Gatekeeper
Gatekeeper allows administrators to take a WordPress site offline while leaving it accessible to authorized users for maintenance, testing, etc.
3.7(3 reviews)
·200 active installs·Updated 8 years agoAs of April 2026, Gatekeeper is a WordPress offline plugin with 200 active installations and a 3.7/5 rating from 3 reviews. It has been downloaded 17K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 3.0+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2011. Last updated 8 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Top alternative: PWA for WP – Progressive Web Apps Made….
3.7/53 reviews
200active installs
17K+total downloads
15 yearssince 2011
Overview
Gatekeeper allows administrators to take a WordPress site offline quickly and easily while leaving it fully accessible to administrators and other authorized users. Site visitors will be shown or redirected to a specified offline page. An optional blacklist can be used for permanent bans.
** Features **
- Visitors can either be redirected to an existing non-WordPress offline page (using http 302 temporary redirect) or WordPress pages can be temporarily replaced with the offline page.
- Logged in admins can be whitelisted
- The current admin’s IP address can be automatically whitelisted
- An IP-based whitelist that can accept specific IP addresses, wildcards, and ranges
- A basic IP-based blacklist that redirects blacklisted IPs to a specified page (not to be used for security)
- A notifier tha…
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Ratings & Reviews
3.73 reviews
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Compatibility
| WordPress | 3.0+ requiredTested up to 4.8.28 |
| PHP | false+ required |
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Changelog
1.1
- UI improvements.
- Explicit warnings that the Blacklist is not designed for security. See FAQ.
- Acknowledging support for latest version of WordPress.
Contributors
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