Designate categories as "members-only" via 'Privacy Settings.' Assign them to users via 'Profile.'
As of April 2026, O3World Members-Only Categories is a WordPress users plugin with 10 active installations and a 1/5 rating from 1 reviews. It has been downloaded 4.5K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 3.0.0+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2011. Last updated 14 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Top alternative: User Switching.
If you’d like to make the content on your site visible only to certain users using categories, look no further!
Designate certain categories as “members-only” via Privacy Settings.
An administrator may then assign a user to them via Profile.
Only content belonging to “public” categories (any top-level category you do not designate as “members-only”), and categories assigned to the logged-in user, and all subcategories of either, will be visible.
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| WordPress | 3.0.0+ requiredTested up to 3.3.0 |
| PHP | false+ required |
Specify hide_empty argument (set to false) in call to get_categories, so that ALL top-level categories are shown.
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