ContentGate – Content Restriction & Access Control by Login Status & User Role
by ThemeGrill · Uncategorized
Also makes 12 other plugins · 99.5K+ installs across the portfolio →
Restrict content access on your WordPress site based on user roles or login status. Protect posts, pages, or even your entire site with ease.
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Health
B 83/100
Few reviews
Active installs
40+
≈41 estimated
Momentum
+100%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: Add “themegrill” to your wp.org tags. You rank #12 for it without listing it, close enough for a declared tag to move you up. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so with 2 listed it's a slot worth spending.
83 health vs 58 average across 25,735 Uncategorized plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →3.9%
of downloads still active
At least 40 of 1K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Uncategorized plugin keeps 0.6%, across 17,764 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other Uncategorized plugins, not across the directory. wp.org reports active installs as the bottom of a band, so the real rate is this or higher.
This plugin shipped 4 releases in the last 12 months, and every existing install that updated counted as another download. wp.org publishes no split between first installs and updates, so we show the raw rate rather than guess at one.
Details
Directory ranking optimization
How it's scored →How well this listing is tuned to rank in WordPress.org search, on the factors an owner controls. Not popularity, optimization.
Well optimized
Most to gain: Rating quality
Updated 15 days ago
Tested up to WordPress 6.9.11, the current branch or newer
5.0★ over 1 review, smoothed to 4.12★ and held back under 25 reviews
2 of 5 tags set · short description in place
1 of 1 support threads resolved in the last 2 months
To rank higher: Too few reviews to rank on quality — nudge happy users to leave one.
Get the full rank-higher report →Search visibility
How it's tracked →Directory searches this plugin turns up in, and which way each one is moving. WordPress.org publishes no history of search positions, so this starts the day we first tracked a keyword and never backfills.
45
Momentum
Holding steady
+1.0
Velocity
places per keyword, 23d
33%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 23d
-1.0
Acceleration
recent half vs earlier
wp.org is where the directory puts the plugin for that search. On merit is where it would sit if results were ranked on rating, support and updates, without the install boost. The last column is how far the wp.org position moved, from our first reading in the last 90 days to the latest.
| Keyword | wp.org | On merit | wp.org move, 90 days |
|---|---|---|---|
| themegrill | #12 | #17 | up 4 |
| access control your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| content restriction your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
3 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 1 listed. 2 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 2 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- Add “themegrill” to your wp.org tags. You rank #12 for it without listing it, close enough for a declared tag to move you up. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so with 2 listed it's a slot worth spending.
Daily downloads
Since 29 Mar 2026 · 216 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 415 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #21,400 to #22,800, alongside the other plugins at 40+ installs. Plugins with the same install count swap places between wp.org requests, so this is where most of them sit. Checked monthly, last on 21 Oct 2026.
Health trend
Composite health score, snapshotted daily
Update activity
Downloads in the last 30 days for every 1,000 active sites.
Not enough installs to measure. This needs at least 100 active sites; below that, a handful of downloads reads as tens of thousands.
Release cadence
Actively maintainedHow often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.
4
releases in the last 12 months
15d ago
latest release · v1.0.3 · 16 Oct 2026
4
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
Estimated active installs
The public count shows “40+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 20 days ago and a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, so the real count is still just over 40.
Install history since 1 Apr 2026
AI assistants
How it's measured →Whether ChatGPT and Claude name this plugin when asked the category question, and whether the readme gives them something to quote.
Not measured yet for this plugin’s topics. Its tracked searches are not among the measured topics. See the topics measured so far.
Readme readiness
6 of 8 pass · checked 28 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "Restrict content access on your WordPress site based on user roles or login status. Protect posts, pages, o..."
- ! Has a FAQ No FAQ section.
- ! FAQ asks real questions No FAQ to judge.
- ✓ Names who it is for Names its audience or use cases ("use cases", "designed for", "ideal for").
- ✓ Names what it works with Mentions WooCommerce.
- ✓ Headings and lists 12 headings and 19 lists.
- ✓ Enough to quote 6,195 characters of description.
- ✓ Tags match the text All 2 tags appear in the text.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-10-11 30+ → 40+ up after 40 days in tier
- 2026-09-01 10+ → 30+ up
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach, closest match first. The letter on the right is each plugin's health grade (A best, F worst).
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Content Control – The Ultimate Content Restriction Solution! Restrict Content, Create Conditional Blocks & More 40K+ installs · 4.8★ · 2 shared tags A -
Restrict User Access – Ultimate Membership & Content Protection 10K+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags A -
SureMembers – Membership & Content Restriction Plugin 2K+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags B -
MHT Entry Confirm 20+ installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags -
Restrictly – Access Control 10+ installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags -
RoleCraft: User Access Control – Roles, Capabilities & Content Restriction — installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags
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