PPWP – Password Protect Pages vs Restrict – membership, site, content… (2026)
Detailed side-by-side comparison of two WordPress plugins, based on real-time data from WordPress.org.
PPWP – Password Protect Pages
30K+ active installs
Free
Restrict – membership, site, content…
2.0K+ active installs
Free
Quick Verdict
As of April 2026, PPWP – Password Protect Pages has a higher user rating (4.7/5 from 269 reviews) and leads in active installations (30K+ vs 2.0K+). Both are free WordPress plugins. PPWP – Password Protect Pages has accumulated 1.0M+ total downloads while Restrict – membership, site, content… has 65K+.
Detailed Comparison
| Metric | PPWP – Password Protect Pages | Restrict – membership, site, content… | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rating | 4.7/5 | ◄ | 4.2/5 |
| Total Reviews | 269 | ◄ | 25 |
| Active Installs | 30K+ | ◄ | 2.0K+ |
| Total Downloads | 1.0M+ | ◄ | 65K+ |
| Support Resolution | 0% | N/A | |
| Last Updated | 3 days ago | ◄ | 2 months ago |
| First Released | 2018 | 2016 | |
| Age | 8 years | 10 years | |
| WP Requires | 4.7+ | 4.3+ | |
| PHP Requires | 5.6+ | false+ | |
| Business Model | Free | Free | |
| Latest Version | 1.9.17 | 2.3.4 |
Rating Breakdown
PPWP – Password Protect Pages
Restrict – membership, site, content…
Download Trends
Over the past 30 days, PPWP – Password Protect Pages averaged approximately 1,239 daily downloads while Restrict – membership, site, content… averaged 18.
Recent Reviews
PPWP – Password Protect Pages Reviews
Works Well and Amazing Support
Timely & helpful support, even on the free version. Great plugin with an extremely helpful development team!
Way too limiting for the free version and paid is too expensive
I need something so simple, just an app that locks all the site but the homepage. $180/year is too much for this simple requirement. They advertise they have more features for free than any competitor
Excellent service the PPWP team are very helpful
Muhammad and the PPWP team are very helpful we had an issue with caching and anchor tags not working on our website. PPWP investigated the issue immediately and provided us with some custom code snipp
Restrict – membership, site, content… Reviews
great plugin
Love it thanks just what I needed
Exactly what I need
Very useful plugin even with the free version, highly recommended 🙂
nicht gratis
War so la la als kostenloses Plugin. Für Updates, auch Sicherheitsupdates, wollen sie dich zu einem Pro-Abo zwingen. Deinstalliert. This topic was modified 2 years, 3 months ago by palatin8.
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