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PayGate Content Restriction lets you create membership tiers, restrict any post or page to specific tiers, and process payments via Stripe Checkout — all from within WordPress without any external middleware.
Key Features:
<ul>
<li>Create unlimited membership tiers with custom pricing and features</li>
<li>Restrict individual posts, pages, or custom post types</li>
<li>Three paywall designs: Modern, Minimal, and Classic</li>
<li>Stripe-native payments (Checkout Sessions + Subscriptions)</li>
<li>Real Stripe webhook handling with signature verification</li>
<li>Admin member management dashboard</li>
<li>Analytics dashboard with conversion charts</li>
<li>Bulk content restriction tools</li>
<li>Member self-service dashboard (view/cancel subscription)</li>
<li>Transactional email notifications (welcome, cancellation, payment failed)</li>
<li>Theme template override support</li>
<li>WP-CLI demo seeder for testing</li>
</ul>
Paywall Templates:
<ul>
<li>Modern — Card with blur fade-in effect and tier grid</li>
<li>Minimal — Clean HR divider with stacked full-width CTA buttons</li>
<li>Classic — Badge icon, tier cards in flex row, “Most Popular” label</li>
</ul>
No dependencies on page builders, shortcode soup, or external services beyond Stripe.
<h3>External Services</h3>
This plugin connects to the following external services:
<h4>Stripe</h4>
PayGate Content Restriction uses Stripe to process payments and manage subscriptions.
<ul>
<li>What data is sent: When a user subscribes, their WordPress user ID, email address, and selected membership tier are used to create a Stripe Customer and initiate a Checkout Session. Stripe receives whatever billing information the user enters during checkout.</li>
<li>When it is sent: Only when a logged-in user clicks a “Get Access” or “Subscribe” button to initiate checkout, or when a Stripe webhook event is received and verified.</li>
<li>Stripe’s terms of service: https://stripe.com/legal</li>
<li>Stripe’s privacy policy: https://stripe.com/privacy</li>
</ul>
<h4>Freemius (Pro version only)</h4>
The Pro version of this plugin uses Freemius for license management and automatic updates.
<ul>
<li>What data is sent: WordPress site URL, plugin version, and (with user consent) basic site and admin contact information for license activation.</li>
<li>When it is sent: Only when the Pro version is active and a license is being activated or checked.</li>
<li>Freemius terms of service: https://freemius.com/terms/</li>
<li>Freemius privacy policy: https://freemius.com/privacy/</li>
</ul>

PayGate Content Restriction

Restrict post and page content behind membership tiers with Stripe-native payments. No page builders needed.

Daniel Iser

Code Atlantic

Content Control is a transformative plugin, allowing you to fine-tune every aspect of your WordPress website’s content. Decide who gets to see what, where, and when – be it pages, posts, widgets, or individual block visibility using our handy shortcode. Your content, your rules, executed perfectly!
Content Control is intuitive and powerful, designed for all users—whether logged in, holding specific roles, or even guests. Need top-tier content restriction or a dependable access manager for your site? Look no further. We’ve expanded our controls to include Gutenberg and Full Site Editor, giving you unmatched command.
<h4>Key Features</h4>
Discover what Content Control brings to your table:
<ul>
<li>Full control over your site’s content, restrict user access with ease!.</li>
<li>Create a Paid Membership sites using your favorite or existing ecommerce plugins.</li>
<li>Set up a seamless paywall for your content, providing teasers for users and prompting them to purchase access.</li>
<li>Per block controls for Gutenberg and Full Site Editor, including user roles, device type, and more.
<ul>
<li>Responsive block controls with customizable breakpoints.</li>
<li>Control block visibility by user status, roles, device type & more.</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Restrict access to pages, posts, widgets, and individual blocks based on user status, roles, device type & more.</li>
<li>Offer membership tools for crafting membership access and members-only content.</li>
<li>Provide responsive block designs that adapt to varying device sizes.</li>
<li>Lockdown content selectively for improved user experiences.</li>
<li>Implement role-based redirections to guide users effectively.</li>
<li>Unlock the power of subscription content and monetization strategies.</li>
<li>Safeguard specific categories, tags, custom post types, and custom taxonomies.</li>
<li>Manage access to <a href="https://www.hongkiat.com/blog/wordpress-attachment-pages/" rel="nofollow ugc">media attachment pages</a> for logged in/out users or specific user roles.</li>
<li>Display a custom message to users who do not have permission to view the content.</li>
<li>Display specific content on a page or post to logged in users only, specific user roles, or logged out users.</li>
<li>Redirect users without access permission to a login page, website homepage, or a custom URL.</li>
<li>Highlight subscriber-only content for premium users.</li>
<li>Use the <code>[content_control]</code> shortcode to protect content inline and cater to subscriber preferences.</li>
<li>Control widget visibility by selecting the user type that can view each widget.</li>
<li>Conditionally show coming soon or maintenance mode pages based on various rules.</li>
<li>Restrict access to your site’s REST API endpoints.</li>
</ul>
<a href="https://contentcontrolplugin.com/docs/?utm_campaign=plugin-info&utm_source=readme-description&utm_medium=wordpress&utm_content=documentation-link" rel="nofollow ugc">Content Control Documentation</a>
<h4>Pro Features</h4>
Content Control Pro, with advanced features like:
<ul>
<li>Content Teasers for Paywalls, giving your users a sneak peek, leaving them wanting more.</li>
<li>Optimize your WooCommerce & Easy Digital Downloads (EDD) & Paid Memberships Pro experiences with advanced rules.</li>
<li>Schedule blocks, controlling content visibility timings using customizable scheduling rules.</li>
<li>Dive deeper with advanced block rules and a boolean editor.</li>
<li>Customize login, registration & recovery page urls. Custom login urls give a more personalized user experience.</li>
</ul>
<a href="https://contentcontrolplugin.com/pricing/?utm_campaign=plugin-info&utm_source=readme-description&utm_medium=wordpress&utm_content=upgrade-link" rel="nofollow ugc">Upgrade to Content Control Pro</a>
Note: Content Control handles media access via content on media attachment pages but won’t restrict direct server-level access to media files.
<h4>Passionately Crafted by Code Atlantic</h4>
At <a href="https://code-atlantic.com" title="Code Atlantic - High Quality WordPress Plugins" rel="nofollow ugc">Code Atlantic</a>, we’re passionate about crafting tools that empower your digital journey. Content Control is a testament to our commitment to quality.
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Content Control – The Ultimate Content Restriction Plugin! Restrict Content, Create Conditional Blocks & More

What can I say, everything about using this plugin is super easy ... thanks to the developers.

Awesome Plugin

Efficient Plugin


Excellent plugin for fine tuning who can see the various parts and pieces of your website. 


Awesome Plugin For Custom Content Access Experiences


Does what it's supposed to, very good support. 


Great plugin


Very happy with this plugin. It provides the exact functionality I was looking for! Thank you!


Exactly what I needed

Works perfectly

Restrict content based on login status, user roles, device type & more. Monetize your content with a paywall or members-only content.

PayGate Content Restriction vs Content Control – The Ultimate Content Restriction Plugin! Restrict Content, Create Conditional Blocks & More