Build membership sites with tiered plans, content restriction, drag-&-drop custom registration & login form builder, and built-in payment system.
- Installs
- 50,000+
- Rating
- 4.8 (832)
- Updated
- 14 days ago
Content Control – The Ultimate Content Restriction Solution! Restrict Content, Create Conditional Blocks & More
Restrict content based on login status, user roles, device type & more. Monetize your content with a paywall or members-only content.
- Active installs
- 40,000+
- #876 of 1,000
- Downloads, all time
- 911.7K
- 911,675
- Downloads, 30 days
- 24.8K
- 4.4K in the last 7
- Rating
- 4.9 / 5
- 575 reviews
- Last updated
- 32 days ago
- Sep 29, 2026
- Version
- 2.7.4
- 53 releases
Upkeep and compatibility
| Last updated | September 29, 2026Updated in the last 3 months |
|---|---|
| Tested up to | WordPress 7.1.4Covers WordPress 7.1.4, the current release |
| Needs WordPress | 6.2 or newer |
| Needs PHP | 7.4 or newer |
| First published | September 30, 2016 |
| Support, last two months | 0 of 3 threads resolved (0%) |
Reviews
4.9 / 5 from 575 reviews
| 5 stars | 537 |
|---|---|
| 4 stars | 17 |
| 3 stars | 8 |
| 2 stars | 2 |
| 1 star | 11 |
Downloads, last 30 days
What the author says it does
Content Control is a transformative plugin, allowing you to fine-tune every aspect of your WordPress website’s content. Decide who gets to see what, where, and when – be it pages, posts, widgets, or individual block visibility using our handy shortcode. Your content, your rules, executed perfectly!
Content Control is intuitive and powerful, designed for all users—whether logged in, holding specific roles, or even guests. Need top-tier content restriction or a dependable access manager for your site? Look no further. We’ve expanded our controls to include Gutenberg and Full Site Editor, giving you unmatched command.
Key Features
Discover what Content Control brings to your table:
- Full control over your site’s content, restrict user access with ease!.
- Create a Paid Membership sites using your favorite or existing ecommerce plugins.
- Set up a seamless paywall for your content, providing teasers for users and prompting them to purchase access.
- Per block controls for Gutenberg and Full Site Editor, including user roles, device type, and more.
- Responsive block controls with customizable breakpoints.
- Control block visibility by user status, roles, device type & more.
- Restrict access to pages, posts, widgets, and individual blocks based on user status, roles, device type & more.
- Offer membership tools for crafting membership access and members-only content.
The opening of the plugin's own description. The full text, installation notes and changelog are on its WordPress.org page.
Questions the author answers
Can I offer paid memberships with Content Control?
Currently this is available in our Pro version when coupled with your favorite ecommerce plugins such as WooCommerce, Easy Digital Downloads & Paid Memberships Pro.
Where can I get support?
If you get stuck, you can ask for help in the Content Control Plugin Forum.
Where can I report bugs or contribute to the project?
Bugs can be reported either in our support forum or we are happy to accept PRs on the Content Control GitHub repo.
Latest changelog entry
- Maintenance: Removed legacy APIs deprecated since version 2.0.
Screenshots
Restrict access to individual blocks. 
Create unlimited restriction sets. 
Choose who can see the restricted content. 
Display a message in place of restricted content.
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Where this page's numbers come from
Read from the WordPress.org plugin API on , when WordPress 7.1.4 was the current release. WordPress.org rounds active installs into buckets. These are the directory's figures, not my verdict, and I haven't tested this plugin. The author takes donations at their donate page.