Simple Restrict

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1. ★★★★★ Abhisek Dev

   1.1y ago

   This plugin cannot hide the content of pages created with template files.

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2. ★★★★★ junglejim620

   6.4y ago

   WOW! This is a crazy good plugin, don’t leave home without it. This plugin can be restricted pages more than other membership plugins can’t do… After I installed and set. The BuddyPress members page, activity stream, and others are now blocked, restricted from the visitors. LOVE IT. OMG! Now it even works for the cellphone for those pages it didn’t work before. Now using this crazy good plugin? My whole site is 100% restricted from the cellphone, Laptop, Desktop 🙂 🙂 I recommend for website owners if you still need restrictions that are impossible to hide before? Install this plugin will clear your headache. I am giving 10 stars for this crazy good plugin. Keep up your excellent plugin. Truly, it really saved my headache. 1000 times Thank You!!! Good Luck with your super creation. You Rock!!!

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3. ★★★★★ TamerDesigns

   6.5y ago

   I never review plugins – and I’ve got a pretty high bar for what’s acceptable in my book. This is an EXCELLENT plugin.

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4. ★★★★★ mosha610

   6.8y ago

   I am in the very early stages of website freelancing and hit a road block after trying several content subscription plugins. Not one did what they said…until now. It is so simple to install and use this plugin…I wasn’t sure that I properly restricted certain pages to registered users–because it was that easy. Thank goodness for this plugin. Very easy…took me five minutes to do what I tried to accomplish in two days.

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5. ★★★★★ Rom.olivier

   6.9y ago

   Simple, works well. If I can just suggest an improvement : add the right taxonomy in a new “screen option” column, in the “all pages” page. Thank you. This topic was modified 6 years, 9 months ago by Rom.olivier.

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6. ★★★★★ yiimori

   7.1y ago

   It’s intuitive and simple to use. They have good support as well!

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7. ★★★★★ Fernando Lopes

   7.6y ago

   As the name says, the plugin is very simple to use. I was able to create a restricted page easily!

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8. ★★★★★ andrew55

   7.6y ago

   Thank you very much for creating plugin. I went through several “bloated” membership plugins before I found this great solution. I have some private pages which only need admin access. This plugin redirects to the login page just as it states. Very helpful!

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3 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 Simple Restrict < 1.2.9 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Information Exposure ↗
   2026-07-20 CVE-2026-15939 Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor Affects < 1.2.9 Patched in 1.2.9
2. Medium · 5.3 Simple Restrict <= 1.2.7 - Unauthenticated Content Restriction Bypass to Sensitive Information Exposure ↗
   2024-12-09 CVE-2024-11106 Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor Affects <= 1.2.7 Patched in 1.2.8
3. Medium · 5.3 Simple Restrict <= 1.2.6 - Missing Authorization to Sensitive Information Exposure ↗
   2024-03-07 CVE-2024-1083 Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor Affects <= 1.2.6 Patched in 1.2.7

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Translated into 68 languages, 0 at 90% or more

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Competes with

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Simple Restrict: 1K+ active installs, 4.9★ (15 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-08-29. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/simple-restrict