LaughterOnWater

<p>SanctumGate gives small websites an easy way to keep the majority of pages and posts private for active members without the complexity of a full-on membership system. With simple, granular access controls, you decide exactly what the public sees — and what stays reserved for your logged-in community.</p>
<p><strong>Key Features:</strong><br />
* <strong>Page-Level Control</strong>: Choose specific pages to make publicly accessible<br />
* <strong>Category-Based Access</strong>: Make entire categories of posts public<br />
* <strong>Category Archives</strong>: Public category archive pages for allowed categories<br />
* <strong>User-Friendly Interface</strong>: Checkbox-based selection instead of manual ID entry<br />
* <strong>Visual Feedback</strong>: See exactly what’s currently public at a glance<br />
* <strong>Lightweight</strong>: Minimal performance impact, perfect for smaller sites</p>
<p><strong>Perfect For:</strong><br />
* Small business websites<br />
* Community sites<br />
* Member-only content areas<br />
* Private blogs<br />
* Non-profit organization sites</p>
<h3>Usage</h3>
<h3>Basic Setup</h3>
<ol>
<li>Navigate to <strong>Appearance <span aria-hidden="true" class="wp-exclude-emoji">→</span> SanctumGate</strong> in your WordPress admin</li>
<li>You’ll see two sections: “Allowed Pages” and “Allowed Categories”</li>
</ol>
<h3>Making Pages Public</h3>
<ul>
<li>Check the boxes next to any pages you want to be publicly accessible</li>
<li>The home page is always public by default</li>
<li>Save your changes</li>
</ul>
<h3>Making Posts Public by Category</h3>
<ul>
<li>Check the boxes next to categories whose posts should be public</li>
<li>All posts in checked categories will be accessible without login</li>
<li>Category archive pages for allowed categories are also public</li>
<li>Save your changes</li>
</ul>
<h3>What Stays Private</h3>
<p>Everything else on your site will require users to log in to access, including:<br />
* Unchecked pages<br />
* Posts in unchecked categories<br />
* All other post types and content</p>
<h3>Support</h3>
<p>For support, please visit the <a href="https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/sanctumgate/" rel="ugc">WordPress support forums</a> or check the <a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/sanctumgate/" rel="ugc">plugin documentation</a>.</p>
<h3>Credits</h3>
<p>Developed by LaughterOnWater<br />
Inspired by the need for simple, effective access control on small WordPress sites.</p>


SanctumGate

Simple granular access controls for WordPress sites. Keep content private for members while selectively making pages and categories public.

Tran Ngoc Tuan Anh

eLightUp

<p>The <strong>ELU Hide Admin Menu</strong> plugin helps you hide admin menu and admin bar items in WordPress admin area based on user role. Simply select the checkboxes corresponding to menu items and user role and Save. You’ll have a simplified menu for your clients and users. That will help you hide some important menu items that you don’t want them to access, like settings page, account detail page, etc.</p>
<p>This plugin has a friendly interface and very easy to use. Everything is simple and you can understand all the functionality within 5 minutes!</p>
<p>The <strong>ELU Hide Admin Menu</strong> plugin works well with custom user roles and menu items added by other plugins and compatible with WordPress Multisite.</p>
<h3>Features</h3>
<ul>
<li>Ability to hide items in admin menu and admin bar.</li>
<li>Customizable by user role, including Administrator. Works with custom user roles.</li>
<li>Works with menu items added by other plugins.</li>
<li>Ability to export and import settings.</li>
<li>Works in Multisite mode. Setup for whole network only ONCE. You don’t need to go to each blog admin page to setup the plugin anymore.</li>
</ul>
<h3>User roles / capabilities</h3>
<p>Please note that the plugin does <strong>not</strong> alter or create user roles or capabilities. It simply uses the user roles as conditions to hide the admin menu / admin bar items.</p>
<p>It’s recommended to use a role management plugin (like <a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/members/" rel="ugc">Members</a>) to create roles and then use this plugin to control the menu visibility.</p>
<p><strong>Warning:</strong> Be careful if you hide menus from <strong>administrators</strong>. You’ll loose access to these menus. If you want to block access to certain menu items for other administrators, please create another role and move those users to that role. Then use the plugin to hide menus from them.</p>
<h3>Bug reports</h3>
<p>If you find any problems using the plugin, please <a href="https://github.com/elightup/elu-hide-admin-menu" rel="nofollow ugc">open a new issue on Github</a>.</p>
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ELU Hide Admin Menu

Great Plugin

This is exactly what I was looking for to hide some menu items on one site but not another. Works perfectly with multisite. Easy to use with default roles, or use a separate custom role plugin to create custom roles. Thanks!

Perfect! Works on Multisite.

Hide admin menu and admin bar items in WordPress admin area based on user role.

SanctumGate vs ELU Hide Admin Menu