How to Easily create a private page for multiple users in WordPress
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- How to Easily create a private page for multiple users in WordPress
Someone asked in a Facebook group I'm in how to make a private page for multiple users to access without using a full-blown membership plugin and without using one shared password-protected page.
I had done something like this recently for a project and wanted to share how to do it. It only requires two plugins that are freely available in the WordPress plugin repository.
With a little help from this user roles WordPress plugin, you can create a private page for specific users to access their content.
Update: (11/26/2019) The name of the user roles plugin has changed to User Role Editor by Members and is available at wordpress.org/.... You'll need to search by the updated name to find the plugin in the repo.
Terri, I can not tell you how grateful I am for finding this video. I have been searching and experimenting for hours until I found this video. This is THE best workaround I have found for allowing users only access to certain pages AND without having to pay a fortune for the privilege. Thank you, thank you, thank you. This is awesome. 🙏❤️
Thanks! I'm glad it was helpful!
Thank you so much! This was a perfect solution for the WordPress password protected/private page cacheing issue. Really appreciate your tutorial!
Thanks! Glad you found it helpful. :)
Terri Tutich I cant seem to link the login page to the page
You bet.. me too Yahooo!! ☺️
Everything worked as a charm.. beautifully explained. You made my day Terri. Thank you very much. I had to say it.
This is very useful. I am doing a pro bono site for a homeless charity and they want to be able to add volunteer guidelines and additional info pages but have the ability to remove access to their Guidelines when each volunteer leave their charity.
Glad it was helpful!
Works flawlessly, thanks a lot for the tutorial. Much love!
Thank you so much!! I have been looking for this for days now!!
Thank you. Glad you found it helpful.
I think this is exactly what I was looking for! Awesome video!
Thank you! I'm glad you found it helpful.
@@beyondtheoffice Do you have a solution for redirecting already logged in users? Eg when they visist the site the second time.
@@beyondtheoffice How Can i add the Logout ? Want User to Logout from the secure area when they are done.
Hello Terri!
It seems that Peter's login redirect is unavailable - can you recommend another plug in for this application?
very nice! this is exactly what i was looking for! and using free plugins is always a bonus.
Thank You!
Thanks! I'm glad you found it helpful.
Much thanks for this video. Saved me from having to buy and spending hours learning a membership plugin :)
Hello.
I have just tried to download the peter's redirect plugin - but i can not find it now - has it been taken down - I can see the other peter keung plugins but not the one you have advised
**** It is now Sept 2022 and look like most posts here are about 1 to 2 years old. I did see the update in the comments section that the main plugin had changed names; however I am unable to find the 301 redirect plugin that Terri used. I know there are a lot of 301 redirect plugins but would like to use the once she suggested. Am I missing it or is that plugin now no longer in the wordpress plugin library? ****
Best video, really appreciate Terri. I am learn login functionality 5 star to you.!!!
thanks!
Exactly what I'm looking for! thanks!!
amazing video. only thing not covered is how to actually make the username and password for each person...but it's easy enough to figure out.
This is what I was looking for. How cool
Terri, Thanks so much for this video! Unbelievable helpful!
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A fantastic tutorial, thanks so much for taking the time to make it!
Thank you!
I use Salient theme from Theme forrest. I cant manage to find a "Content Permission" :( . Do you have any tip? This should be such a great solution for me.
It appears the Members plugin is not tested with my theme or version of wordpress. Can you advise if this will be an issue. This plugin appears to be very simple however concerned about compatibility with my sites' theme.
This plugin doesn't really do anything with the Theme, so that shouldn't be an issue. It should be fine with the latest version of WordPress. That compatibility rating is dependent on people actually indicating if its compatible or not - it's not an automated process.
Hiya! Do you know of a way in which i can add global content (text/files/images/videos) for members, but also private content for specific users all through the plugin without creating seperate pages that are restricted? Thanks!
Not with this method, no. The password protection in this method is for the entire page contents, not just part of it. For that you would need a membership plugin that has that functionality.
