diff --git a/src/hooks/useFilteredMods.ts b/src/hooks/useFilteredMods.ts
index 7c46c76..fd64adb 100644
--- a/src/hooks/useFilteredMods.ts
+++ b/src/hooks/useFilteredMods.ts
@@ -54,18 +54,29 @@ export const useFilteredMods = (
     }
 
     const wotFilter = (mods: ModDetails[]) => {
-      // Determine the filtering logic based on the WOT filter option
+      // Determine the filtering logic based on the WOT filter option and user state
+      // when user is not logged in use Site_Only
+      if (!userState.auth) {
+        return mods.filter((mod) => isInWoT(siteWot, siteWotLevel, mod.author))
+      }
+      // when user is logged, allow other filter selections
+      const isWoTNpub =
+        userState.user?.npub === import.meta.env.VITE_SITE_WOT_NPUB
       switch (filterOptions.wot) {
         case WOTFilterOptions.None:
-          return mods
+          // Only admins can choose None, use siteWoT for others
+          return isWoTNpub
+            ? mods
+            : mods.filter((mod) => isInWoT(siteWot, siteWotLevel, mod.author))
         case WOTFilterOptions.Site_Only:
           return mods.filter((mod) =>
             isInWoT(siteWot, siteWotLevel, mod.author)
           )
         case WOTFilterOptions.Mine_Only:
-          return mods.filter((mod) =>
-            isInWoT(userWot, userWotLevel, mod.author)
-          )
+          // Only admins can choose Mine_Only, use siteWoT for others
+          return isWoTNpub
+            ? mods.filter((mod) => isInWoT(userWot, userWotLevel, mod.author))
+            : mods.filter((mod) => isInWoT(siteWot, siteWotLevel, mod.author))
         case WOTFilterOptions.Site_And_Mine:
           return mods.filter(
             (mod) =>