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woo-restrict-by-category

Restrict By Category for WooCommerce

Restrict access to WooCommerce product categories.

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Download Momentum

180 days
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Related Opportunities

5 markets
Commercial opportunity Security: Trust and abuse-prevention operations trust and abuse-prevention operations · final 87.4 · proof validated Commercial opportunity Category: Content publishing operations content publishing operations · final 74.0 · proof validated Needs sharper proof Checkout & Revenue Assurance for WooCommerce checkout and revenue assurance · final 68.0 · proof validated Needs sharper proof Restriction: Access control and account operations access control and account operations · final 73.0 · proof partial Needs sharper proof Access: Access control and account operations access control and account operations · final 65.7 · proof partial

Source Evidence

Open evidence explorer
complaint support · medium severity · relevance 0.86
Breaks Shopping Page

Breaks Shopping Page: users show compatibility, missing feature, setup pain that may indicate a product gap.

Buyer: site owners, agencies, and maintenance teams · Wedge: test security lockouts, bot/spam defenses, risky access changes, and incident alerts
Proof Blocked card complete trust and abuse-prevention operations Evidence linked to opportunity
Breaks Shopping Page The product page will load but it does not have a option now to put a product in a shopping cart when I have the WooCommerce Restrict By Category turned on for the category of that product.
complaint support · medium severity · relevance 0.81
Error product with variation

Error product with variation: users show bugs, compatibility, missing feature pain that may indicate a product gap.

Buyer: site owners, agencies, and maintenance teams · Wedge: test security lockouts, bot/spam defenses, risky access changes, and incident alerts
Proof Blocked card complete trust and abuse-prevention operations Evidence linked to opportunity
Error product with variation Hello, I am on Woocommerce 3.5, I have a product with variation and when voyeur plug-in is activated I have the message: You have added a variation of this product to the cart already.
complaint support · medium severity · relevance 0.75
Not applying restrictions

Not applying restrictions: users show missing feature, setup pain that may indicate a product gap.

Buyer: site owners, agencies, and maintenance teams · Wedge: test security lockouts, bot/spam defenses, risky access changes, and incident alerts
Proof Blocked card complete trust and abuse-prevention operations Evidence linked to opportunity
Not applying restrictions Hello I am using Dokan marketplace and do not want vendors to have access to all the categories so installed this plugin.
complaint support · medium severity · relevance 0.69
Hide Category that has non access

Hide Category that has non access: users show compatibility pain that may indicate a product gap.

Buyer: site owners, agencies, and maintenance teams · Wedge: test security lockouts, bot/spam defenses, risky access changes, and incident alerts
Proof Blocked card complete trust and abuse-prevention operations Evidence linked to opportunity
Hide Category that has non access Is there a way to hide the actual category that is being blocked from the user, the plugin works great but leaves the categories that are being blocked in the widget on the side bars.
complaint support · medium severity · relevance 0.69
How does it work?

How does it work?: users show missing feature pain that may indicate a product gap.

Buyer: site owners, agencies, and maintenance teams · Wedge: test security lockouts, bot/spam defenses, risky access changes, and incident alerts
Proof Blocked card complete trust and abuse-prevention operations Evidence linked to opportunity
What it is mean if I check one option on on role?
complaint review · medium severity · relevance 0.69
Did not work for me at all.

Did not work for me at all.: users show setup pain that may indicate a product gap.

Buyer: site owners, agencies, and maintenance teams · Wedge: test security lockouts, bot/spam defenses, risky access changes, and incident alerts
Proof Blocked card complete trust and abuse-prevention operations Evidence linked to opportunity
I installed this plugin on my website.
mixed support · medium severity · relevance 0.66
Non access error page

Non access error page: users show bugs pain that may indicate a product gap.

Buyer: site owners, agencies, and maintenance teams · Wedge: test security lockouts, bot/spam defenses, risky access changes, and incident alerts
Proof Blocked card complete trust and abuse-prevention operations Evidence linked to opportunity
Non access error page HI, I like the way you have made this so easy to restrict access.
complaint review · medium severity · relevance 0.63
its not working

its not working: complaint conversation with limited structured signal.

Buyer: site owners, agencies, and maintenance teams · Wedge: test security lockouts, bot/spam defenses, risky access changes, and incident alerts
Proof Blocked card complete trust and abuse-prevention operations Evidence linked to opportunity
its not working its not working in my site its not working in my site
praise review · medium severity · relevance 0.56
WooCommerce Restrict By Category Works Perfect

WooCommerce Restrict By Category Works Perfect: users show compatibility, missing feature, setup pain that may indicate a product gap.

