Alternatives to Roles & Capabilities
Take full control of user roles and capabilities in WordPress with an intuitive, powerful interface.
Snapshot
Rating: 5.0/5 (7 reviews)
Downloads: 31,929
Active installs: 1,000
Maintenance score: 40/100
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(1,259)•Updated 79d 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 installs7,204,107 downloads83/100 • Actively maintained
PublishPress Capabilities – User Role Editor, Access Permissions, User Capabilities, Admin Menus(142)•Updated 66d ago
PublishPress Capabilities is the access control plugin. You can manage user capabilities, permissions, user roles, admin menus and more.
100,000 installs4,150,359 downloads68/100 • Actively maintained
Restrict User Access – Ultimate Membership & Content Protection(94)•Updated 314d ago
Create Access Levels and restrict any post, page, category, etc. Supports bbPress, BuddyPress, WooCommerce, WPML, and more.
10,000 installs622,554 downloads44/100 • Stale
PublishPress Permissions: Control User Access for Posts, Pages, Categories, Tags(65)•Updated 80d 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 installs853,313 downloads70/100 • Actively maintained
Post Lockdown(9)•Updated 216d ago
Allows admins to protect selected posts and pages so they cannot be trashed or deleted by non-admin users.
1,000 installs23,993 downloads40/100 • Stale
User Role for Flamingo(2)•Updated 993d ago
Configure special user role to access the flamingo contacts and messages wihtout admin permissions.
700 installs5,112 downloads22/100 • Possibly abandoned
RoleMaster Suite – User Role Editor for E-Commerce, Membership & Admin Panel(3)•Updated 88d ago
Create, manage, and assign WordPress user roles and capabilities with precision — ideal for e-commerce and membership sites.
600 installs8,202 downloads61/100 • Actively maintained
WP Roles at Registration(5)•Updated 2629d 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 184d ago
Easy plugin which adds the capability for contributors to upload images to their blog posts.
300 installs12,383 downloads40/100 • Stale
Custom Access Roles(1)•Updated 536d ago
Create custom roles with editing capability for only specific pages, categories and post types.
200 installs6,710 downloads28/100 • Possibly abandoned
Map Cap(4)•Updated 4748d ago
Control who can publish, edit and delete custom post types. Silly name, useful code.
200 installs7,934 downloads22/100 • Possibly abandoned
Comment Moderation Role by WPBeginner(3)•Updated 153d ago
Add a new comment moderator user role to your site.
200 installs5,490 downloads52/100 • Maintained
User Switcher(7)•Updated 3542d ago
A helper tool to help you switch between user account without logging in and out.
100 installs8,484 downloads22/100 • Possibly abandoned
100 installs6,017 downloads22/100 • Possibly abandoned
Restrict Anonymous Access(3)•Updated 572d ago
Adds a shortcode to restrict content from anonymous users.
80 installs3,456 downloads28/100 • Possibly abandoned
WordPress Restrictions(1)•Updated 5475d 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 4668d ago
Control content access via a taxonomy that accepts user IDs, roles, or capabilities.
10 installs3,795 downloads20/100 • Possibly abandoned
Press Permit Access Codes(0)•Updated 4354d 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 installs1,351 downloads20/100 • Possibly abandoned
WPSS Ultimate User Management(0)•Updated 558d ago
This plugin allows efficient management of users, roles and capabilities. Create, edit and delete user permissions faster and easier.
0 installs707 downloads26/100 • Possibly abandoned
Highland Software Custom Role Manager(0)•Updated 87d ago
Manage multiple user roles, create custom roles, and control capabilities with an intuitive role builder.
0 installs492 downloads59/100 • Actively maintained