Can you tell us how i can share unique information to my users who have account on website. For example some times i have to share the unique duty chart to each user without shareing other users data. Will that be possible.
Hi Terri, I tried to follow your instructions today but I couldn't find the roles feature under "users" (it doesn't exist anymore?). And the editing page format changed over the years, so I can't find the content permissions section either. How would I do this in 2022?
Have a look under "Members" instead of "Users".
I have a question, I make WordPress website and I want students login my site, and after login I want them to redirect on their private profile page
Plz guide me regarding this
So I have a "dumb" question for you. How do you actually make any of this "work" when you already made your site? I've tried 3 times and it just keeps going off in its own little world, completely disconnected from the rest of reality
Thank you - very useful tutorial. Members plugin settings has now moved but everything else is the same.
Hi Terri, I have a private course and I'm considering making an attendance entry for parents and students and specific page where my teachers can see his own attendance without interfering other teacher's attendance. Does this method apply too? If not, how? Thanks for the answer.
this is scenario of my project. how to create four tutors. each had seperate mail id . if i am new user in turorial i select the tutors based on experience .the mail goes on selected user only. if it is possible or not.
Thanks Terri. I appreciate your work
Very, very helpful. However I do have one issue that I can't seem to resolve. When the private user logs in it redirects to the user profile page. The user does now have access to the private page but I don't want my user to be presented his profile page every time he logs in.... Can you help?? Regards...Greg Triplett
Hi ... i am trying to access reading books, but it is difficult for me to go through
i am not clear with one thing, when the private user login to see the content , do they access as webpage admin? i mean if they do access as admin, private user can also change the settings and data. bt i dont want it to do so, just they loging as private user and read the content without having admin access. is that possible?
Ultimately it would depend on the settings of the role you created, but if you only give them access to the private pages and posts, they would not be logging in as an admin.
Great tutorial Terri, thank you
Which user role definition are you using? I do not see modify or add roles in the current version of Wordpress v5.8.1
You can use one of the default WP roles, but in the video I used a plugin to create a custom role. The plugin is linked in the video comments.
@@beyondtheoffice Thank you
hello mam, I love the video but when I tried it I did see the add new role, and so on like you had is there something U must do before it did work exactly as you had it what to do?
There will be four types of users that register on this small social network website: teachers, parents, educators and students. So I would like it so that when they register, there is a field in the registration page where they have to select the user type out of those four.
i. The user type that they select should show under or next to their name on the website at all times like profile and posts, so that when people see their name they know what type of user they are.
For something like that, you'll probably need a plugin that manages custom registration requests, or a form plugin like Gravity Forms (bit.ly/btogforms) that allows you to make custom registration forms. This function you are looking for is not a native WordPress option.
How would you direct them to Patreon or Buy me a Coffee, for the payment for that member access?
Big Big BIG Thanks. This video very helpful, thanks for this kind of video solutions
Glad it helped
Hi i tried to follow everything, but it didnt work on my end. maybe this need an update?
Thank you very much for the video it was helpful, but when I tried to redo your steps, I find I do not have the option to add new role. Therefore do not have access to grant or deny the pages the user can then view. Have you got any other plugins installed to help you get that extra function? Hope to hear from you!
Can someone help, i dont see the user role in my user. i already install both member and peter's redirect.
Recent versions of the plugin adds a Members menu to the left side menu instead of adding the Add Role option to Users menu
Is it possible to create a multiple user role with the same privileges but they have their own page? Example: in a page name: "example". When user1 go to that page, he can edit whatever he wants, then once he logged out, it will automatically save., and when user2 go to that page, he will see nothing and he will do the same thing., when he will log out, everything that he made was automatically saved. "but" nothing is changed on user1's page.? TIA
I'm not sure that's possible with this plugin.
on my wordpress i can't find roles on users..
Hello Terri, Thank you for sharing this information. I am using wpForo Community Forum plugin and I am able to create as many private forum pages as I need. Each user will only be able to log in to his/her respective page (forum). Do I understand correctly? Thank you, Engin 👋👍😊
Thank you, really found it useful !