Buyer: site owners, agencies, and maintenance teams · Wedge: test security lockouts, bot/spam defenses, risky access changes, and incident alerts
Proof Blocked card complete trust and abuse-prevention operations Evidence linked to opportunity
WooCommerce Restrict By Category Works Perfect If you own a woocommerce shop and need a simple but elegant way to restrict product categories to specific logged-in user roles, well, this is your plugin.
praise review · medium severity · relevance 0.38
It really works!!

It really works!!: users praise easy, reliable, which suggests what competitors already do well.

Buyer: site owners, agencies, and maintenance teams · Wedge: test security lockouts, bot/spam defenses, risky access changes, and incident alerts
Proof Blocked card complete trust and abuse-prevention operations Evidence linked to opportunity
It really works!!

Competitor Context

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User Role Editor weak incumbent · intel 78.5 · weakness 64.2
weak incumbent
4 unresolved support thread(s) 29 collected complaint signal(s) bugs compatibility 2 source links Proof Blocked Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: membership site owners, agencies, and operations teams · Wedge: test user roles, protected content, SSO/login handoffs, and private-data exposure
source 1 source 2
Loginizer weak incumbent · intel 78.1 · weakness 63.1
weak incumbent
3 unresolved support thread(s) 11 collected complaint signal(s) bugs support 2 source links Proof Blocked Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: agencies, maintenance teams, and client-site operators · Wedge: audit admin changes, role drift, client handoffs, and unsafe settings exposure
source 1 source 2
WP JV Post Reading Groups praise owner · intel 73.6 · weakness 66.0
praise owner
stale update history below-average rating compatibility support 2 source links Proof Blocked Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: site owners, agencies, and maintenance teams · Wedge: test login lockouts, bot/spam defenses, risky access changes, and incident alerts
source 1 source 2
Read More Login praise owner · intel 70.7 · weakness 61.6
praise owner
stale update history 13 collected complaint signal(s) bugs support 2 source links Proof Blocked Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: site builders and agencies · Wedge: detect shortcode layout regressions, widget breakage, and client-visible update issues
source 1 source 2
User Access Manager praise owner · intel 69.5 · weakness 52.5
praise owner
25 collected complaint signal(s) bugs support 2 source links Investigate Pain Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: membership site owners, agencies, and operations teams · Wedge: test user management roles, protected content, SSO/login handoffs, and private-data exposure
source 1 source 2
Remove Dashboard Access praise owner · intel 67.8 · weakness 50.9
praise owner
9 collected complaint signal(s) support bugs 2 source links Proof Blocked Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: site owners, agencies, and maintenance teams · Wedge: test login lockouts, bot/spam defenses, risky access changes, and incident alerts
source 1 source 2
User Access Manager – NextGEN Gallery Extension praise owner · intel 67.7 · weakness 63.1
praise owner
stale update history 24 collected complaint signal(s) missing feature bugs 2 source links Proof Blocked Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: publishers, content teams, and agencies · Wedge: check gallery publishing, media, metadata, and editorial handoffs before content goes live
source 1 source 2
Members – Membership & User Role Editor Plugin praise owner · intel 66.6 · weakness 46.6
praise owner
3 unresolved support thread(s) 4 collected complaint signal(s) bugs compatibility 2 source links Proof Blocked Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: course creators, membership businesses, and agencies · Wedge: monitor memberships access rules, course delivery, subscriber billing, and support-heavy failures
source 1 source 2

Repeated Themes

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No repeated plugin-level themes have been generated yet.

Collected Signals

12 shown from 12 collected
neutral Not working support · 2019-03-21T08:31:46+00:00 · medium severity · access

Not working: neutral conversation with limited structured signal.

Evidence: Not working I checked the categories the products are shown but they can be ordered, no “add to cart button” I checked the categories the products are shown but they can be ordered, no “add to cart button”
access control and account operations Proof Blocked card complete Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: site owners, agencies, and maintenance teams · Wedge: test security lockouts, bot/spam defenses, risky access changes, and incident alerts
source plugin
complaint Not applying restrictions support · 2018-11-21T15:36:22+00:00 · medium severity · access

Not applying restrictions: users show missing feature, setup pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: Not applying restrictions Hello I am using Dokan marketplace and do not want vendors to have access to all the categories so installed this plugin.
missing feature setup access control and account operations Proof Blocked card complete Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: site owners, agencies, and maintenance teams · Wedge: test security lockouts, bot/spam defenses, risky access changes, and incident alerts
source plugin
complaint Error product with variation support · 2018-11-15T19:16:08+00:00 · medium severity · access

Error product with variation: users show bugs, compatibility, missing feature pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: Error product with variation Hello, I am on Woocommerce 3.5, I have a product with variation and when voyeur plug-in is activated I have the message: You have added a variation of this product to the cart already.
bugs compatibility missing feature quality access control and account operations Proof Blocked card complete Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: site owners, agencies, and maintenance teams · Wedge: test security lockouts, bot/spam defenses, risky access changes, and incident alerts
source plugin
complaint its not working (1 star) review · 2018-09-09T13:20:07+00:00 · medium severity · access

its not working: complaint conversation with limited structured signal.

