Restrict Page By Role
by Leo Baiano · Blocks
Also makes 10 other plugins · 730+ installs across the portfolio →
This WordPress plugin allows you to restrict access to the content of a page or post to which only certain group of users can access.
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Health
D 44/100
Stale · Likely abandoned · Few reviews
Active installs
20+
≈25 estimated
Momentum
-55%
low volume, under 1,000 downloads a month
Biggest opportunity: “block page by user group”, “private page” and “restricted access” aren't earning a slot. You list them, but you're not in the first 24 results for those searches. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so free the slot for a search you can win.
44 health vs 71 average across 2,527 Blocks plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →0.5%
of downloads still active
At least 20 of 3.7K lifetime downloads are still running, below its category: the median Blocks plugin keeps 2.1%, across 1,582 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other Blocks plugins, not across the directory. wp.org reports active installs as the bottom of a band, so the real rate is this or higher.
High removal-risk signals
63/100Maintenance and integrity signals that tend to precede a WordPress.org removal. Not an official status, a heads-up to act.
- Long abandoned. No update in 10+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 4.5.33, well behind 7.1.
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.
Under-optimized
Most to gain: Update recency
Updated 3749 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 4.5.33; the current branch is 7.1
3.5★ over 2 reviews, weighted for review count to 4.1★ and held back under 25 reviews
4 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Last updated 3749 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.
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.
Not enough tracked days yet to call a direction. Momentum needs at least three keywords measured a week or more apart.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| block page by user group your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| private page your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| restricted access your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| restricted page your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
0 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days. 4 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- “block page by user group”, “private page” and “restricted access” aren't earning a slot. You list them, but you're not in the first 24 results for those searches. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so free the slot for a search you can win.
Daily downloads
Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,490 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 151 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #25,400 to #28,300, alongside the other plugins at 20+ 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 1 Nov 2026.
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.
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 100% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.
Estimated active installs
The public count shows “20+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 24 months ago; a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, which places it about 50% of the way through.
Install history since 25 Feb 2020
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ rrecurse10.1y ago
Beyond some translation issues (such as the Portuguese word Sim in place of English “Yes”), the plugin is limited in scope to only a single role restriction per page. No ability to add multiple roles. Also, the default behavior is a redirect back to homepage with no warning messages or option to redirect user to different page (such as a special system message page explaining why the user cannot access content).
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Rodrigo Brito10.3y ago
Very useful plugin.
Read on wp.org ↗
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.
This plugin’s searches fall outside the topics measured so far. See the topics measured so far.
Readme readiness
1 of 8 pass · checked 1 Nov 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "This WordPress plugin allows you to restrict access to the content of a page or post to which only certain..."
- ! Has a FAQ No FAQ section.
- ! FAQ asks real questions No FAQ to judge.
- ! Names who it is for Never says who the plugin is for or what they use it for.
- ! Names what it works with Names no plugin, service or platform it works with.
- ! Headings and lists 1 heading and 0 lists; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
- ! Enough to quote 393 characters of description; under 1,000 there is little to quote.
- ! Tags match the text Only 0 of 4 tags appear in the text ("block page by user group", "private page", "restricted access", "restricted page" missing).
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2024-11-08 30+ → 20+ down after 151 days in tier
- 2024-06-10 40+ → 30+ down after 201 days in tier
- 2023-11-22 50+ → 40+ down after 57 days in tier
- 2023-09-26 40+ → 50+ up after 78 days in tier
- 2023-07-10 50+ → 40+ down after 139 days in tier
- 2023-02-21 60+ → 50+ down after 111 days in tier
- 2022-11-02 70+ → 60+ down after 29 days in tier
- 2022-10-04 100+ → 70+ down
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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