Protect access to blogs by group membership.
| Author: | itthinx (profile at wordpress.org) |
| WordPress version required: | 5.0 |
| WordPress version tested: | 5.7.6 |
| Plugin version: | 1.3.0 |
| Added to WordPress repository: | 06-02-2013 |
| Last updated: | 14-01-2024 |
| Rating, %: | 100 |
| Rated by: | 1 |
| Plugin URI: | http://www.itthinx.com/plugins/groups |
| Total downloads: | 1 905 |
| Active installs: | 10+ |
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The plugin protects a site so that only members can access its pages.
Suitable for site lockdowns, private sites and sites that are under construction.
It allows to redirect visitors to a particular page or to the WordPress login.
Members who are logged in have access to the site.
Members must belong to the site’s Registered group, or to a particular group as determined specifically for the site.
The plugin is an extension to Groups which is required.
The redirection settings can be adjusted in Settings > Groups Blog Protect :
Redirection options can be set for the blog – or for each blog in a multisite setup:
- no redirection
- redirect to a specific post, note that with this option the blog is shown to the visitor but only that page can be visited
- redirect to the WordPress login
The redirect status code can be selected among:
- Moved Permanently (301)
- Found (302)
- See other (303)
- Temporary Redirect (307)
Site administrators can determine which group is used to protect the site:
- By default, users must belong to the Registered group to be able to access the site, so any registered user who is logged in will have access.
- The constant
GROUPS_BLOG_PROTECT_GROUPcan be set inwp-config.phpto indicate the name of the group to which users must belong to be able to access the site. - For multisites, the
GROUPS_BLOG_PROTECT_GROUP_nconstant can be used to indicate the name of the group required to access a particular site, wherenis the blog ID of the site.
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