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Restricted Site Notifier

Add-on for Restricted Site Access plugin. Displays site's current restriction status in the admin bar.

By Fidgety Lizard·Admin Bar·Free
5(2 reviews)
·80 active installs·Updated 3 months ago
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As of April 2026, Restricted Site Notifier is a WordPress admin bar plugin with 80 active installations and a 5/5 rating from 2 reviews. It has been downloaded 3.4K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 3.8+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2016. Top alternative: Hide Admin Bar.

5/52 reviews
80active installs
3.4K+total downloads
10 yearssince 2016

Overview

The Restricted Site Access plugin allows you to restrict a whole WordPress site to be visible only to logged-in users. This is very handy for development sites, and for providing members-only sites with no publicly-visible content.

This simple add-on plugin for Restricted Site Access adds a notification icon and message to the admin bar, showing the site’s current restriction status. This notification is only visible to admin-capable users, and means that an admin can always see the site’s current restriction status at a glance.

The plugin shows a locked padlock and a RESTRICTED status message if the Site Visibility setting has been restricted to logged-in or allowed-by-IP users.

It shows an unlocked padlock and an UNRESTRICTED status message for all other settings of Site V…

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Ratings & Reviews

52 reviews
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2 ★
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1 ★
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Compatibility

WordPress3.8+ requiredTested up to 6.9.4
PHPfalse+ required

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Frequently Asked Questions

Changelog

1.1

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Contributors

Fidgety LizardFidgety LizardKona MacpheeKona Macphee
Plugin Info
Version
1.1
Last Updated
Dec 11, 2025
WP Requires
3.8+
Tested Up To
6.9.4
PHP Requires
false+
Active Installs
80
Downloads
3.4K+
Added
Jan 22, 2016
Business
Free

Tags

admin baradmin iconrestricted site accessrestricted site status

Developer

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Fidgety Lizard
3 plugins0.0M+ total installs
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