with Paid Memberships Pro.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Restrict Role Login
#46,687by konnektiv10 years ago
Allows administrators to restrict user login based on user roles.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Protected Content
Down in the last 7 days:286#47,177by 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

Void Woo Cart Restrictor
Down in the last 7 days:432#47,651by voidcoders6 years ago
Void Woo Cart Restrictor lets you restrict a certain type of category products to the only defined user role.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 4.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Achievement Shortcode Add-On for BadgeOS
#47,960by konnektiv6 years ago
This BadgeOS 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