simple-page-access-restriction

Simple Page Access Restriction

This plugin offers a simple way to restrict visits to select pages only to logged-in users and allows for page redirection to an existing login page.

34.7 opportunity score Open evidence Open API Open on WordPress.org

6.0Kactive installs

76.7Kdownloads

4.9rating

0unresolved threads

5complaints analyzed

24praise analyzed

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Download Momentum

180 days

661recent 30 days 819previous 30 days -19.3%movement 12.7Kshown total

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Source Evidence

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mixed support · high severity · relevance 0.88

Using with an MFA plugin

Using with an MFA plugin: users show security, bugs, compatibility pain that may indicate a product gap.

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Using with an MFA plugin I am using the Duo Two-Factor Authentication plugin which means the page redirection does not work after a user successfully logs in.

praise review · high severity · relevance 0.54

Great Plugin

Great Plugin: users show security pain that may indicate a product gap.

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Great Plugin It does exactly what it says!

complaint support · medium severity · relevance 0.87

Plugin redirects to one page only

Plugin redirects to one page only: users show bugs, missing feature, support pain that may indicate a product gap.

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Initially, I configured the plugin to block access to only one page (let’s call it page 1) and it worked fine.

mixed support · medium severity · relevance 0.84

URL Encode the redirect_parameter

URL Encode the redirect_parameter: users show compatibility, missing feature, support pain that may indicate a product gap.

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e.g., in simple-page-access-restriction.php:172, if we add urlencode() to the home_url() .$_SERVER[‘REQUEST_URI’], it preserves the parameters.

mixed support · medium severity · relevance 0.84

Checkbox default?

Checkbox default?: users show compatibility, missing feature, support pain that may indicate a product gap.

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I want to import at least 100-300 pages(videos).

complaint support · medium severity · relevance 0.81

Filter and Search Issue

Filter and Search Issue: users show bugs, support, setup pain that may indicate a product gap.

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Filter and Search Issue Hi, I have configured and made Simple access restriction plug in worked on my site which is required.

complaint support · medium severity · relevance 0.8

Hide restricted product (feature request)

Hide restricted product (feature request): users show compatibility, missing feature pain that may indicate a product gap.

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Hide restricted product (feature request) Love this simple plugin, does what I need.

complaint support · medium severity · relevance 0.75

Users are able to bypass page restriction.

Users are able to bypass page restriction.: users show bugs, support pain that may indicate a product gap.

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Hello, love this plugin however there are a few bugs ive encountered.

mixed support · medium severity · relevance 0.72

Support 404 and REST API

Support 404 and REST API: users show bugs, support pain that may indicate a product gap.

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Support 404 and REST API Can you add support for returning a 404 for non logged in users?

mixed support · medium severity · relevance 0.72

Redirect to Original Page after Logging in

Redirect to Original Page after Logging in: users show missing feature, support pain that may indicate a product gap.

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Redirect to Original Page after Logging in In most use cases of this plugin, the user will be redirected to the login page when trying to access a page without access.

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Activity Log for WordPress praise owner · intel 43.5 · weakness 19.7

praise owner

1 collected complaint signal(s) missing feature pricing 2 source links Proof Blocked Evidence linked to opportunity

Buyer: site owners, agencies, and maintenance teams · Wedge: test activity log lockouts, bot/spam defenses, risky access changes, and incident alerts

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Collected Signals

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praise Great Plugin!!!!! (5 stars) review · 2026-06-16T19:29:44+00:00 · low severity · access restriction

The reviewer highly recommends Simple Page Access Restriction as useful on their website.

Evidence: Very useful on my website. HIGHLY RECOMMEND!!!!!!

quality page access restriction access control and account operations Evidence only

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praise Great (5 stars) review · 2025-12-13T04:14:40+00:00 · low severity · access restriction

The reviewer said the access restriction plugin works as expected.

Evidence: Works as expected

reliable page access restriction access control and account operations Evidence only

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complaint Hide restricted product (feature request) support · 2025-12-10T03:46:08+00:00 · medium severity · access restriction

Hide restricted product (feature request): users show compatibility, missing feature pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: Hide restricted product (feature request) Love this simple plugin, does what I need.

compatibility missing feature easy quality access control and account operations Evidence only

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mixed What a top developer!!! (5 stars) review · 2025-12-03T01:14:40+00:00 · low severity · access restriction

The reviewer praises a free plugin for covering a simple missing WordPress feature without a paywall, while criticizing broader WordPress plugin upsells.

Evidence: a simple plugin to address a simple missing core feature for free with no strings attached

pricing missing feature value quality access control and account operations Evidence only

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praise Funziona molto bene (5 stars) review · 2025-10-29T17:32:33+00:00 · low severity · access restriction

The Italian reviewer says Simple Page Access Restriction works very well after trying it.

