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Private Area for WordPress — WordPress Membership Plugin

by Evolve · WordPress.org page · Website

v1.0.1 Tested up to WP 5.5.20 PHP 5.6+

Private Area for WordPress has 60+ active installs on WordPress.org and 2,800 downloads all time. We have tracked it since September 4, 2026; download trends appear after 30 days of data. The last update was on September 4, 2020, tested up to WordPress 5.5.20.

Private Area for WordPress at a glance

Active installs
60+
Total downloads
2,800
Downloads, last 30 days
–
available after 30 days of tracking
30-day growth
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tracking since September 4, 2026

Is Private Area for WordPress well maintained?

Support threads resolved
No open threads
nothing waiting on the WordPress.org forum
WordPress compatibility
Behind
tested up to WordPress 5.5.20, not yet with the current 7.1

Features

The feature list from the plugin's own readme on WordPress.org, trimmed to the essentials.

  • Create truly private pages
  • Differentiate access based on user roles and exclude pages from search engines (supporting Yoast SEO, All in one SEO pack and Google XML Sitemaps)
  • Automatically customize redirect after login
  • Disable the admin bar for non-administrator users

Private Area for WordPress reviews and ratings

3 reviews on WordPress.org, with the most recent ones as their authors posted them.

All reviews
3.0 out of 5

3 reviews

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  • Didn't Work for Posts

    Even though you could make a page that was private, I couldn't figure out how to make it work for posts as well. Therefore, I was unable to use it.

    marshapearson

  • Works Perfectly !

    Works perfectly as advertised.

    nick6352683

  • Couldn't get this to work

    I just couldn't get this to work for me - I was unable to assign any user roles. It might be a conflict with another plugin, or it might just be my lack of knowledge, but I've given up and installed a different plugin 'content control' which seems to be doing what I want.

    westerngeomancy

Details

Private Area allows you to create restricted sections of your website that only logged users can access, and that are completely invisible to search e …

The full description, screenshots and every review live on the WordPress.org page.

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Tags

  • area
  • members
  • memberships
  • private
  • users

More from Evolve

Version
1.0.1
Last updated
Sep 4, 2020
First published
Mar 25, 2020
Requires WordPress
5.0.0
Tested up to
5.5.20
Requires PHP
5.6
Pricing
Free on WordPress.org

Private Area for WordPress FAQ

What does Private Area for WordPress do?

According to its WordPress.org readme, Private Area for WordPress offers Create truly private pages, Differentiate access based on user roles and exclude pages from search engines (supporting Yoast SEO, All in one SEO pack and Google XML Sitemaps), Automatically customize redirect after login and Disable the admin bar for non-administrator users.

How many active installs does Private Area for WordPress have?

WordPress.org reports 60+ active installs for Private Area for WordPress as of September 7, 2026.

Is Private Area for WordPress still maintained?

The last release was on September 4, 2020, more than a year ago. WordPress.org shows a warning on plugins that go this long without an update.

Is Private Area for WordPress free?

Private Area for WordPress is free to install from WordPress.org. Many plugins also sell a paid version or add-ons.