Priyanshu Kast

<p>DP Admin Access Menu is a powerful WordPress plugin that allows administrators to control which backend menu items are visible to specific users. This is perfect for customizing the admin experience for different user roles and improving security by limiting access to unnecessary menu items.</p>
<p>Whether you’re managing a team of content creators, restricting access for client accounts, or creating a streamlined admin experience, DP Admin Access Menu gives you granular control over what each user can see in the WordPress admin area.</p>
<h4>Key Features</h4>
<ul>
<li><strong>User Selection</strong>: Easy-to-use dropdown to select any WordPress user</li>
<li><strong>Menu Control</strong>: Checkbox interface for all WordPress admin menu items including child menus</li>
<li><strong>Superadmin Protection</strong>: First administrator (superadmin) always has full access</li>
<li><strong>Useradmin Support</strong>: Configure menu access for other administrators (useradmins)</li>
<li><strong>Unlimited Users</strong>: Configure menu access for unlimited users</li>
<li><strong>Unlimited Menus</strong>: Select unlimited menu items per user</li>
<li><strong>Real-time Filtering</strong>: Menu items are automatically hidden/shown based on saved settings</li>
<li><strong>User-friendly Interface</strong>: Clean admin interface with select all/deselect all options</li>
<li><strong>Edit & Delete</strong>: Manage configured users with edit and delete functionality</li>
<li><strong>Parent-Child Menu Logic</strong>: Selecting a parent menu automatically selects its children</li>
<li><strong>Menu Counter</strong>: Real-time counter showing selected menus</li>
<li><strong>URL Protection</strong>: Prevents direct access to restricted admin pages via URL</li>
</ul>
<h4>How It Works</h4>
<ol>
<li>Go to <strong>Menu Access</strong> in the WordPress admin sidebar (under DP Admin Access Menu)</li>
<li>Select a user from the dropdown (or edit an existing configured user)</li>
<li>Check/uncheck the menu items you want to show/hide for that user</li>
<li>Click <strong>Save Settings</strong></li>
<li>The selected user will only see the checked menu items when they log in</li>
</ol>
<h4>Use Cases</h4>
<ul>
<li><strong>Client Management</strong>: Give clients access only to specific sections of their website</li>
<li><strong>Team Collaboration</strong>: Limit access for editors, authors, or contributors to their relevant areas</li>
<li><strong>Security Enhancement</strong>: Hide sensitive admin sections from users who don’t need them</li>
<li><strong>Customized Admin Experience</strong>: Create a cleaner, focused admin interface for specific users</li>
<li><strong>Multi-Administrator Sites</strong>: Manage menu access for multiple administrators with different responsibilities</li>
<li><strong>Training Environments</strong>: Simplify the admin interface for users learning WordPress</li>
<li><strong>Agency Workflows</strong>: Control what clients can access when managing their own sites</li>
</ul>
<h4>Superadmin vs Useradmin</h4>
<ul>
<li><strong>Superadmin</strong>: The first administrator user (lowest user ID) always has full access to all menus and cannot be restricted. This ensures you never lock yourself out of your WordPress admin.</li>
<li><strong>Useradmin</strong>: Other administrators can have their menu access configured and will only see assigned menus. This allows you to create different admin experiences for different administrator accounts.</li>
</ul>
<h4>Features</h4>
<ul>
<li><strong>Unlimited Users</strong>: Configure menu access for as many users as needed</li>
<li><strong>Unlimited Menus</strong>: Select unlimited menu items per user</li>
<li><strong>Fully Functional</strong>: All features are available without restrictions</li>
</ul>
<h3>Requirements</h3>
<ul>
<li>WordPress 5.0 or higher</li>
<li>PHP 7.0 or higher</li>
<li>Administrator access to configure settings</li>
</ul>
<h3>Privacy</h3>
<p>This plugin does not collect, store, or transmit any personal data. All settings are stored locally in your WordPress database. No external services are used.</p>
<h3>Security</h3>
<ul>
<li>All menu restrictions are enforced server-side</li>
<li>Direct URL access to restricted pages is blocked</li>
<li>Superadmin protection prevents accidental lockout</li>
<li>Settings are stored securely in WordPress database</li>
<li>No external API calls – all functionality works locally</li>
</ul>
<h3>Performance</h3>
<p>The plugin is lightweight and optimized for performance:<br />
* Minimal database queries<br />
* Efficient menu filtering using WordPress hooks<br />
* No impact on frontend performance<br />
* Settings cached for fast menu rendering</p>
<h3>Compatibility</h3>
<ul>
<li><strong>WordPress</strong>: 5.0 – 6.8+</li>
<li><strong>PHP</strong>: 7.0 – 8.3+</li>
<li><strong>Multisite</strong>: Limited support (single site recommended)</li>
<li><strong>Other Plugins</strong>: Compatible with most WordPress plugins</li>
<li><strong>Themes</strong>: Works with all WordPress themes</li>
</ul>
<h3>Development</h3>
<h4>Contributing</h4>
<p>Contributions are welcome! Please ensure your code follows WordPress coding standards and best practices. You can contribute by:<br />
* Reporting bugs<br />
* Suggesting features<br />
* Submitting pull requests<br />
* Improving documentation</p>
<h4>Support</h4>
<p>For support, feature requests, or bug reports, please visit the plugin support forum on WordPress.org.</p>
<h4>Changelog Policy</h4>
<p>We maintain a detailed changelog for all versions. Major updates are announced in the upgrade notice section.</p>
<h3>Credits</h3>
<p>Developed by devpriyanshu following WordPress coding standards and best practices. Built with security and user experience in mind.</p>
<h3>Additional Notes</h3>
<ul>
<li>The plugin is fully functional with unlimited users and unlimited menus</li>
<li>All core functionality works locally without any external services</li>
</ul>


