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Gated Content lets you protect specific pages, files, or links so only the right people can access them. You can restrict access by plan, require authentication, or limit to specific email addresses.

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How It Works

You define rules that tell Gately which URLs to protect and who can access them. When someone tries to visit a protected URL, Gately checks if they meet the requirements — and redirects them if they don’t.

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Creating a Gated Content Rule

1

Go to Gated Content

In your sidebar, under Authentication, click Gated Content.
2

Click Add Content

Click Add Content in the top right.
3

Set the URL pattern

Enter the URL or path you want to protect. Choose a matching rule — contains, exact, starts with, ends with, or regex.
4

Choose an access type

Select who can access this content — by plan, by authentication, both, or admin only.
5

Set the redirect URL

Enter the URL to send users to if they don’t have access — usually your login or upgrade page.
6

Save

Click Save. The rule is now active.

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Access Types

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URL Matching

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Admin Only Access

The Admin Only access type lets you restrict content to a specific list of email addresses — useful for internal pages, beta features, or team-only content.
1

Choose Admin Only

Set the access type to Admin Only.
2

Add email addresses

Type an email address and press Enter or click Add. Repeat for each person.
3

Save

Only those exact email addresses will be able to access the content.

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Tips

Use Starts With to protect an entire section of your site at once — for example, /members/ covers all pages under that path.
Set up a Redirect Rule for Access Denied to send users to a helpful upgrade or login page instead of a blank error.
After saving a rule, open the URL in an incognito window to verify the redirect works as expected.