Davis Simiyu Wanyonyi

<p><strong>Menu Visibility Control</strong> is a lightweight, privacy-friendly WordPress plugin that lets you decide exactly <strong>who sees each menu item</strong>, directly inside the WordPress menu editor.</p>
<p>No settings pages.<br />
No lock-in.<br />
No performance overhead.</p>
<p>Everything is managed where it belongs: <strong>Appearance <span aria-hidden="true" class="wp-exclude-emoji">→</span> Menus</strong>.</p>
<h3>👁️ Visibility Options Per Menu Item</h3>
<p>You can control visibility based on:</p>
<ul>
<li>👥 Everyone</li>
<li>🔒 Logged-in users</li>
<li>🚪 Logged-out users</li>
<li>🧩 Specific user roles (Administrator, Editor, Subscriber, etc.)</li>
<li>📱 Device type (Desktop / Tablet / Mobile)</li>
<li>📄 Specific pages (auto-detected list)</li>
</ul>
<p>All conditions are optional and safely combined.</p>
<h3>💡 Perfect For</h3>
<ul>
<li>Membership and community websites</li>
<li>Client dashboards and intranets</li>
<li>Multi-role WordPress sites</li>
<li>Sites with mobile-specific navigation</li>
<li>Blogs that need different menus for visitors vs members</li>
</ul>
<h3>🔧 Key Features</h3>
<ul>
<li>Native integration with <strong>Appearance <span aria-hidden="true" class="wp-exclude-emoji">→</span> Menus</strong></li>
<li>Works with <strong>any theme or page builder</strong></li>
<li>Role-based menu visibility</li>
<li>Device-based menu visibility</li>
<li>Page-specific menu visibility</li>
<li>Auto-hidden UI (only shows options when enabled)</li>
<li>Secure (nonces, sanitization, strict validation)</li>
<li>Performance-optimized (runs only during menu rendering)</li>
<li>100% free, open-source, and donation-supported</li>
</ul>
<h3>🧠 Why Use Menu Visibility Control?</h3>
<p>Unlike large menu or membership plugins, this plugin:</p>
<ul>
<li>Uses <strong>only WordPress core hooks</strong></li>
<li>Stores <strong>minimal metadata</strong></li>
<li>Is compatible with caching, multilingual sites, and block themes</li>
<li>Does not track users or collect data</li>
</ul>
<p>It does one thing — and does it well.</p>
<h3>Support</h3>
<p>Need help or want to share feedback?</p>
<ul>
<li>Visit the <a href="https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/menu-visibility-control/" rel="ugc">support forum</a></li>
<li>Leave a <a href="https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/menu-visibility-control/reviews/#new-post" rel="ugc">review</a></li>
<li>Support development via <a href="https://knowledge.buzz/donate" rel="nofollow ugc">donation</a></li>
</ul>
<h3>License</h3>
<p>This plugin is licensed under the <strong>GPL v2 or later</strong>.</p>
<p>You are free to use, modify, and redistribute it under the same license.</p>
<p>Code is Poetry. ❤️</p>


Menu Visibility Control

Control WordPress menu item visibility based on login status, user roles, device type, or specific pages — lightweight and theme-agnostic.

Gabriel Serafini

<p>Display content conditionally based on a schedule. Choose from three scheduling modes:</p>
<ol>
<li><strong>Date Range</strong> – Show content between specific start and end dates</li>
<li><strong>Recurring</strong> – Show content on specific days of the week during a time window</li>
<li><strong>Custom</strong> – Use PHP strtotime expressions for flexible scheduling</li>
</ol>
<h4>Gutenberg Block</h4>
<p>The <strong>Display During</strong> block provides a visual editor with:</p>
<ul>
<li>Sidebar controls for all three scheduling modes</li>
<li>Date/time pickers for start and end dates</li>
<li>Day-of-week checkboxes for recurring schedules</li>
<li>Live status indicator (active/inactive)</li>
<li>Optional fallback message when content is hidden</li>
<li>Copy as Shortcode toolbar button</li>
</ul>
<h4>Shortcodes</h4>
<p>The <code>[display_during]</code> shortcode works in the Classic Editor and anywhere shortcodes are supported.</p>
<p><strong>Date range:</strong><br />
    [display_during start_day_time=”June 1, 2026 8:00 am” end_day_time=”December 31, 2026 11:59 pm”]Content here[/display_during]</p>
<p><strong>Recurring schedule (new in 2.0):</strong><br />
    [display_during days=”mon,wed,fri” start_time=”09:00″ end_time=”17:00″]Office hours content[/display_during]</p>
<p><strong>Custom strtotime:</strong><br />
    [display_during start_day_time=”Sun 8:00 am” end_day_time=”Mon 8:00 pm”]Weekend content[/display_during]</p>
<p><strong>With fallback message:</strong><br />
    [display_during end_day_time=”June 1, 2026″]Register now![display_during_message]Registration has closed.[/display_during_message][/display_during]</p>
<h4>Shortcode Parameters</h4>
<ul>
<li><code>start_day_time</code> – When to start showing content (strtotime string or date)</li>
<li><code>end_day_time</code> – When to stop showing content</li>
<li><code>days</code> – Comma-separated days for recurring mode (mon,tue,wed,thu,fri,sat,sun)</li>
<li><code>start_time</code> – Start time for recurring mode (HH:MM format)</li>
<li><code>end_time</code> – End time for recurring mode (HH:MM format)</li>
<li><code>timezone_location</code> – PHP timezone identifier (defaults to site timezone)</li>
<li><code>message</code> – Plain text fallback message (legacy; use nested shortcode for rich content)</li>
</ul>


Display During Conditional Shortcode

Show or hide content based on date ranges, recurring day/time schedules, or custom strtotime expressions. Includes a Gutenberg block and shortcode.

Menu Visibility Control vs Display During Conditional Shortcode