Title: Restrict Categories
Author: Matthew Muro
Published: <strong>October 7, 2010</strong>
Last modified: August 30, 2019

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# restrict-categories

 By [Matthew Muro](https://profiles.wordpress.org/mmuro/)

 * [Details](https://wordpress.org/plugins/restrict-categories/#description)
 * [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/plugins/restrict-categories/#reviews)
 * [Development](https://wordpress.org/plugins/restrict-categories/#developers)

 [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/restrict-categories/)

## Description

This plugin has been closed as of March 7, 2024 and is not available for download.
Reason: Security Issue.

## Reviews

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s=60&d=retro&r=g)

### 󠀁[Doesn’t seem to work with php 8](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/doesnt-seem-to-work-with-php-8/)󠁿

 [PatJ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/patj/) May 8, 2022

Doesn’t seem to work with php 8 – it generates an error.

![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/c315f3bebbd3824dbb7377b28198e1eefadd12eb41a7f52d69ecef4b9499fc38?
s=60&d=retro&r=g)

### 󠀁[Great plugin but I hope you’d include product categories](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/great-plugin-but-i-hope-youd-include-product-categories/)󠁿

 [bruceandmrgiggles](https://profiles.wordpress.org/bruceandmrgiggles/) June 15,
2020

This is a really great plugin, and so simple to configure. I just hope you would
include product categories, that would be extremely helpful especially for a multi-
vendor market site.

![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/7116ae9807d07b53fab3fcb5df684429649cd89f1a52e1ca8bee5a2dd8f68c06?
s=60&d=retro&r=g)

### 󠀁[Does not work with block editor or custom taxonomies](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/does-not-work-with-block-editor-or-custom-taxonomies/)󠁿

 [hrsms](https://profiles.wordpress.org/hrsms/) June 1, 2020

Does not work with block editor or custom taxonomies, which in my case makes it 
unhelpful. If one is only using the classic editor and standard categories, it works
well.

![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/615839857a347b6fe6f8f92f5cd46e5f355b3e688b57bc11c5d11a298ee73914?
s=60&d=retro&r=g)

### 󠀁[Does not work with custom post types](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/does-not-work-with-custom-post-types-5/)󠁿

 [deathbybots](https://profiles.wordpress.org/deathbybots/) May 20, 2020

I needed this to use for a custom post type and this plugin does not seem to support
restricting a custom post type taxonomies.

![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/7cbd3b515a7227cba30f6ab7a14208d739ce2f3fd19feff72263e2e4e2ac6a40?
s=60&d=retro&r=g)

### 󠀁[Great plugin!](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/great-plugin-26028/)󠁿

 [WillOfTheWeb](https://profiles.wordpress.org/willoftheweb/) May 11, 2020

This plugin works a treat and is simple to use.

![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/996be4d4e31ec8b4f92066a4e689e69cd30f8c160e5e29ea9b99f5ed34696106?
s=60&d=retro&r=g)

### 󠀁[Great plugin!](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/great-plugin-25122/)󠁿

 [rafagriso](https://profiles.wordpress.org/rafagriso/) March 12, 2020

It’s simple and efficient plugin restrict categories.

 [ Read all 39 reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/restrict-categories/reviews/)

## Contributors & Developers

“Restrict Categories” is open source software. The following people have contributed
to this plugin.

Contributors

 *   [ Matthew Muro ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/mmuro/)

“Restrict Categories” has been translated into 4 locales. Thank you to [the translators](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/restrict-categories/contributors)
for their contributions.

[Translate “Restrict Categories” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/restrict-categories)

### Interested in development?

[Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/restrict-categories/),
check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/restrict-categories/),
or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/restrict-categories/)
by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/restrict-categories/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss).

## Meta

 *  Version **2.6.4**
 *  Last updated **7 years ago**
 *  Active installations **N/A**
 *  WordPress version ** 4.7 or higher **
 *  Tested up to **5.2.24**
 *  Languages
 * [English (Australia)](https://en-au.wordpress.org/plugins/restrict-categories/),
   [English (Canada)](https://en-ca.wordpress.org/plugins/restrict-categories/),
   [English (New Zealand)](https://en-nz.wordpress.org/plugins/restrict-categories/),
   [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/restrict-categories/), and [Persian](https://fa.wordpress.org/plugins/restrict-categories/).
 *  [Translate into your language](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/restrict-categories)
 *  [Advanced View](https://wordpress.org/plugins/restrict-categories/advanced/)