WP Customer Area

The newest reviewers say support went silent for months and paid add-ons didn't work as advertised, a sharp turn from the earlier reviews that praised the plugin and its quick support.

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106 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 20 listed. 84 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words).

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Share of active installs on each version of this plugin. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.

Crossed into this band 9.9 years ago; a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, which places it about 90% of the way through.

1. ★★★★★ m2maplicaciones

   1.0y ago

   Llevamos varios meses trabajando con las versiones de pago de este plugin por un encargo de un cliente. Lo que, en principio, parece ser un buen gestor de zonas privadas, tiene bastantes limitaciones a nivel de personalización del diseño ya que se basa principalmente en el uso de shortcodes. Respecto a la resolución de dudas y respuesta a solicitudes por parte del equipo de desarrollo del plugin he de decir que es nefasto. Hace más de 2 meses que estamos esperando respuesta a una consulta y más de de dos semanas por otra, y ha tenido que intervenir otro usuario que también ha comprado el plugin para comentar un fallo que ha habido en una de las últimas actualizaciones y que no está dejando que las páginas clave olvidada y recuperación de contraseña sean accesibles, siendo esta funcionalidad un addon extra de pago… Dejo dos capturas a nuestras consultas en el foro de soporte de wp-customer-area: zarclub.es/wp-content/themes/ZARastra-child/assets/img/ticket01.pngzarclub.es/wp-content/themes/ZARastra-child/assets/img/ticket02.png A día de hoy, no recomiendo este plugin y creo que WordPress debería de ser más exigente con los equipos de desarrollo de los plugin, sobre todo si son de pago.

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2. ★★★★★ contrapvnctvs

   1.5y ago

   I purchased WP Customer Area along with several add-ons, expecting a professional solution to manage private file sharing with my clients. Unfortunately, the experience has been extremely disappointing. Despite following all setup instructions and verifying compatibility with my theme and other plugins, the add-ons failed to perform their basic functions as advertised. I opened a support request, provided all the necessary information, and waited patiently. After a week, I still haven’t received any response from the support team. This lack of communication is unacceptable for a paid product. Worse, the system remains completely unusable for my use case, and I’ve had to look for alternatives. I also requested a refund in accordance with their stated policy, but have received no acknowledgment whatsoever. Sadly, I cannot recommend this plugin or its paid extensions to anyone who needs reliability, functionality, or even basic customer support.

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3. ★★★★★ nino_ort

   1.9y ago

   Great plugin, with awesome functionalities, however a huge flaw is that it is not possible to translate it and it can’t be used in multi language websites.

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4. ★★★★★ Jorge Ocampo

   2.0y ago

   I don’t understand the bad reviews, this plugin has no problems, even the free version works perfectly.

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5. ★★★★★ felicianofilho

   2.8y ago

   Excellent plugin. However, the query to the user list is slow. Is there any way to optimize this?

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6. ★★★★★ rennesinternet

   3.2y ago

   Super plug-in, light, simple and functional. The extensions available to extend its possibilities are just perfect to cover most needs. Very well developed. Tested with Oxygen Builder and Bricks Builder, many thanks to the team.

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7. ★★★★★ Biwem inc.

   3.3y ago

   Great customer support! Excellent plugin for the development of dedicated areas!

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8. ★★★★★ lemor

   3.6y ago

   thank you for this great work

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Recent releases and news for this plugin

1. — Version 8.3.6 Security: fixed a stored XSS vulnerability via the unescaped type attribute of the [customer-area-protected-content] shortcode (CVE-2026-7640). 8.3.6
2. — Version 8.3.5 Security: fixed multiple privilege/path validation issues in file and editor-image handlers to prevent unauthorized post updates, path traversal, and arbitrary image deletion. 8.3.5
3. — Version 8.3.4 Fix: Licenses validation and error messages 8.3.4
4. — Version 8.3.3 Fix: Licenses check stuck on activation/validation 8.3.3
5. — Version 8.3.2 Fix: Compatibility with WP 6.9 8.3.2
6. — Version 8.3.1 Security: Fixed Local File Inclusion (LFI) vulnerability in file download feature Security: Added strict path validation to prevent directory traversal attacks Security: Improved file access controls and sanitization 8.3.1

All 12 disclosed vulnerabilities are patched in the current version (8.4.3). Sites still on an older version should update.

