5 WordPress Plugins that Restrict User Access to Content

You don’t need any coding skills to create professional-looking, intricate forms for your WordPress website. The Ninja Forms plug in is the must have tool for business owners desiring to generate more leads and build a professional website with ease. With a dedicated support team at your back, you can start integrating forms and other tools like an expert. Here, the support team lay out the other essential wordpress plug ins that help you register and restrict users on your site.

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Step one for anyone is to actually begin registering users on their WordPress website. For that there’s a single perfect plugin: User Management. User Management allows you to register new WordPress users, manage your existing ones, and lets users update existing profiles. If you are looking to start a registered user base or to organize what users you already have then this is the place to start.

Already using User Management or have another preferred registration method? Great. Let’s look at how to restrict user access to specific parts of your WordPress website!

5 plugins to restrict user access in WordPress

Like we said above, there are plenty of awesome options that will allow you to restrict user access to only specific part of your WordPress website. Once you’ve got a growing user base, one of these 5 will be sure to fit your needs!

1. Restrict User Access

Restrict User Access is a great plugin by DEV Institute that carries a lot of features with it. You can limit your users to what they can and cannot access, as well as set them up on so that content “drips” over time. You’ll also have the ability to create an unlimited number of access levels while still maintaining the ability to override any user and role at any time. As some added bonuses, you can also control membership durations, redirect unauthorized users away from pages, and even tease content a user doesn’t yet have access to. All of this…for free. If any of this sounds overwhelming to you, don’t worry. This plugin comes with a great amount of documentation to make sure you don’t get lost along the way.

2. Restrict Content

Ok, let’s be honest. Who wouldn’t want that adorable purple dragon as guardian of their content? Restrict Content is a simple plugin that prevents users from seeing content unless they are logged in. You can also control whether your site is partially restricted or fully restricted, and it includes forms for user registration, login, and password reset so your members can do these actions without direct admin approval or supervision. If you are looking for a plugin like this but with more features, there is also Restrict Content Pro. The pro version is not free, but it will outfit you with more features such as data reports, payment integration, and the ability to email your users. Either the free or pro versions are great for controlling your sites content access.

3. User Access Manager

User Access Manager is a stellar plugin that does a lot with a little. If you are looking to manage your users and content while still opening up your site to user generated content then this is a great plugin for you. With User Access Manager, you can separate your site for reader and editors, control what times the users can access specific areas, limit access to uploaded files, and more. Though any of those features may sound great on their own, they are stellar when combined with each other. This plugin is perfect for controlling user generated content through its filters, or even setting up contest and fundraisers through its timed access feature. Explore this one more and see if it is right for you.

4. WP Private Content Plus

WP Private Content Plus is another plugin that provides both a basic and a Pro version. It also supports many of the same features as the above plugins, but with one great additional feature. You can create custom menus per user based on their accessibility. That way, your users are further directed to what they can/cannot access or what they are in charge of. If you’re looking for a greater amount of administrative control, WP Private Content Plus is a fantastic option.

5. MemberPress

If you are looking for user management plugin that will offer you a lot of features and a lot of support then MemberPress might be the option for you. MemberPress is a bundled package so, in addition to giving you control of your site’s content access, it also supports a very straightforward installation, the ability to create coupons for purchases and giveaways, subscription management, data reporting, and the ability to build your own forum. That maybe more options than what you were looking for when you started this article, but if you are trying to find the bigger and better, MemberPress might be a good option.