Content Restriction Module Documentation

📝 Note: The Content Restriction module is part of Neve Pro, which you can get from here. If you would like to learn more about the Neve Pro Addon, take a look at Neve Pro Addon's full documentation.

The Content Restriction module allows you to restrict several content types across your website based on users, user roles, or passwords.

🖲️ Activating the Module

1

Install the Neve PRO using these instructions.

2

Navigate to  Neve > Neve Options > Neve Pro.

3

Scroll down and enable the Content Restriction module .

This module has three restriction behaviors: Show 404 page, Show default WordPress login page, or Show custom login page, and it can restrict the following content types: Posts, Pages, Post Categories, Product Categories (when WooCommerce is installed), and Custom Post Types.

🧰 Using the module

1

First, navigate to Neve > Neve PRO.

2

Scroll down and expand the Content restriction accordion.

3

Start enabling the content types for which restrictions should be added.

4

Under the More settings section, select the desired behavior for the logged-out users.

The module can be used to add restrictions to the following content types:

• Posts
• Pages
• Categories - represents the post categories.
• Product Categories - available if the WooCommerce plugin is installed.

After adding restrictions, you can also configure the behavior that the logged-out users will encounter on the restricted pages:

• Show 404 page - user will be redirected to the default WP page.

• Show default WP login page - the user will be redirected to the login form.

• Show custom login page - for which you will have to build and select the desired login page. 

Other than these, depending on the restricted areas, you can insert the following restrictions:

• Allow User Roles - select the roles that are allowed to access content, like author, editor, subscriber, etc.
• Allow Users - here, you can insert the users of your website that can access the content. They can be configured in WP Dashboard > Users.
• Password - if this is enabled, the users will be redirected to the page protected by a password. After inserting it, they will get access to the content.

🗂 Use Cases

Restricted Posts/Pages

In the following example, we have enabled restrictions for Posts and opened one of them. It works the same for Pages too.

1

Enable the Posts toggle to activate post restrictions.

2

Inside More settings, select the desired behavior for logged-out users (e.g. Show default WordPress login page).

3

Navigate to Posts and open the editor.

4

Configure the desired user roles (e.g. editor, administrator) and/or allowed users (names of the other users).

5

If you want to allow them access to the post, introduce a password.

📝 Note: If a post has categories (one or multiple), there will be a priority established for the restrictions: post's restrictions (if there are) > post categories restrictions > parent category of post categories. In the case of multiple parent categories, restrictions are merged. 

💡Result

Restricted Categories/Product Categories

In this example, we have used the Categories toggle, which allows us to restrict post categories. It works in the same way for Product categories.

1

Inside the Content Restriction accordion, enable the Categories toggle.

2

Select the desired behavior for the logged-out users (e.g. Show 404 page).

3

Navigate to Posts > Categories and fill in the details of the restricted category (e.g. restrict access to anyone but Subscriber).

4

Under the Content restriction section, insert the allowed users, allowed user roles, and/or a password. In this example, we didn't pick a password.

💡Result

📝 Note: Because we didn't use the password restriction and picked the Show 404 page, there is no way to access the Trends category.

📝 Note: If a post category has ancestors, there will be a priority applied for the restrictions: category's restrictions (if there are) > parent category restrictions. In the case of multiple parent categories, restrictions are merged.