RestrictMate – Restrict Page, Post and any Content ( Content Restriction and Membership Plugin)
by RestrictMate · Membership
Smart Content Restriction & Membership Control plugin for WordPress. Restrict pages, posts, or custom content by membership level, login, or membe …
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Health
B 84/100
Few reviews
Active installs
10+
≈15 estimated
Momentum
+20%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: “content restriction plugin”, “membership plugin” and “restrict content” 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.
84 health vs 71 average across 300 Membership plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →0.5%
of downloads still active
At least 10 of 2.1K lifetime downloads are still running, below its category: the median Membership plugin keeps 0.9%, across 166 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other Membership 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 15 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.
Excellent listing optimization
Most to gain: Rating quality
Updated 75 days ago
Tested up to WordPress 7.1.4, the current branch or newer
5.0★ over 2 reviews, smoothed to 4.13★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| content restriction plugin your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| membership plugin your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| restrict content your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| restrict page your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| restrict post your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
0 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days. 5 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- “content restriction plugin”, “membership plugin” and “restrict content” 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 3 Aug 2025 · 456 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 356 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #30,400 to #44,800, alongside the other plugins at 10+ 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.
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.
15
releases in the last 12 months
3mo ago
latest release · v1.3.1 · 19 Aug 2026
22
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare 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.
Estimated active installs
The public count shows “10+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 8 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 3 Aug 2025
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ Mahbuba Hoque11mo ago
I have recently made a site with this plugin and it helped me to restrict content very easily. Kudos to the team. However I would like to also restrict the custom post type using it. How to do that?
Read on wp.org ↗
Security history
via Wordfence IntelligenceThe 1 disclosed vulnerability is patched in the current version (1.3.1). Sites still on an older version should update.
Vulnerability records provided by Wordfence Intelligence. Copyright 2012-2026 Defiant Inc. License and terms.
CVE records: Copyright 1999-2026 The MITRE Corporation. CVE terms of use.
Languages
via translate.wordpress.orgTranslated into 4 languages, 0 at 90% or more
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 2 Nov 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ! Says what it does Short description names no action; say what the plugin does for the site.
- ✓ Has a FAQ 11 questions in the FAQ.
- ✓ FAQ asks real questions 11 of 11 read like questions a user would type.
- ! Names who it is for One audience phrase ("built for"); say who the plugin is for and what they use it for.
- ✓ Names what it works with Mentions WooCommerce, Elementor, Gutenberg, Divi and 4 more.
- ✓ Headings and lists 10 headings and 6 lists.
- ✓ Enough to quote 4,866 characters of description.
- ✓ Tags match the text 3 of 5 tags appear in the text; "content restriction plugin", "restrict content" do not.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-03-18 20+ → 10+ down after 4 days in tier
- 2026-03-14 10+ → 20+ 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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MemberHub – WooCommerce and WordPress Content Restriction 10+ installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags -
Password Protected 300K+ installs · 4.4★ · 1 shared tag A -
PPWP – Password Protect Pages 30K+ installs · 4.6★ · 1 shared tag A -
Passster – Password Protect Pages and Content 10K+ installs · 4.2★ · 1 shared tag B -
ContentProtector – password protect your page, post or text 5K+ installs · 3.6★ · 1 shared tag -
Restrict – membership, site, content and user access restrictions for WordPress 2K+ installs · 4.1★ · 1 shared tag A
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