Evidence: Ho provato ed ho visto che funziona benissimo.

quality reliable page access restriction access control and account operations Evidence only

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mixed Categories and Tags are not being restricted support · 2025-05-22T20:05:07+00:00 · low severity · access restriction

Categories and Tags are not being restricted: users show missing feature pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: These are my settings works – https://mysite.org/my-page/ works – https://mysite.org/my-tax-one/ works – https://mysite.org/my-tax-one/sub-tax/ doesn’t work – https://mysite.org/category/test/ doesn’t work – https://mysite.org/tag/test/ The last 2 examples need to not load as well.

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praise Only Allow Those Logged-In With Subscriber Roles? support · 2025-05-14T19:05:26+00:00 · medium severity · access restriction

Only Allow Those Logged-In With Subscriber Roles?: users praise easy, which suggests what competitors already do well.

Evidence: Can Simple Page Access Restriction be set to only allow viewing to specific logged-in WordPress user roles only, such as subscribers?

easy access control and account operations Evidence only

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praise Easy To Setup And Use – Thank You! (5 stars) review · 2025-05-06T06:14:12+00:00 · medium severity · access restriction

Easy To Setup And Use – Thank You!: users show setup pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: Easy To Setup And Use – Thank You!

setup easy access control and account operations Evidence only

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complaint Users are able to bypass page restriction. support · 2025-03-25T11:43:26+00:00 · medium severity · access restriction

Users are able to bypass page restriction.: users show bugs, support pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: Hello, love this plugin however there are a few bugs ive encountered.

bugs support quality access control and account operations Evidence only

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praise Easy To Setup And Use – Thank You! (5 stars) review · 2025-03-19T20:25:18+00:00 · medium severity · access restriction

Easy To Setup And Use – Thank You!: users show setup pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: Easy To Setup And Use – Thank You!

setup easy reliable access control and account operations Evidence only

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neutral Hide from SERPs support · 2025-03-16T14:08:50+00:00 · low severity · access restriction

Hide from SERPs: users show support pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: Thanks, Rob The page I need help with: [ log in to see the link] Hello, I am writing to see if your plugin also restricts access to SERPs?

support access control and account operations Evidence only

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praise Great (5 stars) review · 2025-03-11T12:39:08+00:00 · medium severity · access restriction

Great: users praise quality, which suggests what competitors already do well.

Evidence: Great Great Great

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complaint Taxonomies support · 2025-03-05T10:56:20+00:00 · medium severity · access restriction

Taxonomies: users show missing feature pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: When I edit a category or tag there is no option to add the restriction?

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complaint Filter and Search Issue support · 2025-03-03T15:01:34+00:00 · medium severity · access restriction

Filter and Search Issue: users show bugs, support, setup pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: Filter and Search Issue Hi, I have configured and made Simple access restriction plug in worked on my site which is required.

bugs support setup easy access control and account operations Evidence only

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praise problem solver (5 stars) review · 2025-02-02T16:39:59+00:00 · medium severity · access restriction

problem solver: users praise easy, which suggests what competitors already do well.

Evidence: problem solver easy to use.

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praise Very useful (5 stars) review · 2025-01-09T10:42:40+00:00 · medium severity · access restriction

Very useful: users show bugs, compatibility, missing feature pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: Simple Page Access Restriction replaces a very old plugin Simple Access Control , which had an optional 404 page redirect.

bugs compatibility missing feature support access control and account operations Evidence only

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praise Restricted List support · 2024-12-17T05:35:36+00:00 · medium severity · access restriction

Restricted List: users praise reliable, which suggests what competitors already do well.

Evidence: Restricted List Hi, The plugin works as expected, but I have a suggestion: Can we see a list of posts/ pages that being restricted?

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praise Solved my problem (5 stars) review · 2024-11-01T02:31:24+00:00 · medium severity · access restriction

Solved my problem: users praise easy, which suggests what competitors already do well.

Evidence: Solved my problem I needed to prevent anyone from accessing certain pages on my site, Simple Page Access Restriction solved it easily for me.

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praise Great Plugin – Does what I expected (5 stars) review · 2024-09-04T10:29:08+00:00 · medium severity · access restriction

Great Plugin – Does what I expected: users praise easy, quality, which suggests what competitors already do well.

Evidence: Great Plugin – Does what I expected I was looking for something simple to be able to lock some pages just for my logged in users and this does the trick.

easy quality access control and account operations Evidence only

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complaint Plugin redirects to one page only support · 2024-08-23T18:37:35+00:00 · medium severity · access restriction

Plugin redirects to one page only: users show bugs, missing feature, support pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: Initially, I configured the plugin to block access to only one page (let’s call it page 1) and it worked fine.

bugs missing feature support setup access control and account operations Evidence only

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