I want to ask you a very tricky question.
I have been trying to figure out how I can create an online profile for my clients where initially, I get them to do a health assessment questionnaire and then transfer that information directly into their profile account.
I would like them to be able to access their private profile accounts so that they can edit their health assessment profile for any updates or changes that may occur at any time.
Kind of like a dating site where the user creates his/her profile account and get them to fill in the questions to complete their profile.
I hope I made myself clear
Much appreciate if you are able to answer.
Hello Terri, I would like to add editors as users beside myself to make them able to write or add articles on the blog page of my website. I I tried to follow your discriptions but without any success. Would be greatful for your help? Best regards and thx in advance.
If you just need to add editors, that is a native role in WordPress and you should just be able to add them as users the regular way. Unless you have some other specific need, you don't need to use the plugins I mentioned in this video.
Thank you so much! May be because I have an updated option wordpress doens't show the menu login/logout redirects...
Hi ! Members is not supporting WP 5.3 ? I've Just Installed but doesn't show the menu "Add New" Role...
I just tested it on a clean WP install and it's working as expected for me. What plugin are you using?
Terri, Thank you.
Thanks for the tutorial. What should I do if an account doesn't yet exist? I need them to create an account to access the page.
Hi, I know this is an old post but how do the private users add themselves to the private users list? Or would I have to add them as new users myself? Just wondering if I need to allow people to subscribe in the settings.
Hi, Deyo. The intent in this video was that the website owner or manager would be creating the user accounts. If you allowed people to suscribe in the settings, then you would target the Subscriber user role. If you needed to target a different user role, that you would either need to create the user accounts yourself, or find another way to do it.
@@beyondtheoffice Thank you!
Please Ms ... some help .. I create an education webSite (for School) ... now i want to add a page for teachers, Each teacher can logs in this page and add his information (personel information, his cours, .. .)Without entering to the dashboard ...Is that plugin helps me in that?
I'm sure there would be a way to do this, possibly with a combination of different plugins. But, I'm not sure which ones they would be off of the top of my head. You'd need to do some experimenting with some sort front-end page editing plugin.
Thanks, can I add this for pages with lots of videos on the page? I'm looking at creating a page people can log in. Not bothered about all the same password. But I'm looking at potentially 20 different videos on the page. Is this something that is possible. Or only for blogs, pdfs etc? Many thanks
You should be able to. I don’t see any reason why it wouldn’t work.
@@beyondtheoffice hi Terri thanks for the reply. I've set this up. Just a question. Will the people who login to my specific page have to login with the same password I login my WordPress site on? Or can I set a password that is the same for everyone but different to my WordPress site? Many thanks in advance. Reece
FIT4TEK Personal Coach for this method you absolutely should set the page password to be different than your login password for the site. But all users would be using the same password, so there wouldn’t be any way to prevent someone from getting to the content once they have the password.
@@beyondtheoffice thanks I have done so. But on a test run when I look in on another email address the link is sending me to my wp back end and I edit things. What did I do wrong in the process?
Hi Terri, will this work if we needed to add 5 separate client logins (so 5 separate pages)? Different clients will be accessing different content so that is why I need separate login credentials for each.
If they each need separate pages, you would need to set up each one with their own user role in addition to their account to use this method. It should work, but would be more involved to setup.
I know it's years later but I really need this to work and my content page keeps coming up with a 404 error instead of a redirect. Any idea why?
My first question would be whether or not the page is published.
It seems some things have changed, and it doesn't work if you mark the page as Private. But, if it's published as Public but you have the Content Permissions rules set, it should work as intended. I'll post an updated video as soon as I can.
You cant see that content permissions if you have elementor. Even if going to normal "edit"
It should show in the page editor, not the Elementor editor. But, I haven't tried using it on a site using Elementor, so I couldn't say for sure. If I get a chance, I'll look into that soon and see what I can sort out.
