David Marín Carreño

<p>This plugin allows the association of a role to a WooCommerce product so the role is assigned to a registered user when the product is purchased.</p>
<h3>Overview</h3>
<p>The DFX Automatic Role Changer for WooCommerce plugin automates the assignment of user roles based on product purchases. This powerful tool streamlines store management by ensuring users are automatically assigned the appropriate roles, enhancing membership sites, subscription-based models, and more.</p>
<h3>Features</h3>
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<p>Automatically assign roles to users upon product purchase.</p>
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<p>Integrates seamlessly with WooCommerce.</p>
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<p><em>Premium</em>: Supports the definition of different roles for variations in variable products.</p>
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<p><em>Premium</em>: Allows defining, per product, a role validity period in days after the purchase, so the role granted in the purchase will be automatically removed after that period.</p>
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<p><em>Premium</em>: Supports role management tied to subscription products, supporting <a href="https://woocommerce.com/products/woocommerce-subscriptions/" rel="nofollow ugc">WooCommerce Subscriptions</a>,<br />
<a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/yith-woocommerce-subscription/" rel="ugc">YITH WooCommerce Subscription</a> and<br />
<a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/subscriptions-for-woocommerce/" rel="ugc">WP Swings Subscriptions for WooCommerce</a>.</p>
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<p><em>Premium</em>: Allows defining multiple roles per product.</p>
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<h3>Configuration</h3>
<h4>Setting Up Role Assignments</h4>
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<p>Edit a product from your catalog.</p>
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<p>Choose the role (or several roles <em>PREMIUM</em>) to assign when the product is purchased.</p>
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<p><em>Premium</em>: Define a role validity period in days after the purchase.</p>
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<p>In WooCommerce > Settings > Role Changer you can configure advanced settings to fine-tune role assignments, such as defining if the new role must be added to the user,<br />
or if the new role should just replace the previous one.</p>
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<p>Save changes.</p>
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<h3>Premium Features</h3>
<h4>Define Role Validity Periods</h4>
<p>The premium version allows defining a role validity period in days after the purchase. The role granted in the purchase will be automatically removed after that period.</p>
<h4>Manages roles following the lifecycle of subscription products</h4>
<p>The premium version supports advanced functionality for subscription products,<br />
supporting <a href="https://woocommerce.com/subscriptions/" rel="nofollow ugc">WooCommerce Subscriptions</a>,<br />
<a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/yith-woocommerce-subscription/" rel="ugc">YITH WooCommerce Subscription</a> and<br />
<a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/subscriptions-for-woocommerce/" rel="ugc">WP Swings Subscriptions for WooCommerce</a>,<br />
assigning roles based on subscription status:</p>
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<p>Active: Assigns a role when a subscription is activated.</p>
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<p>Suspended: Updates the user role if a subscription is suspended, or is waiting for renewal.</p>
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<p>Cancelled: Removes or changes roles when a subscription ends.</p>
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<h4>How to Enable</h4>
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<p>Purchase the premium version of the plugin via the <a href="https://davefx.com/en/dfx-automatic-role-changer-for-woocommerce/" rel="nofollow ugc">official site</a></p>
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<p>Upload and activate the premium plugin.</p>
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<p>Navigate to WooCommerce > Settings > Role Changer.</p>
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<p>Enable subscription-based role assignments.</p>
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<h3>Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)</h3>
<h4>1. What happens if a user purchases multiple products with different role assignments?</h4>
<p>The plugin can be configured to add roles, or to replace roles.</p>
<ul>
<li>If the plugin is configured to replace roles, the user will remain with the last-assigned role.</li>
<li>If the plugin is configured to add roles, all the roles will be assigned to the user. We recommend using a plugin like “Members” to manage multiple roles per user.</li>
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<h4>2. What happens if a user purchases a product granting a role several times?</h4>
<p>In the Premium version, the validity period for a purchase is added to the previously existing one.</p>
<h4>3. Can I assign multiple roles to a single product?</h4>
<p>In the Premium version you can assign multiple roles. Users will gain all assigned roles upon purchase.</p>
<h4>4. How do I upgrade to the premium version?</h4>
<p>Visit the <a href="https://davefx.com/en/dfx-automatic-role-changer-for-woocommerce/" rel="nofollow ugc">official plugin page</a> to purchase the premium version. After purchasing, install and activate it like the free version.</p>
<h3>Troubleshooting</h3>
<h4>Common Issues</h4>
<p><em>Issue: Role changes are not applied after purchase.</em></p>
<p>Solution: Ensure the plugin is activated and configured correctly under WooCommerce > Settings > Role Changer.</p>
<p><em>Issue: Subscription-based role changes are not working.</em></p>
<p>Solution: Verify that the premium version is installed and active.</p>
<p><em>Issue: Conflicts with other plugins.</em></p>
<p>Solution: Disable other role management plugins to check for compatibility issues.</p>
<h3>Support</h3>
<p>For support, visit the plugin support forum.</p>
<h3>License</h3>
<p>This plugin is distributed under the GNU General Public License v3. For details, refer to the license file included with the plugin.</p>
<h3>Credits</h3>
<p>Author: David Marín Carreño</p>
<p>Website: <a href="https://davefx.com/en/wordpress-plugins" rel="nofollow ugc">https://davefx.com/en/wordpress-plugins</a></p>


DFX Automatic Role Changer for WooCommerce

This plugin allows the association of a role to a WooCommerce product so the role is assigned to a registered user when the product is purchased.

Ariel

Jose Luis Chavez

<p><strong>Roles & Capabilities</strong> empowers administrators with a complete toolset for managing user roles and capabilities directly from the WordPress admin — no code required.</p>
<p>Designed for simplicity and control, this plugin allows you to customize user permissions to fit any use case. Access is strictly limited to site administrators for maximum security; no additional capabilities can grant access to its features.</p>
<h3>Key Features</h3>
<ul>
<li>Create and manage custom roles.</li>
<li>Edit role names and assign or remove capabilities.</li>
<li>Clone existing roles for faster setup.</li>
<li>Grant or revoke capabilities for individual users.</li>
<li>Create and assign new custom capabilities.</li>
<li>Remove user-defined capabilities when no longer needed.</li>
</ul>
<p>Whether you’re building a membership site, managing editorial permissions, or fine-tuning access, this plugin gives you the precision and flexibility you need.</p>
<h3>Development</h3>
<p>This plugin is open-source and actively maintained.<br />
👉 <a href="https://github.com/arielhr1987/leira-roles" rel="nofollow ugc">View or contribute to the source code on GitHub</a></p>


Roles & Capabilities

Coming from 'Members' which got bloated, this is just one of those hidden gems in the wordpress repository that is simple, clean bloatfree and just works.

Keep it up. :)

A hidden gem


This plugin is exactly in line with I think plugins should be: clear, one task only, well integrated without bloat meaningless UI elements that do nothing. That's what I do with my plugins as well.


Simple and effective

Take full control of user roles and capabilities in WordPress with an intuitive, powerful interface.

DFX Automatic Role Changer for WooCommerce vs Roles & Capabilities