The Restrict Past Content add-on for Restrict Content Pro lets you restrict content published prior to a membership’s start date. This is useful for membership sites that want customers to only access content published after their membership starts, and not content published before they signed up.

Restrictions are defined per membership level, and content can be excluded from the restrictions.

Installing the Restrict Past Content add-on

Download and install the plugin from your account dashboard here. If you need help installing the plugin, refer to the WordPress plugin installation documentation.

To license the plugin, please view our “How Do I License iThemes Products on My Sites” article.

Configuring the Restrict Past Content add-on

Restrict Past Content must be turned on for each membership level whose customers you want to prevent from reading content published prior to their membership start date. To enable it, go to Restrict > Membership Levels, and either add a new membership level or edit an existing one.

Membership Level settings

There are two settings on the membership level. They are:

• Enabled – turns on the Restrict Past Content feature for the current membership level.
• Exception Period – allows you to define an exception period, where members can view content published prior to their join date. The exception period is defined as days. For example, if you want to allow customers to view content published one week prior to their join date, you would enter a 7.