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Media Restriction is a lightweight and powerful WordPress plugin that gives site admins full control over media library visibility. Easily restrict access to media files based on user roles, while selectively allowing individual users to bypass these restrictions.
Perfect for multi-author blogs, online course platforms, membership sites, and client-based projects — this plugin ensures that users can only access their own uploads, reducing clutter, confusion, and potential privacy risks.
Whether you’re using default WordPress roles or custom roles created by LMS, membership, or e-commerce plugins — Media Restriction works seamlessly across your site.
<h3>🌟 Features</h3>
✅ Restrict Media Access by User Role 
✅ Exclude Individuals from Restrictions 
✅ Works with Custom User Roles 
✅ Compatible with both grid and list views of the media library 
✅ Compatible with All Plugins 
✅ Clean & Simple Settings Panel
<h3>🧠 Use Cases</h3>
Online Learning Platforms (LMS): 
Prevent instructors from seeing or using each other’s uploaded course files. Allow a few trusted ones full access.
Client Sites & Freelancers: 
Limit clients to only their own media files in multisite or shared admin setups.
Multi-Author Blogs: 
Ensure each contributor only sees their own images and uploads, keeping the media library tidy and secure.
Membership or Community Sites: 
Allow members to upload profile or content images but restrict them from accessing admin uploads.
Agencies & Teams: 
Give your designers/editors restricted media access while allowing managers or team leads full access.

Media Restriction

Restrict media library access based on user roles.

Alex Mills

Have a private blog that you only want your friends or family to read? Then this plugin may be for you. It will redirect all users who aren’t logged in to the login form where they are shown a user-friendly message.
This plugin also features a configuration page where you can easily toggle allowing guests to access your feeds.
A very simple plugin that does only does a simple thing.

Registered Users Only

Works on 4.6. Simple install and use. It's perfect!



Perfect!

Forces all users to login before being able to view your site. Features an options page for configuration.

Media Restriction vs Registered Users Only