# Getting Started

URL: https://wpusermanager.com/article/243-getting-started/
Last updated: 2020-10-12

'The Content Restriction addon gives you more control over the standard content restriction features in WP User Manager.

Instead of using [shortcodes](https://wpusermanager.com/article/180-content-restrictions-shortcodes) to wrap specific content that is restricted to certain users, this addon allows you to control entire posts, pages and custom post types from being shown to users.

![](https://wpusermanager.com/content/uploads/2020/10/content-restriction.png)

Once you have selected that the post/page/custom post type is to be restricted, you can then select who can access it -

- Logged in users
- Logged out users

If you select 'Logged in users' then you can also specify certain roles who only have access.

If a user tries to view a restricted post then you can select one of two things that can happen:

1. Redirection
2. Show message

If you select 'Redirection' you can specify the page to redirect users to, or a custom URL.

If you select 'Message', a standard message will be shown or you can specify a custom message.

You can also choose to hide the post everywhere on the site if a user doesn't have access. This includes menus, and queries on index pages.