1. Patched Medium · 6.4 WP Customer Area <= 8.3.5 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'type' Shortcode Attribute ↗
   2026-07-13 CVE-2026-7640 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation Affects <= 8.3.5 Patched in 8.3.6
2. Patched Medium · 5.3 WP Customer Area <= 8.3.4 - Authenticated (Custom+) Path Traversal ↗
   2026-05-01 CVE-2026-42661 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory Affects <= 8.3.4 Patched in 8.3.5
3. Patched High · 8.8 WP Customer Area <= 8.3.4 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Arbitrary File Read/Deletion via ajax_attach_file ↗
   2026-04-17 CVE-2026-3464 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory Affects <= 8.3.4 Patched in 8.3.5
4. Patched High · 8.1 Customer Area < 8.3.4 - Unauthenticated Local File Inclusion ↗
   2025-07-21 CVE-2025-60201 Improper Control of Filename for Include/Require Statement in PHP Program Affects < 8.3.4 Patched in 8.3.4
5. Patched Medium · 4.3 WP Customer Area <= 8.3.6 - Missing Authorization ↗
   2025-06-19 CVE-2025-49982 Missing Authorization Affects <= 8.3.6 Patched in 8.3.7
6. Patched Medium · 4.3 WP Customer Area <= 8.2.4 - Cross-Site Request Forgery to Event Log Deletion ↗
   2025-01-06 CVE-2024-12280 Cross-Site Request Forgery Affects <= 8.2.4 Patched in 8.2.5
7. Patched Medium · 4.3 WP Customer Area <= 8.2.4 - Cross-Site Request Forgery to Bulk Deletion ↗
   2025-01-06 CVE-2024-12436 Cross-Site Request Forgery Affects <= 8.2.4 Patched in 8.2.5
8. Patched Medium · 6.1 WP Customer Area <= 8.2.2 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting ↗
   2024-01-23 CVE-2024-0665 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation Affects <= 8.2.2 Patched in 8.2.3
9. Patched Medium · 4.3 WP Customer Area <= 8.2.1 - Insecure Direct Object Reference to Address Modification ↗
   2024-01-10 CVE-2023-6741 Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key Affects <= 8.2.0 Patched in 8.2.1
10. Patched Medium · 4.3 WP Customer Area <= 8.2.0 - Insecure Direct Object Reference to Account Address Disclosure ↗
    2024-01-10 CVE-2023-6824 Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key Affects <= 8.2.0 Patched in 8.2.1
11. Patched High · 8.8 WP Customer Area <= 8.1.3 - Cross-Site Request Forgery ↗
    2023-01-17 CVE-2022-4745 Cross-Site Request Forgery Affects <= 8.1.3 Patched in 8.1.4
12. Patched Medium · 6.1 WP Customer Area <= 7.4.2 - Cross-Site Scripting ↗
    2017-11-22 CVE-2017-18519 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation Affects < 7.4.3 Patched in 7.4.3

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 7.0

Translated into 19 languages, 0 at 90% or more

Whether ChatGPT and Claude name this plugin when asked the category question, and whether the readme gives them something to quote.

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Growth timeline

Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow

1. 2016-12-23 9K+ → 10K+ up after 133 days in tier
2. 2016-08-12 7K+ → 9K+ up after 143 days in tier
3. 2016-03-22 6K+ → 7K+ up after 112 days in tier
4. 2015-12-01 5K+ → 6K+ up after 87 days in tier
5. 2015-09-05 4K+ → 5K+ up

Competes with

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