Best restricted access plugins for WordPress
The most popular restricted access plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. My Private Site leads with 10K+ active installs, ahead of Anonymous Restricted Content (900+) and Restrict Page By Role (20+). All 8 plugins tagged “restricted access” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 8 restricted access plugins
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My Private SiteThe most installed restricted access plugin, with 10K+ active installs. Rated 4.5 from 82 reviews, updated 2 months ago.
- 2.
Anonymous Restricted Content900+ active installs. Rated 4.3 from 9 reviews, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.7.11.
- 3.
Restrict Page By Role20+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, last updated 10 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.5.33.
- 4.
Role Content Restriction10+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 10 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.6.30.
- 5.
Very basic content restriction10+ active installs. Only 3 reviews so far, last updated 12 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.0.38.
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Restrict Content Pro10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 11 years ago.
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Pageview content restriction10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 11 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.2.39.
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Nextfly Domain Restricted AccessFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, updated 1 month ago.
All 8 plugins tagged “restricted access”
My Private Site
Up in the last 7 days:1#1,432by David Gewirtz2 months ago
Make WordPress private in one click, block registration spam, and safely clean up existing spam accounts.
- Installs
- 10K+
- Rating
- 4.5(82)
- Downloads
- 118/day
Anonymous Restricted Content
Up in the last 7 days:5#7,075by taras.sych2 years ago
Simple but yet effective plugin to hide selected posts and pages from anonymous users.
- Installs
- 900+
- Rating
- 4.3(9)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Restrict Page By Role
Up in the last 7 days:267#27,446by Leo Baiano10 years ago
This WordPress plugin allows you to restrict access to the content of a page or post to which only certain group of users can access.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- 3.5(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day
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
Nextfly Domain Restricted Access
#65,630by NEXTFLY® Web Design1 month ago
Restrict access to post and page based on authorized email domains. Users verify identity via secure email links.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day