WordPress Gatekeeper Pro

Control who gets access to your content — and make the whole process automatic.

Some content shouldn't be publicly available without permission. Whether you're running a resource library, a client document portal, a gated video platform, or a lead-generation download page — at some point you need to lock content down and control who gets in. Gatekeeper Pro adds token-based access control to any WordPress post type. Mark a post as locked, attach a protected file or video, and visitors must submit an access request before they can view or download anything. Files are stored in a secured directory with randomised filenames and .htaccess blocking, and all downloads and video streaming go through a proxy endpoint that validates tokens before serving a single byte.

The entire request-and-approval workflow is built in. Visitors submit a request through a native AJAX form — no page reload, no third-party form plugin required. Admins receive an email notification and can approve or disapprove with a single click directly from the email, without logging into WordPress. Approved users automatically receive a secure, time-limited access link. You choose whether tokens unlock a single resource or everything on the site, set expiry globally or per-post, and rate limiting prevents link-sharing abuse. Five customisable email notifications cover the full lifecycle from request received through to expiry warning.

Gatekeeper Pro works with any public post type and any page builder. Five dedicated Elementor widgets give you visual controls in the editor, seven shortcodes cover Gutenberg and every other builder, and PHP template tags plus a full set of action and filter hooks give developers complete control. The admin dashboard puts requests, tokens, and per-user analytics in a single tabbed interface with all-AJAX actions — approve, disapprove, bulk-process, export to CSV — so you can manage access without ever leaving the page.