Prevent Files / Folders Access

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Share of active installs on each version of this plugin · 83% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.

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1. ★★★★★ jonmxm

   9mo ago

   I will give this a 5 star rating only because of the support. The support was very good and they where able to work through all of the issues with our site/host and they were finally able to resolve all of our issues. However, I am in the US Central time zone. It took about 4 weeks to resolve our issues because of the time delay. Again, the support was great but you will need to be patient!

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2. ★★★★★ baritono

   1.3y ago

   Cercavo proprio un plugin di questo genere, è ottimo! Però vedo che non è aggiornato da un anno ((( L’avete abbandonato?

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3. ★★★★★ mpisner

   1.7y ago

   I had an issue with conflicting plugins that were keeping me from installing/activating this one. This team quickly arranged a conference call with me and their developers and helped me work through my issue. They were patient and thorough and I could not have received better support. Incredibly friendly team and I am so thankful for them.

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4. ★★★★★ sjmccabe

   1.9y ago

   My organization is using the Private Directory feature of Prevent files / folders access to protect PDF files that need to be accessible by our members only, and not via URL on the open Internet. While setting up the plug-in I had two issues and they were both solved within 24 hours by the developers. Thank you very much!

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5. ★★★★★ candyteacher

   2.3y ago

   It took us a couple of weeks to get this set up exactly how we wanted, but we’ve had amazing tech support every step of the way thanks to Saurabh, who has gone above and beyond to make sure all the code was working perfectly. Recommendable.

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6. ★★★★★ deliuselite

   2.4y ago

   miniOrange has the best SSO plugin that we have ever used. They integrate with a lot of services and are willing to write an application if a service is not available. Would use them for all future clients. Plugin = 10/10 Service = 10/10 Ease of use = 8/10

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7. ★★★★★ ezsales

   3.2y ago

   Thank you their service was very helpful, and exactly what I needed

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8. ★★★★★ kmp2

   3.3y ago

   If I could give it zero stars, I would. “Prevent Files / Folders Access” does not work to protect my PDF publications from being downloaded through an installed pdf viewer plugin. And the state of the “art” today is that there is really no protection for important PDF files containing your copyrighted property, they are easily stolen with every kind of iframe and every kind of pdf viewer plugin. I had hoped that this “Prevent Files / Folders Access” plugin might put a stop to it, but no.

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2 disclosed vulnerabilities on record for this plugin, all fixed in the current version. Sites on older versions stay exposed until they update.

1. Medium · 4.3 Prevent files / folders access <= 2.6.0 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Path Traversal ↗
   2025-08-06 CVE-2025-53561 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') Affects <= 2.6.0 Patched in 2.6.1
2. High · 7.2 Prevent files / folders access <= 2.5.1 - Authenticated (Administrator+) Arbitrary File Upload in mo_media_restrict_page ↗
   2023-08-28 CVE-2023-4238 Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type Affects <= 2.5.1 Patched in 2.5.2

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

Growth timeline

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1. 2022-11-14 900+ → 1K+ 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).

• User Registration & Membership – Free & Paid Memberships, Subscriptions, Content Restriction, User Profile, Custom User Registration & Login Builder 50K+ installs · 4.8★ · 1 shared tag A
• Content Control – The Ultimate Content Restriction Plugin! Restrict Content, Create Conditional Blocks & More 40K+ installs · 4.8★ · 1 shared tag B
• Paid Membership Subscriptions – Effortless Memberships, Recurring Payments & Content Restriction 10K+ installs · 4.7★ · 1 shared tag A
• Restrict User Access – Ultimate Membership & Content Protection 10K+ installs · 4.3★ · 1 shared tag A
• s2Member – Excellent for All Kinds of Memberships, Content Restriction Paywalls & Member Access Subscriptions 8K+ installs · 4.1★ · 1 shared tag B
• Page and Post Restriction 1K+ installs · 4.1★ · 1 shared tag A

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Prevent Files / Folders Access: 1K+ active installs, 4.6★ (35 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-08-29. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/prevent-file-access