Is Pageview content restriction free?

Yes, Pageview content restriction is free to use. It is available as a free plugin on WordPress.org.

How many websites use Pageview content restriction?

Pageview content restriction has 10 active installations as tracked by WordPress.org.

What are the best Pageview content restriction alternatives?

Popular alternatives to Pageview content restriction include Loginizer, User Role Editor, Members – Membership & User Role Editor…. You can compare them side-by-side on our comparison pages.

Does Pageview content restriction work with the latest WordPress?

Pageview content restriction has been tested up to WordPress 4.2.39. It requires WordPress 3.8+ and PHP false+.

PluginSift

Pageview content restriction

Name: Pageview content restriction
Author: curlybracket

Restricts access to your Wordpress site after a certain number of pageviews.

By curlybracket·Access·Free

·10 active installs·Updated 10 years ago

Download Visit Homepage Compare

As of April 2026, Pageview content restriction is a WordPress access plugin with 10 active installations and a 0/5 rating0. It has been downloaded 1.8K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 3.8+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2014. Last updated 10 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Top alternative: Loginizer.

0/5Rating

10active installs

1.8K+total downloads

12 yearssince 2014

Overview

This WordPress plugin restricts non-authenticated users to a number of pages to view. You can define how many pages an unauthenticated user may view. If the limit is reached, the user is redirected to the WordPress login page (default) or a page of your choice.

This plugin uses cookies, but not only. People can not just empty their cookies and start watching your page again. In this plugin i use a technique in which I combine a users’ IP address with the user agent of this particular user, and create a more or less unique hash out of these two informations. This hash is stored as a file in the wp-content/uploads directory.

A site administrator can choose to reinitialize all sessions and empty the hash files.

Furthermore, robots might be blocked. However, important bots like GoogleBot, Bi…

Read full description on WordPress.org