Alternatives to Roles & Capabilities
Take full control of user roles and capabilities in WordPress with an intuitive, powerful interface.
Snapshot
Rating: 5.0/5 (6 reviews)
Downloads: 30,721
Active installs: 1,000
Maintenance score: 52/100
Compatibility
Requires WordPress: 4.1
Tested up to: 6.9.4
Requires PHP: 7.4
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Members – Membership & User Role Editor Plugin(1,248)•Updated 31d ago
The best WordPress membership and user role editor plugin. User Roles & Capabilities editor helps you restrict content in just a few clicks.
300,000 installs6,824,511 downloads83/100 • Actively maintained
PublishPress Capabilities – User Role Editor, Access Permissions, User Capabilities, Admin Menus(142)•Updated 34d ago
PublishPress Capabilities is the access control plugin. You can manage user capabilities, permissions, user roles, admin menus and more.
100,000 installs3,996,155 downloads78/100 • Actively maintained
Restrict User Access – Ultimate Membership & Content Protection(94)•Updated 224d ago
Create Access Levels and restrict any post, page, category, etc. Supports bbPress, BuddyPress, WooCommerce, WPML, and more.
10,000 installs619,542 downloads34/100 • Stale
PublishPress Permissions: Control User Access for Posts, Pages, Categories, Tags(64)•Updated 38d ago
The permissions plugin for posts, pages, categories, tags and more. You can control permissions for roles, individual users, and even custom groups.
10,000 installs829,754 downloads71/100 • Actively maintained
Post Lockdown(9)•Updated 125d ago
Allows admins to protect selected posts and pages so they cannot be trashed or deleted by non-admin users.
1,000 installs22,744 downloads52/100 • Maintained
User Role for Flamingo(2)•Updated 903d ago
Configure special user role to access the flamingo contacts and messages wihtout admin permissions.
700 installs4,980 downloads22/100 • Possibly abandoned
WP Roles at Registration(5)•Updated 2539d ago
This plugin asks the user to choose his role in the website during registration from a list of selected roles. Works with BuddyPress also.
400 installs17,370 downloads12/100 • Possibly abandoned
Enable Contributor Uploads(4)•Updated 94d ago
Easy plugin which adds the capability for contributors to upload images to their blog posts.
300 installs12,102 downloads62/100 • Maintained
Custom Access Roles(1)•Updated 446d ago
Create custom roles with editing capability for only specific pages, categories and post types.
200 installs6,554 downloads28/100 • Possibly abandoned
Map Cap(4)•Updated 4658d ago
Control who can publish, edit and delete custom post types. Silly name, useful code.
200 installs7,835 downloads22/100 • Possibly abandoned
Comment Moderation Role by WPBeginner(3)•Updated 62d ago
Add a new comment moderator user role to your site.
200 installs5,267 downloads61/100 • Actively maintained
User Switcher(7)•Updated 3452d ago
A helper tool to help you switch between user account without logging in and out.
100 installs8,371 downloads22/100 • Possibly abandoned
100 installs5,929 downloads22/100 • Possibly abandoned
Restrict Anonymous Access(3)•Updated 482d ago
Adds a shortcode to restrict content from anonymous users.
80 installs3,346 downloads28/100 • Possibly abandoned
DD Roles(8)•Updated 2060d ago
DD-Roles is the NUMBER 1 roles an capabilities management tool! Manage roles and capabilities easily.
60 installs6,957 downloads22/100 • Possibly abandoned
Zedna Maintenance Mode(0)•Updated 2257d ago
Set you website under maintenance to lock content while development.
50 installs1,455 downloads20/100 • Possibly abandoned
WordPress Restrictions(1)•Updated 5384d ago
WordPress Restrictions allows you to set restrictions on when and what content can be edited/deleted on your WordPress Install.
10 installs2,387 downloads22/100 • Possibly abandoned
Access(0)•Updated 4578d ago
Control content access via a taxonomy that accepts user IDs, roles, or capabilities.
10 installs3,508 downloads20/100 • Possibly abandoned
Press Permit Access Codes(0)•Updated 4263d ago
*This plugin has been replaced by the WP Access Codes Plugin! Adds users to specific Press Permit permission groups when they enter a designated acces …
0 installs1,218 downloads20/100 • Possibly abandoned
WPSS Ultimate User Management(0)•Updated 467d ago
This plugin allows efficient management of users, roles and capabilities. Create, edit and delete user permissions faster and easier.
0 installs618 downloads26/100 • Possibly abandoned