Plugin info

Total downloads: 23,008
Active installs: 1,000
Total reviews: 13
Average rating: 4.9
Support threads opened: 0
Support threads resolved: 0 (0%)
Available in: 1 language(s)
Contributors: 1
Last updated: 9/19/2025 (103 days ago)
Added to WordPress: 11/22/2014 (11 years old)
Minimum WordPress version: 3.6
Tested up to WordPress version: 6.8.3
Minimum PHP version: f

Maintenance & Compatibility

Maintenance score

Maintained • Last updated 103 days ago • 13 reviews

54/100

Is User Access Shortcodes abandoned?

Likely maintained (last update 103 days ago).

Compatibility

Requires WordPress: 3.6
Tested up to: 6.8.3
Requires PHP: f

Languages

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Description

This is the simplest way of controlling who sees what in your posts/pages. This plugin allows you to restrict content to logged in users only (or guests, or by roles) with simple shortcodes. What you see is what you get, and it’s totally free.

Usage

Show content only for Guests

[UAS_guest]
This content can only be seen by guests.
[/UAS_guest]

Show content only for Registered/Logged in users

[UAS_loggedin]
This content can only be seen by logged in users.
[/UAS_loggedin]

Show content ony for specific roles

[UAS_role roles="administrator, editor"]
This content can only be seen by administrators and editors.
[/UAS_role]

Show content ony for specific users

[UAS_specific ids="23, 127"]
This content can only be seen by users with IDs 23 and 127.
[/UAS_specific]

Several extra parameters are available, please go to the plugin’s documentation if you need more information on how to use this plugin.

Support

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Installation

Installation

  1. In your WordPress admin panel, go to Plugins > New Plugin
  2. Find our Responsive Tabs plugin by WP Darko and click Install now
  3. Alternatively, download the plugin and upload the contents of user-access-shortcodes.zip to your plugins directory, which usually is /wp-content/plugins/
  4. Activate the plugin

Usage

Show content only for Guests

[UAS_guest]
This content can only be seen by guests.
[/UAS_guest]

Show content only for Registered/Logged in users

[UAS_loggedin]
This content can only be seen by logged in users.
[/UAS_loggedin]

Show content ony for specific roles

[UAS_role roles="administrator, editor"]
This content can only be seen by administrators and editors.
[/UAS_role]

Show content ony for specific users

[UAS_specific ids="23, 127"]
This content can only be seen by users with IDs 23 and 127.
[/UAS_specific]

Several extra parameters are available, please go to the plugin’s documentation for information on how to use it.

Frequently Asked Questions

How to use the plugin

If you are using the Classic Editor you should see a new icon added to your toolbar, you can use it to insert shortcodes in your post/pages.
If you are using a page builder, please use the shortcodes above in your content directly.

Several extra parameters are available, please go to the plugin’s documentation if you need more information on how to use this plugin.

Support

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Screenshots

  1. Simple, hassle-free content restrictions

    Simple, hassle-free content restrictions

Changelog

2.3

  • Added inverse parameter to allow hide the content in specific cases

2.2

  • Added show/hide content for specific roles
  • Simplified usage

2.1.1

  • Fixed nested shortcode issue

2.1

  • Better shortcode support (nested)

2.0

  • Added new minor features
  • Can show/hide content for users by ID

1.3

  • Nested shortcodes support

1.2

  • Minor fixes

1.1

  • Minor bug fix

1.0

  • Initial release (yay!)