Thank you very much for this information! It is possible to have a registration form for this type of users? (So users can register online to have this type of role)
nice one! what if i want to clear or not to view the my account table of the users login, so that they cannot edit the password assigned by the administrator. how will i do that. Again Thanks a lot.
Great job with this! 👍🏻
Terri, sorry I have just one question if you can guide me please? When the private user logs out, it defaults back to the Wordpress login page, but ideally I’d like them to go to the specific Divi login page that I have created. Maybe I’ve missed it, but is there a function in either members or peter’s login redirect to amend that or does this have to be yet another plugin? Thanks so much. 🙏
Terri found it, so no worries it works even better now, thanks again! 🙏
Glad you found it. Cheers!
Hey Terri,
Is it possible to create social networking, e-commerce and blog page in one website. Like I want the users to register as per their location. Their profile would have tabs, first of the timeline i.e. the posts that they'll post, second is of the products that they can put up, third a form for a query, fourth for images and videos?
Would be great it you could suggest a way to achieve it.
Thanks.
I'm not sure of anything that meets those requirements off of the top of my head. Definitely sounds like you would need some custom layout coding for either the theme or as an additional plugin. They could publish posts as a WP editor (native WP role), and I think there's a WooCommerce addon plugin that allows multiple sellers to add products. It could be done, but would take some experimenting.
Thanks for the video
but that gives the user access to my wordpress(dashboard)
I want the people visiting my eCommerce website not be able to see the products and the store page until they login, the username and the password is provided by me, that means they cant register, i can only create username and password for them. is it possible help please
The only access this gives subscribers to the WordPress Dashboard is to change their password, basically. There are plugins you can use to prevent users from getting to the Dashboard.
Would this work for private board members pages? Can I set it up so each board member has a unique login and they can access their pages of minutes, agendas, etc.?
If you create a role called Board Member and then give everyone that role, it should work. There could be other things on your site that affect it, but with the info you gave, it could work.
@@beyondtheoffice Great thank you!
hello now in 2021 can you use maybe ultimate membership pro with this redirect or any membership plugin? I've been using a template for specific users
then i have been sending them a password but this is so much work??? I need a personal content page for clients to see only the work i do for them???
it is a little faster with the template but i just think there should be an easier way by now???, No???
I’m not familiar with that specific membership plug-in. There are some plugins that are specifically designed for client dashboards so that might be an alternate route for you
@@beyondtheoffice any examples???
@@sydneygriffin7495 client-portal.io/ is one. It was designed for project management type use, but I feel like it could be adapted for other purposes.
Fantastic! Thank you! :)
I did all the steps you told in the video but i didn't see the error message with the link to login (that i fill in) on the pages?
you do have to setup the error message. It should be in the metaboxes on the bottom of the editor for that page/post.
Thanks for your video. I couldn't find the plugin called Members, I'm pretty sure it has been renamed: Members - Best Membership and User Role Management Plugin for WordPress
Yes, it does have a new name.
hi
thank you for your video
can you help me about changing user role
i want to change user role from subscriber to customer automatic after first purches
thank you
I alrady download those two tamplets, now im standing on "users" but there is no "roles" and "add new role"
go to Members in the left side menu and there are the roles
Trying to add customers with their own unique passwords? Will this newer user role member app do this? I have wholesale accounts that I need separate passwords for. Thx, Al
You would really need a membership plugin of some sort for that. The method that I show in this video is really only for having one shared page for multiple users to access.
@@beyondtheoffice Hi Terri, thank you for your reply. I am trying to do this with very little tech knowledge in Wordpress. The company that designed our site is out of business. I need a little help with providing a link to my Physician customers to a private wholesale product page that the public cannot view. If you could help me with this I would greatly appreciate the help. I have learned a lot from your videos and appreciate your easy to follow instructions. Al 480-991-6715
@@beyondtheoffice Yes, I have done that and when I use the permalink when in the Admin / Pages / "Physicians Only" page, it will sometimes go to a "Password Page" but not now. When it does go to the password page, I add the password and it will not go to the Physicians Only page. It goes to a basic blank page that has an "edit" link. Can I send you my contact information? or you may call my office at 480-991-6715
Thank you Terri. So as admin I would have to enter each privateuser’s email and login? They couldn’t do that themselves, right?
