Freemius

Jory Hogeveen

Joachim Jensen

DEV Institute

<p><strong>Restrict User Access is a fast and simple Membership Plugin for WordPress. Restrict your content in minutes, NOT hours.</strong></p>
<p>Quickly set up a paid membership site where your users can get different levels such as Platinum, Gold, or Free. Then, grant those levels when a user purchases a product in WooCommerce.</p>
<h3>👥 Unlimited Access Levels</h3>
<p>Users can have multiple levels, and you control how long memberships should last. When unauthorized users try to access restricted content, you can redirect them to another URL or display a teaser.</p>
<h3>⚡ Level Membership Automations</h3>
<p>Automatically add levels to your users based on something they do (Triggers) or something they are (Traits):</p>
<ul>
<li>User Registration</li>
<li>User Roles</li>
<li>Logged-in or Guests</li>
<li>WooCommerce Purchases</li>
<li>Easy Digital Downloads Purchases</li>
<li>BuddyPress Member Types</li>
<li>GiveWP Donations</li>
</ul>
<h3>🔒 Contextual Content Protection</h3>
<p>Prevent unauthorized users from visiting your posts, pages, or categories. You can even combine the conditions: protect all posts tagged “Premium” written by a select author.</p>
<p>The following Access Conditions are available out of the box:</p>
<ul>
<li>Posts, Pages & Custom Post Types</li>
<li>Content with Tags, Categories, or Custom Taxonomies</li>
<li>Content written by select Authors</li>
<li>Page Templates</li>
<li>Blog Page & Post Type Archives</li>
<li>Author Archives</li>
<li>Taxonomy Archives</li>
<li>Front Page, Search Results, 404 Not Found Page</li>
<li>bbPress Profiles, Forums & Topics</li>
<li>BuddyPress Profile Sections</li>
<li>Languages (Polylang, qTranslate X, TranslatePress, Transposh, Weglot, WPML)</li>
<li>Pods Pages</li>
</ul>
<p>Note that Access Conditions do not apply to content displayed in lists.</p>
<h3>✅ Grant & Deny Capabilities</h3>
<p>The easy-to-use WordPress User Manager gives you full control over the capabilities the members should or shouldn’t have. Access Level Capabilities will override the permissions set by roles or other plugins.</p>
<h3>👁️ Hide Admin Bar & Nav Menu Visibility</h3>
<p>Disable the admin bar for select levels and control what menu items members can see. You can even hide any widget area created with <a href="https://dev.institute/wordpress-sidebars/?utm_source=readme&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=section&utm_campaign=rua" rel="nofollow ugc">Content Aware Sidebars</a></p>
<h3>🤖 Restrict Content from Other Plugins</h3>
<p>Restrict User Access autodetects Custom Post Types and Taxonomies created by any plugin or theme. Built-in support for some of the most popular WordPress plugins means that you e.g. can restrict access to bbPress forums or multilingual content.</p>
<ul>
<li>bbPress</li>
<li>BuddyPress</li>
<li>Easy Digital Downloads</li>
<li>Pods</li>
<li>Polylang</li>
<li>TranslatePress</li>
<li>WooCommerce</li>
<li>Weglot</li>
<li>WPML</li>
<li>and more …</li>
</ul>
<h3>🛡️ WordPress Security Enhancements</h3>
<ul>
<li><strong>WP REST API Content Protection</strong><br />
Enforces PoLA to minimize attack surfaces and stop threat actors from harvesting your data</li>
<li><strong>How to display content in lists</strong><br />
Display excerpts only or hide content when post types are displayed in blog, archives, search results, lists, etc.</li>
</ul>
<h3>📑 Restrict Content with Shortcodes</h3>
<p>Fine-tune content visibility in your posts or pages by adding simple shortcodes:</p>
<pre><code>[restrict level="platinum"]
This content can only be seen by users with Platinum level or above.
[/restrict]

[restrict level="!platinum"]
This content can only be seen by users without Platinum level or above.
[/restrict]

[restrict role="editor,contributor" page="1"]
This content can only be seen by editors and contributors.
Other users will see content from page with ID 1.
[/restrict]

