Title: Breakdance plugin overriding user access
Last modified: September 7, 2026

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# Breakdance plugin overriding user access

 *  Resolved [angelsaction](https://wordpress.org/support/users/angelsaction/)
 * (@angelsaction)
 * [4 days, 14 hours ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/breakdance-plugin-overriding-user-access/)
 * I have been using the breakdance plugin (free tier) for a very basic site for
   volunteers only website. No commerce or anything like that. Just static/embed
   information and links. I know breakdance php is overriding the WP and other plugin
   access roles. Does anyone know how to allow members plugin to work with breakdance?
   Or have also to find there is no solution at all for this?
 * **Objective**: 2 groups of roles. Volunteers (subscribers) and board members (
   editors). I need to hide certain fll pages from volunteers.
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 *  Plugin Support [Hesham Gaber](https://wordpress.org/support/users/heshamgaber/)
 * (@heshamgaber)
 * [3 days, 4 hours ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/breakdance-plugin-overriding-user-access/#post-19015068)
 * Hi [@angelsaction](https://wordpress.org/support/users/angelsaction/),
 * This isn’t a conflict so much as a rendering difference. Members’ Content Permissions
   works by filtering the_content — it swaps the post content for your restriction
   message when the current user’s role doesn’t match. Breakdance doesn’t run the_content
   on pages built with Breakdance by default, so there’s nothing for Members to 
   filter and the page renders in full.
 * Breakdance has a setting for this: Breakdance → Settings → Advanced → Apply `
   the_content` Filter. Turning that on makes Breakdance run the_content on singular
   Breakdance content, which lets Members’ restrictions apply. Do read their note
   on it first — they disable it by default for a reason: [https://breakdance.com/documentation/other/security/](https://breakdance.com/documentation/other/security/)—
   the risk is shortcode execution in user-submitted data, which likely doesn’t 
   apply to a static volunteer site, but worth understanding before you flip it.
 * Two things to check alongside that:
    - Content Permissions has to be enabled in Members → Settings → Content Permissions
      before the per-page role box appears.
    - Members restricts the content of a page, not the URL. The page still loads
      and the title/menu still show — the body just gets replaced with your message.
      If you need volunteers to not reach the page at all, you’d want a redirect
      rather than content restriction.
 * Also worth knowing: Breakdance’s own user-role display conditions are Pro-only,
   so that route isn’t open to you on the free tier.
 * If the setting is on and restrictions still don’t apply, let us know your WordPress
   version, Members version, and whether it still happens with other plugins deactivated.
 * Regards,

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