If you have your site settings preventing people from creating their own account, yes, you would need to create their account.
Thank you for the great video!
How would you create a login page with different passwords for each user to login and then view/correct only their specific data? What apps would you use with WP?
If you need a different password for each person, you'd be better off looking into a membership plugin or something like that. There are lots of different ones available, depending on what you need and your budget.
@@beyondtheoffice Can you specify one?
Lewis Burton which one I would recommend usually depends on what you are doing with it, and if you need to be able to charge for it. A simple google search can get you started. If you do end up using a membership plugin you’ll likely not need the steps shown in this video.
@@beyondtheoffice How would you create a login page with different passwords for each user to login and then view/correct only their specific data? What apps would you use with WP?
Thanks, really useful!
Glad it was helpful!
Fantastic and very informative Video, please keep posting.
One thing I would like to know is how to assign a particular user name and password to a user. Want to assign a separate user and password for each users, from about 100 users. Thanks in advance.
you would need to add them each as users and you can assign as password, but they would be able to change it when they log in.
@@beyondtheoffice thanks very much for your prompt reply.
One of my friend suggested me to use Ultimate Membership Pro, is it same as Membership or something different. Thanks in advance.
I am new to WordPress. Could you please show how to also allow member roles to change their password. Don't know how to do that. Many thanks. Your video was most helpful.
The method shown in this video wouldn't let visitors change the password because you assign it, and they don't necessarily need to have an account to use it. You might need a membership plugin, or just allow people to register themselves as subscribers. But, be careful because opening registration to anyone tends to get a lot of spam accounts.
thanks a lot for the tip Terri! it was super clear and simple to follow... I have a question though, and I hope you get a chance to answer, you used a specific redirect page for a specific private user hidden content page... what happens when you are trying to set it up for a blog post and want that user to return to that post he's trying to access? (I hope my questions makes sense)
I have not had great luck creating a redirect for gated content without using a plugin specifically for that.
@@beyondtheoffice oh, ok! do you suggest any plugin? (thanks a LOT!)
what I'm looking for is a plugin that allow the users to post on their profile page only and nobody can see their posts only them
Have you found solution for that one. Having same issue. Let me know
I need someone who can help me create a funnel that hits the pain points for the practitioner but also covers all the bases and solves problems for their patients
If we talk I can tell u what I need and the pain points. I need a
1. Video portal
2. Scheduling system - OT a way to route to scheduling system.
3. Login for members area
4. Email sequencing for patients and leads
Is there a way to create a private page and a public page for one member. So each member has a private page they can edit that will update their public page for other members to see?
Not with this plugin combination. You would probably need some sort of directory or profile editing plugin. Or it probably could be done with Gravity Forms and Gravity View.
Terri Tutich know anyone who like to take on challenging projects?
@@al3xcruz I probably could in August, depending on what you need done. If you want to talk about it more, email me at terri at beyondtheoffice.com
This was so helpful thanks so much for your time developing the video. One question, is it possible to hide the dashboard link and WP logo? in the top admin bar, related to the users roles. cheers A
There are plugins that allow you to hide the WordPress toolbar based on user role.
@@beyondtheoffice Thanks Terri for this =) have a lovely weekend
nice one but to short ....u event not make a post ???
Amazing video!
Thank you for your video. I wonder if there is a way to set up a wordpress website that is available to invited members only. We are a small group of people, no more than 20, and we would like to have a private forum where we can exchange creative ideas. We don't want to link our site to Google or other search engines, neither do we want outsiders to access our forum. Is there any plugin available for such purpose? Thank you in advance.
im no expert and im sure there's things you can do but (1) wp has a "Discourage search engines from indexing this site" feature under Settings / Reading in the wp dashboard (2) write non-descriptive, or no descriptions, in key areas (eg, page title); and (3) google is likely not to give significance to a small, descriptiveness site. setting a page or entire site to password protect will keep outsiders from accessing ur forum
@@AcademicPROFIT Thank you for your reply. I am also aware of that option but I am looking for a sure way to opt out Google search completely. And yes, a password protected forum is part of my plan.