[login-form]
</code></pre>
<h3>👋 Developer-friendly API</h3>
<p>Restrict User Access makes it super easy for developers to programmatically customize WordPress access control by adding a few lines of code to theme templates.</p>
<h4>Example – Add level to current user</h4>
<pre><code>rua_get_user()->add_level($level_id);
</code></pre>
<h4>Example – Check if current user has an active level membership</h4>
<pre><code>if(rua_get_user()->has_level($level_id)) {
    //show restricted content
} else {
    //show content if unauthorized
}
</code></pre>
<p><a href="https://dev.institute/docs/restrict-user-access/developer-api/?utm_source=readme&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=section&utm_campaign=rua" rel="nofollow ugc">View full RUA PHP API documentation here.</a></p>
<h3>🎛️ Premium Add-ons for Restrict User Access</h3>
<p>Complete your WordPress membership site with these powerful extensions</p>
<ul>
<li><strong><a href="https://dev.institute/products/category/restrict-user-access/?utm_source=readme&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=acf&utm_campaign=rua" rel="nofollow ugc">ACF Restriction</a></strong><br />
Restrict content that contain data from Advanced Custom Fields plugin</li>
<li><strong><a href="https://dev.institute/products/category/restrict-user-access/?utm_source=readme&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=date&utm_campaign=rua" rel="nofollow ugc">Date Restriction</a></strong><br />
Restrict content based on the time it was published</li>
<li><strong><a href="https://dev.institute/products/category/restrict-user-access/?utm_source=readme&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=metabox&utm_campaign=rua" rel="nofollow ugc">Meta Box Restriction</a></strong><br />
Restrict content that contain data from Meta Box plugin</li>
<li><strong><a href="https://dev.institute/products/category/restrict-user-access/?utm_source=readme&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=timelock&utm_campaign=rua" rel="nofollow ugc">Timelock</a></strong><br />
Determine when to enable or disable select Access Conditions</li>
<li><strong><a href="https://dev.institute/products/category/restrict-user-access/?utm_source=readme&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=url&utm_campaign=rua" rel="nofollow ugc">URL Restriction</a></strong><br />
Restrict content based on the WordPress URL, with wildcard support</li>
<li><strong><a href="https://dev.institute/products/category/restrict-user-access/?utm_source=readme&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=visibility&utm_campaign=rua" rel="nofollow ugc">Visibility Control</a></strong><br />
Hide content from blog, search results, archives, custom lists, WP REST API, and more</li>
</ul>


Restrict User Access – Ultimate Membership & Content Protection

Create Access Levels and restrict any post, page, category, etc. Supports bbPress, BuddyPress, WooCommerce, WPML, and more.

WooSofts

<p><strong><a href="https://woosofts.com/store-restriction" rel="nofollow ugc">Store Restriction for WooCommerce</a></strong> transforms your WooCommerce store into a powerful restricted access platform. Whether you’re running a wholesale business, B2B marketplace, or members-only shop, our plugin gives you complete control over product visibility and access based on user roles, geographic location, and more.</p>
<p><a href="https://woosofts.com/docs" rel="nofollow ugc">Plugin Documentation</a></p>
<h4>🔥 Key Features</h4>
<ul>
<li><strong>Role-Based Restrictions:</strong> Control product visibility by user roles (Customer, Wholesale, VIP, etc.)</li>
<li><strong>Country-Based Restrictions:</strong> Geo-restrict products and categories for territory-specific sales</li>
<li><strong>Category Protection:</strong> Set restrictions at the category level for efficient management</li>
<li><strong>Individual Product Control:</strong> Apply granular restrictions to specific products</li>
<li><strong>Bulk Management:</strong> Efficiently manage multiple restrictions at once</li>
<li><strong>Custom Restriction Messages:</strong> Create tailored messages for restricted users</li>
<li><strong>Global Store Settings:</strong> Control store-wide restriction policies</li>
</ul>
<h4>🎯 Perfect For</h4>
<ul>
<li><strong>Wholesale Stores</strong> – Hide retail prices from non-wholesale users</li>
<li><strong>B2B Marketplaces</strong> – Create business-only shopping experiences</li>
<li><strong>Members-Only Shops</strong> – Restrict access to exclusive customers</li>
<li><strong>Country-Specific Stores</strong> – Comply with regional sales restrictions</li>
<li><strong>Private Shopping Clubs</strong> – Create exclusive shopping experiences</li>
<li><strong>Age-Restricted Products</strong> – Control access to appropriate audiences</li>
<li><strong>Educational Product Stores</strong> – Restrict by student or institution roles</li>
</ul>
<h4>🚀 Professional Tools</h4>
<ul>
<li>Advanced user role management system</li>
<li>Flexible country restriction settings</li>
<li>Category-level protection mechanisms</li>
<li>Custom restriction messages and redirects</li>
<li>Intuitive, easy-to-use interface</li>
<li>Global store configuration options</li>
</ul>
<h3>Third Party Services</h3>
<p>This plugin uses:<br />
* Material-UI (MUI) – <a href="https://mui.com/material-ui/" rel="nofollow ugc">https://mui.com/material-ui/</a></p>
<h3>Additional Information</h3>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://woosofts.com/store-restriction" rel="nofollow ugc">Plugin Homepage</a></li>
<li><a href="https://woosofts.com/docs" rel="nofollow ugc">Documentation</a></li>
<li><a href="https://woosofts.com/support" rel="nofollow ugc">Support</a></li>
<li><a href="https://woosofts.com/terms" rel="nofollow ugc">Terms of Service</a></li>
<li><a href="https://woosofts.com/privacy" rel="nofollow ugc">Privacy Policy</a></li>
</ul>


Store Restriction for WooCommerce – Product Visibility & Access Control

Create members-only WooCommerce stores with powerful user role, country, and category-based restrictions. Perfect for wholesale, B2B & private shops.

Restrict User Access – Ultimate Membership & Content Protection vs Store Restriction for WooCommerce – Product Visibility & Access Control