Protect pages and categories with login
by Federico Rota 5 (3 reviews)

Protect pages and categories with login

Protect pages and categories with login using a shortcode.

Protect pages and categories with login ranks #16,437 among WordPress.org plugins with 100+ active installations, is #327 of 1,590 in the Authentication category, a 5/5 rating from 3 reviews, and was last updated Jul 3, 2019. Data from WordPress.org, refreshed twice daily — see methodology.

Tested up to WP 5.1 (Current: 7.1.2)
v1.3 Current Version v1.3
Updated 7 years ago Last Update on 03 Jul, 2019
Refreshed 7 hours ago Last Refreshed on
#327 of 1,590 in Authentication Top 25% by installs No update in over a year
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#16,437
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Active Installs
100+
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3.4K
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100%
Review 5 out of 5
5 (3 reviews)

Next Milestone 200

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Reviews & Ratings

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Security History

Source: WPVulnerability

No known vulnerabilities on record for Protect pages and categories with login. Checked 1 month ago.

TL;DR

AI summary of the plugin's readme

This plugin is for WordPress site owners who want to restrict access to specific pages or categories to logged-in users. It solves the problem of gating content behind a login using a shortcode, with optional role-based restrictions.

  • Password-protects pages via shortcode
  • Password-protects categories via shortcode
  • Redirects users to requested page after login
  • Redirects users to requested category after login
  • Role-based content restriction
  • Shows "NOT ALLOWED" for restricted pages
  • Redirects unauthorized users to homepage
  • Includes English and Italian translations

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about Protect pages and categories with login

Just add [sp4ppcl_protect_page_with_login] to the page content.
Just add [sp4ppcl_protect_page_with_login] to the category description.
Just use [sp4ppcl_protect_page_with_login role="[ROLE_TO_ENABLE]"] shortcode to enable the view for setted user roles. To enable more than one role use ; (semicolon) as separation char. Ex. [sp4ppcl_protect_page_with_login role="author;subscriber"]
Probably there are content associated with multiple category and one of that isn't protected.

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