Managing content access is one of the most important parts of running a knowledge base, documentation site, or membership portal. If you want to restrict who can view specific categories or articles in WordPress, the Pro Article Manager feature of AI SmartBase Plugin makes it simple and powerful.

In this guide, we’ll walk you through how to set up category-level and article-level access control.

Why Access Control Matters?

• Protect Premium Content – Only paid or authorized users can access.
• Internal Knowledge Base – Share documentation with staff while keeping it private from the public.
• Better User Experience – Show users only what’s relevant to them.
• Role-Based Management – Assign permissions for admins, editors, contributors, and subscribers.

Setting Up Article Access Control

If you want more flexibility, you can set permissions on a per-article basis.

• Go to Pro Article Manager Settings
  • Navigate to AI SmartBase > Pro Article Manager in your WordPress dashboard.
• Access Pro Article Manager Settings
  • On hover the article settings, find the Access Control options.
• Choose Logged-in user or User Roles or Membership Levels
  • Assign who can read the article.
• Save Settings
  • Now only authorized users will be able to view it.