Evidence: its not working its not working in my site its not working in my site
access control and account operations Proof Blocked card complete Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: site owners, agencies, and maintenance teams · Wedge: test security lockouts, bot/spam defenses, risky access changes, and incident alerts
source plugin
complaint How does it work? support · 2018-07-26T08:22:37+00:00 · medium severity · access

How does it work?: users show missing feature pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: What it is mean if I check one option on on role?
missing feature access control and account operations Proof Blocked card complete Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: site owners, agencies, and maintenance teams · Wedge: test security lockouts, bot/spam defenses, risky access changes, and incident alerts
source plugin
complaint Did not work for me at all. (1 star) review · 2018-07-13T05:47:09+00:00 · medium severity · access

Did not work for me at all.: users show setup pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: I installed this plugin on my website.
setup access control and account operations Proof Blocked card complete Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: site owners, agencies, and maintenance teams · Wedge: test security lockouts, bot/spam defenses, risky access changes, and incident alerts
source plugin
praise It really works!! (5 stars) review · 2018-06-19T12:00:13+00:00 · medium severity · access

It really works!!: users praise easy, reliable, which suggests what competitors already do well.

Evidence: It really works!!
easy reliable access control and account operations Proof Blocked card complete Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: site owners, agencies, and maintenance teams · Wedge: test security lockouts, bot/spam defenses, risky access changes, and incident alerts
source plugin
praise When are things ever this simple? (5 stars) review · 2018-06-02T19:49:01+00:00 · medium severity · access

When are things ever this simple?: users praise easy, which suggests what competitors already do well.

Evidence: When are things ever this simple?
easy dashboard access control and account operations Proof Blocked card complete Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: site owners, agencies, and maintenance teams · Wedge: test security lockouts, bot/spam defenses, risky access changes, and incident alerts
source plugin
praise WooCommerce Restrict By Category Works Perfect (5 stars) review · 2018-04-22T22:34:50+00:00 · medium severity · access

WooCommerce Restrict By Category Works Perfect: users show compatibility, missing feature, setup pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: WooCommerce Restrict By Category Works Perfect If you own a woocommerce shop and need a simple but elegant way to restrict product categories to specific logged-in user roles, well, this is your plugin.
compatibility missing feature setup easy access control and account operations Proof Blocked card complete Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: site owners, agencies, and maintenance teams · Wedge: test security lockouts, bot/spam defenses, risky access changes, and incident alerts
source plugin
complaint Breaks Shopping Page support · 2018-03-20T00:00:02+00:00 · medium severity · access

Breaks Shopping Page: users show compatibility, missing feature, setup pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: Breaks Shopping Page The product page will load but it does not have a option now to put a product in a shopping cart when I have the WooCommerce Restrict By Category turned on for the category of that product.
compatibility missing feature setup woocommerce access control and account operations Proof Blocked card complete Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: site owners, agencies, and maintenance teams · Wedge: test security lockouts, bot/spam defenses, risky access changes, and incident alerts
source plugin
complaint Hide Category that has non access support · 2018-03-17T06:36:01+00:00 · medium severity · access

Hide Category that has non access: users show compatibility pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: Hide Category that has non access Is there a way to hide the actual category that is being blocked from the user, the plugin works great but leaves the categories that are being blocked in the widget on the side bars.
compatibility reliable quality woocommerce access control and account operations Proof Blocked card complete Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: site owners, agencies, and maintenance teams · Wedge: test security lockouts, bot/spam defenses, risky access changes, and incident alerts
source plugin
mixed Non access error page support · 2017-09-19T16:38:04+00:00 · medium severity · access

Non access error page: users show bugs pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: Non access error page HI, I like the way you have made this so easy to restrict access.
bugs easy access control and account operations Proof Blocked card complete Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: site owners, agencies, and maintenance teams · Wedge: test security lockouts, bot/spam defenses, risky access changes, and incident alerts
source plugin