Allows an administrator to make special exceptions to their private posts/pages (any content type), based on user role (or Guests), or IP address.
As of April 2026, Advanced Post Privacy is a WordPress pages plugin with 10 active installations and a 0/5 rating0. It has been downloaded 3.4K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 3.0+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2011. Last updated 12 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Top alternative: WP-PageNavi.
Advanced Post Privacy takes advantage of the current underdeveloped functionality of private posts. It
allows you to make exceptions to any content types that have been marked as private.
Possible Future Features:
* Allowing exceptions on a per page/post basis.
* Allowing protected posts/pages to be bypassed.
* Integration with popular Member Plugins.
* Integration with Pods CMS.
* Anything else requested.
The usage of this plugin varies, I created it after having to do something very simple for a
project that wasn’t built in, allowing a search engine to crawl private posts while remaining
private. I was able to do it using IP address, and this made the process much easier.
Other uses could include:
* Allowing certain roles (such as authors) to see private media.
* Allow…
| WordPress | 3.0+ requiredTested up to 3.6.1 |
| PHP | false+ required |
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