User Specific Content
This Plugin allows you to select specific users by user name, or by role name who can view a specific post content or page content.
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- No update in 8 years
- Only tested up to WordPress 4.7 (latest is 7.1)
Daily downloads
Download spikes usually follow a new release — each site that auto-updates counts as a download.
Rankings
Where User Specific Content stands todayWordPress.org search rankings
Live position in the plugin search, top 100| Keyword | Position |
|---|---|
| content by role | >100 |
| content by user | >100 |
| User Content | >100 |
| user specific content | >100 |
Version adoption
Share of active sites per release.
Rating breakdown
★★★★★★★★★★ 4.3 from 36 reviews
About User Specific Content
From the official readme · v1.0.6Description
This Plugin allows you to select specific users by user name, or by role name who can view a specific post content or page content.
Basically it adds a meta box to the post or page edit screen and lets the user select specific users by name or roles and then when you call that page content using “the_content();” function it check using “the_content” filter if the current user is one of the users you have selected or if his role match’s the roles you have selected and shows the content, otherwise it displays a message
Features:
- You can select any number of Users you want by there names.
- You can select any number of users Roles you want by there names.
- Easy Customization of content blocked massage per post, page or custom type.
- Works with both posts,pages and custom types.
- Content to none logged in users only.
- Setup global default blocked message.
- plugin blocks when using
the_contentfilter and/orthe_excerpton admin selection. - Simple admin Panel.
- Block Multiple contents on a single post/page for multiple users Using ShortCode.
- New admin panel.
- Change metabox settings (new)
- in option panel help tabs.
Any feedback or suggestions are welcome.
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Installation
- Extract the zip file and just drop the contents in the wp-content/plugins/ directory of your WordPress installation.
- Then activate the Plugin from Plugins page.
- Done!
Changelog
1.0.6 replaced deprecated get_currentuserinfo().
1.0.5 Fixed Custom roles not working.
1.0.4 Fixed Shortcode not working.
1.0.3 Removed some leftover testing code.
1.0.2 Major updates:
Pls make sure to save settings in option panel after updating.
- Added support for multiple roles per user.
- Added better support for multisite.
- Fixed settings panel not saving.
- Added a “clear selection” to multiple select dropdowns.
- Added
logged_statusshortcode parameter, See FAQ. - added hooks To allow metabox on custom post types in case the settings panel can’t pick them up:
filter hook:USC_allowed_post_types
action hook:USC_add_meta_box
1.0.1 quick typo fix.
1.0.0 Major updates:
* New option panel is now under the users menu.
* Change checkboxes to a select box.
* set who can see the metabox based on capabilities.
* new option to enable\disable the metabox for each post type.
* clean panel code.
* clean metabox code.
* new plugin structure.
0.9.7 Added action filter to allow BuddyPress integration.
0.9.6 Fixed Typo in metabox description.
0.9.5 Fixed Global blocked message issue.
0.9.4 Fixed bug which caused role based limitation to break.
0.9.3 Added user_specific_content_blocked filter to allow insertion of login form or whatever else you want.
0.9.2 cleaned up code comments
0.9.1 Fixed Typo (thanks to Sean Nittner) added backwards compatible and GNU.
0.9 Added nested shortcode option.
0.8 quick bug fix.
0.7 Major update,Plugin rewritten in OOP,
New shortcode implemented.
New options panel to define User Specific MetaBox.
New admin panel.
Run filter on the_content as well as the_excerpt.
0.6 Fixed all wp_debug warnings.
0.5 Fixed wp_debug warnings.
0.4 added simply logged-in user content only!
quick fixed block by role bug.
0.3
added none logged-in user content only!
0.2
added pages support
0.1
initial release
Screenshots
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FAQ
User Specific Content: quick answers
Straight answers, pulled from live WordPress.org data.
Live data from WordPress.org · checked Sep 29, 2026
Is User Specific Content free?
Yes. User Specific Content is free to download and use from the official WordPress.org plugin directory.
Is User Specific Content safe to use in 2026?
User Specific Content shows warning signs in 2026 — compare the alternatives below before installing. It runs on 1K+ sites, is rated 4.3/5 and was last updated 9 years ago, and scores 41/100 on our health check.
How many websites use User Specific Content?
User Specific Content is active on 1K+ WordPress websites and has been downloaded 97,439 times since it launched in April 2011. It was downloaded 222 times in the last 30 days.
Does User Specific Content work with WordPress 7.1?
User Specific Content is officially tested up to WordPress 4.7.0, while the latest release is 7.1.2. It may still work, but try it on a staging site first.
When was User Specific Content last updated?
The latest version, 1.0.6, was released on November 28, 2017 (9 years ago).
Who makes User Specific Content?
User Specific Content is developed and maintained by Bainternet.
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