If Menu vs Restrict Content Pro
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| Feature | If Menu v0.19.2 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free · ★ 4.1/5 Visit Details | Restrict Content Pro v4.0.5 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free + paid · ★ 3.1/5 Visit Details |
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| At a glance | ||
| Active installs | 50,000+ | 9,000+ |
| Last updated | December 5, 2024 | October 14, 2026 |
| Editions | If Menu · If Menu Premium ($) | Kadence Memberships · Kadence Memberships Pro ($) |
| Pros | Rules for logged-in state, roles and WooCommerce memberships on menu items; Core visibility rules are free | Restricts posts, pages and custom types by membership level; Stripe payments, discount codes and forms in the free edition; Shortcodes for restricted content, login and registration |
| Cons | Country rule sends visitor IP addresses to web-api.com; Plan check contacts layered.market and sends the licence key | Many gateways and email integrations need paid add-ons; Admin shows Pro upsell pages and add-on listings; Opt-in telemetry prompt appears in the admin |
| Mentioned in our posts | 1 | 1 |
| More features | ||
| Other features | Logged-in and logged-out visibility, Visibility by user role, WooCommerce Memberships condition, User location (country) condition, Premium plan check ($) | Restrict content by membership level, Restrict shortcode for member-only content, Shortcode listing paid posts, Registration form shortcode, Login form shortcode, Discount codes, Daily check for expired memberships, Google reCAPTCHA on forms, Content upgrade redirect block, Members, customers, payments and levels admin pages, Why Go Pro upsell page, Paid add-on catalogue for gateways and integrations ($) |
| Integrations | ||
| Payment | — | Stripe |
| E-commerce | WooCommerce geolocation | WooCommerce |
| Plugins | WooCommerce Memberships | — |
| Other | web-api.com IP lookup, layered.market plan service ($) | Google reCAPTCHA |
| Requires WordPress | — | 6.0 |
| Requires PHP | 6.0 | 7.4 |
| Tested up to | 6.7 | 7.1 |
| Phones home | No | Only if you agree |
| External services | layered.market, web-api.com | api-dev.ithemes.com, www.google.com, api.stripe.com, api.ithemes.com |
| Blocks | — | 1 |
| Shortcodes | — | 19 |
| Custom tables | — | 7 |