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WordPress.org rating5.0 / 5 from 1 ratings
Official packageDirect from WordPress.org
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WP PlugIndex currently records Frontend Gatekeeper version 1.0.5 as active, updated 3mo ago and tested up to WordPress 7.0.
Overview
About this plugin
Frontend Gatekeeper hides the public frontend of your WordPress site unless visitors arrive with a configured URL parameter and value. It is useful for staging sites, soft launches, client previews, and pre-release content where you want to share a single shareable link instead of issuing individual user accounts.
Logged-in users always see the site normally, so editors and administrators are never blocked.
Features
Hide the entire public frontend with a single toggle.
Configurable parameter name and secret value, set per site.
Custom blocked message shown to unauthorized visitors (served with a 404 status).
Same-site link propagation: WordPress-generated links, menus, and block content automatically carry the access parameter forward, so visitors stay authorized while browsing.
Footer-script fallback that adds the parameter to links and forms rendered outside normal WordPress filters.
Gutenberg and block-theme aware through the render_block filter and WP_HTML_Tag_Processor when available.
Multisite-aware URL scoping for subdomain and subdirectory networks: access on /site-a/ will not leak the token to /site-b/.
Logged-in users, wp-admin, REST API, AJAX, cron, and wp-login.php are always allowed through.
Typical use cases
Sharing a staging or pre-launch site with clients and stakeholders.
Gating a soft launch behind a single link instead of provisioning accounts.
Hiding draft or campaign content until you are ready to publish.
WordPress.org metadata
Plugin tags
Topics listed for this plugin in the WordPress.org directory.
access control
coming soon
maintenance mode
private site
preview
Compatibility & maintenance
Compatibility & maintenance
Tested up to WordPress 7.0
Not yet marked as tested with WordPress 7.1. WordPress.org currently lists Tested up to 7.0.
Current WordPress releaseWordPress 7.1
WordPress.org Tested up to7.0
Minimum requirementsWordPress 5.7 · PHP 8.0
Update activity31 Jul 20263mo ago
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