RestrictedArea Plugin for WordPress
Hide a section of your page or post.
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- Small user base (10+ active installs)
- Very few reviews so far
- No update in 16 years
- Only tested up to WordPress 2.9 (latest is 7.1)
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Live position in the plugin search, top 100| Keyword | Position |
|---|---|
| logged in | >100 |
| page | >100 |
| post | >100 |
| restricted area | >100 |
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About RestrictedArea Plugin for WordPress
From the official readme · v1.0Description
This is a very simple script.
Sometimes you need to hide some information for logged in users on your blog. There are couple of tools/plugins for WordPress to do this.
But what if you want to hide only a piece of the post or the page, not the whole page/post?
This plugin is for that.
On the plugins admin page, you can set the text what you want to show to the users whom not logged in. You have an option to turn on, or turn off the login / register link after your defined text. You can set the color of the border of the text also.
Features and Benefits:
- Hide only a piece of your page / post.
- You can set the border of the restricted section.
- You can set level of restrcition.
- You can set the text of the restricted area.
- You can set, do you want to show Login / Register link or not.
- Localization in .po/.mo files. (Hungarian localization included).
Installation
Installation:
- Download the zip file.
- Unzip it into your wp-content/plugins/ directory.
- Go to the Plugins page at Dashboard.
- Activate the Restricted Area plugin.
Usage:
- Go to the Dashboard -> Settings -> Restricted Area
- Set yout options
- Add a [restrictedarea] … [/restrictedarea] shortcode to your post or page.
- Optionally you can set the level of the allowed users with a level option like this: [restrictedarea level=”6″] … [/restrictedarea]
- If you want to translate it, use PoEdit to translate.
You can read more, how Restricted Area works, at my blog:
http://vaso.sma.hu/blog/restricted-area-plugin-for-wordpress/
Notes:
I used WordPress 2.9.2 for developing this plugin, i don’t know, is it works with previous versions of it.
I tested it with these browsers under Windows XP Pro SP3 (32-bit):
- Firefox 3.6 rv.1.9.2,
- Google Chrome 4.1.249.1045 (42898)
- Opera 10.10 Build 1893
- Safari 4.0.4 (531.21.10)
- Internet Explorer 8.0.6001.18702
Please write me if you have other configuration, and it works.
Localization:
I translated it to Hungarian. If you translate it to other language(s), please send me the .mo/.po files, and i will add it to the package.
That’s it.
You can read more about this plugin, updates, users comments at http://vaso.sma.hu/blog/restricted-area-plugin-for-wordpress/
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Is RestrictedArea Plugin for WordP… free?
Yes. RestrictedArea Plugin for WordP… is free to download and use from the official WordPress.org plugin directory.
Is RestrictedArea Plugin for WordP… safe to use in 2026?
RestrictedArea Plugin for WordP… shows warning signs in 2026 — compare the alternatives below before installing. It runs on 10+ sites and was last updated 16 years ago, and scores 23/100 on our health check.
How many websites use RestrictedArea Plugin for WordP…?
RestrictedArea Plugin for WordP… is active on 10+ WordPress websites and has been downloaded 4,692 times since it launched in May 2010. It was downloaded 54 times in the last 30 days.
Does RestrictedArea Plugin for WordP… work with WordPress 7.1?
RestrictedArea Plugin for WordP… is officially tested up to WordPress 2.9.2, while the latest release is 7.1.2. It may still work, but try it on a staging site first.
When was RestrictedArea Plugin for WordP… last updated?
The latest version, 1.0, was released on May 11, 2010 (16 years ago).
Who makes RestrictedArea Plugin for WordP…?
RestrictedArea Plugin for WordP… is developed and maintained by karacsi_maci.
What are the best alternatives to RestrictedArea Plugin for WordP…?
The most popular alternatives to RestrictedArea Plugin for WordP… are Require Login for WooCommer… (2K+ installs), User Access Shortcodes (1K+ installs) and Logged In As (200+ installs).
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