- Restrict Access to Your Entire Website
- Using the Centralized Rules System in SureMembers
- Manually Add or Remove Users from Memberships
- Yearly Membership Plan using SureCart and SureMembers
- How to Set up Login Restrictions
- Menu Item Visibility
- Redirect Users at Login or Logout
- Secure Digital Downloads
- Understanding SureMembers Core and Pro
- Restrict a Particular Content on a Page
- Download and Access Your License
- Activate or Deactivate Your License
- SureCart and SureMembers Affiliate Program
- Pricing Plan Changes
- Show or Hide Inline Content Using SureMembers Shortcodes
- How to Use SureMembers’ Restrict this Block Setting?
- How to Integrate SureCart with SureMembers
- How to Integrate with WooCommerce For Paid Memberships
- Use SureMembers to Protect Your SureDash Courses and Content
- How to Set Up Unauthorized Access Rules for Users
Restrict Access to Your Entire Website
Restricting your entire website means only logged-in members can see any page on your site. This is useful if you are building a fully private community, a paid content hub, or a members-only portal where nothing should be visible to the public.
Before You Begin
You should have at least one Membership created, or be ready to create one during this process.
Make sure you have SureMembers installed and activated on your WordPress site.
This feature is available with SureMembers Core (free). You do not need SureMembers Pro to restrict access to your entire website.
- Go to SureMembers > Memberships from your WordPress dashboard.
- Click Add New to create a new Membership, or open an existing one.
- Navigate to the Protection Content section inside the Membership.
- Choose Entire Website from the list of options.
- Add an exclusion for your homepage. This makes sure visitors can still land on your site before logging in.
- Go to the Unauthorized Access section of the same Membership.
- Set the action to Redirect and enter the URL of your login page.
Note: If your homepage is also protected, users will have no way to reach the login page, and they will be locked out completely.
- Click Save to apply the changes.
What You’ll See
Once saved, any visitor who is not logged in will be redirected to your login page when they try to visit any page on your site. Only users who have access to this Membership will be able to browse freely.
You have now locked down your entire website to members only. It is a good idea to also check that your login page and any other pages you want to keep public are added to the exclusions list.
If you have any questions or need further help, feel free to reach out to our support team. We’re always happy to help!
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