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Members Restricted Access

This plugin creates shortcodes to restrict the access to users (visitors, members or by an specific role). You can also add a shortcode and use nested …

By Manny Costales·Members·Free
5(4 reviews)
·100 active installs·Updated 10 years ago
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As of April 2026, Members Restricted Access is a WordPress members plugin with 100 active installations and a 5/5 rating from 4 reviews. It has been downloaded 7.0K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 3.0.1+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2015. Last updated 10 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Top alternative: BuddyPress.

5/54 reviews
100active installs
7.0K+total downloads
11 yearssince 2015

Overview

This plugin create shortcodes to restrict the access to Visitors, Members or specific role. You can create sections in your page/post only visible to members (logged users), visitors or for an specific role.

To use you need to create the content and wrap it with these shortcodes: [visitor], [member] or [showifrole].

  • You can use the parameters ‘is’ and ‘msg’. If you not specify them, the default value will be use instead.
  • The paramater ‘is’ is use it with the shortcode [showifrole] to check for that specific user. The default value is ‘administrator’.
  • And ‘msg’ is the message the system is going to show. You can use html code with single apostrophes (‘). The default value is null.

Examples:

‘[visitor]
content only…

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Ratings & Reviews

54 reviews
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Compatibility

WordPress3.0.1+ requiredTested up to 4.4.34
PHPfalse+ required

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Frequently Asked Questions

Changelog

3.0

  • Now you can use nested shortcodes, so you can use a any shortcode inside our shortcode verification.
View full changelog on WordPress.org

Contributors

Manny CostalesManny Costales
Plugin Info
Version
3.0
Last Updated
Mar 3, 2016
WP Requires
3.0.1+
Tested Up To
4.4.34
PHP Requires
false+
Active Installs
100
Downloads
7.0K+
Added
Mar 1, 2015
Business
Free

Tags

membersvisitorrestric by rolerestrict access

Developer

M
Manny Costales
4 plugins0.0M+ total installs
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