Please ma'am I have a Real EState website, and I want to create a tenant profile portal, where all my tenant can have their own portal and all three information also I want the tenant's page to carry info such as apartment occupied, address of property occupied, rent due, rent paid, outstanding if any, signed contract, a space where they can receive and also send documents such as proof of payment, tenancy agreement, receipts, e.t.c. Please help me out, how do I create it Please help me out please ma'am
Honestly, that sounds like a lot of sensitive data that shouldn't be stored on a public website. I would not recommend doing that.
trying to figure out why I can't get this to work... do you offer assistance?
the private page does not show up at all if not logged in; i.e. it says "Oops... something went wrong here"...
I do offer 1:1 training and assistance, but I'm currently booked up for the next few weeks. If you'd like to discuss that more, you can send me an email from beyondtheoffice.com/contact/
Does this mean that you can also add a private content page that is only linked to one user account and the admin?
the private content page wouldn't be linked to any specific account with this method. You could have a page that only one person has the password for, and different pages with different passwords for different users, but that would get complicated. At that point, something like a membership plugin would probably be better suited.
@@beyondtheoffice Thank you soo much for you fast and complete answer!! We do have the Membership Pro plug in. But cant seem to get that to do what we want.
Greetings
how can i give different user different roles plus can i make different headers and logos for different user waiting for your reply regards
I'm not sure that all of that can be done with this plugin, especially the different headers and logos.
Very nice. Thanks a lot. Is there a way to create private page/post to one specific USER, instead of roles?
Yes, this plugin has the ability to create a redirect for a specific user, so you'd just need to make the page for them to be redirected to and set it up in the plugin settings.
thanks god bless
Hi, Great Video. I want to allow my users to upload or post Products on my Website. I am Building a Website for secondHand products. How can we allow them to post products , if they want to sell through my site. Any help would be appreciated
Thank you.
Hey nice voice Terri tutich.... I want a page where all my users my users are displayed as a manual slide.. is it possible
is there a way to use your functionality for an eCommerce site?
It would probably work. Depends on your purpose/intent.
Thanks a tonne.
I'm finding that when I add users they are not receiving the account information. Is there a reason for this?
Royale Cohesive Network there’s many things that could cause that from SMTP issues to SPAM filters. Are you able to send them the information manually?
Terri Tutich I can try that. I just click the box that says, notify the user. From there I didn’t receive my test email. Do you have a video as to how to successfully complete that part?
It's cool 🎉
My Wordpress is not showing roles under users :(
Are you using wordpress.com or self-hosted WordPress on your own hosting? If you are using self-hosted WordPress, are you sure that you're logged in as an administrator?
@@beyondtheoffice Yes I am logged in as administrator! :I
Really sweet and simple. Can you create a "stylized" login page that does not look like the standard WordPress dashboard login?
You can use a plugin like LoginPress to style the WP login page.
@@beyondtheoffice Thanks so much. I hope to use your solution on a client site. Perfect.
@@stephenbstarrdesigninc Great. I hope it works out for you. Cheers!
hi there. great tutorial.. I have a question. can I request information from this new clients?, could I make a form with the info I need from them.
You could make a form using any WP Form plugin and put it on that page, and then direct them to it when you want them to fill it out, yes. My preferred WordPress form plugin is Gravity Forms (bit.ly/btogforms)
Merci beaucoup
you're welcome. :)
Got excited for nothing - It appears you need to upgrade to be able to hide the content - That IS REALLY LAME!!!
What needs to be upgrade? Everything I used in this was free plugins.
@@beyondtheoffice I don't get the Error to display option - I see only an upgrade to Memberpress option - can I send you a screenshot?