DP Admin Access Menu

Control which WordPress backend menu items are visible to specific users. Perfect for managing user access and customizing admin experience.

qaiyo

<p>Qaiyo Access Manager extends WordPress’s built-in permission system. Out of the box, WordPress only lets you assign broad roles (editor, author, contributor…). This plugin lets administrators set <strong>fine-grained access rules for individual plugins and custom post types</strong>, at both the role level and the individual user level — without writing code or touching <code>functions.php</code>.</p>
<p>Hide WooCommerce from editors, give a single freelancer access to one custom post type, stop contributors from seeing a page builder, redirect each role to its own landing page after login, or protect a block of content on the front end with a shortcode. Administrators always keep full access and can never be locked out.</p>
<p><strong>Plugin & content access</strong></p>
<ul>
<li><strong>Plugin-level access control</strong> — Decide which roles can see and manage each installed plugin. The plugin is hidden from the Plugins screen, its action links are removed, and its admin menu pages are removed and blocked (including direct-URL access) for restricted roles. This governs visibility and admin access; it is not a substitute for a plugin’s own internal capability checks.</li>
<li><strong>Custom post type access control</strong> — Restrict any custom post type (WooCommerce Products, ACF field groups, portfolios, events…) per role, across the admin menu, list/edit queries, single front-end views (with a configurable redirect) and the core REST API. Content types registered with their own capabilities are also enforced at the capability level, so guests and unauthorised roles are blocked, not just hidden.</li>
<li><strong>Allow / Deny mode per rule</strong> — Each rule can either allow only the checked roles, or deny the checked roles and leave everyone else untouched — whichever needs fewer clicks.</li>
<li><strong>User-level overrides</strong> — Allow or deny a specific user regardless of their role. User rules always win over role rules.</li>
<li><strong>Access Matrix</strong> — A bird’s-eye grid of every plugin and post type against every role, so you can audit your whole site at a glance.</li>
<li><strong>Native capability hints</strong> — Next to each plugin and post type, see which roles already hold the relevant WordPress capabilities, so your rules and core roles never silently conflict.</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>Roles, login & front end</strong></p>
<ul>
<li><strong>Login redirect by role</strong> — Send each role to its own URL right after login.</li>
<li><strong>Restricted content redirect</strong> — Choose where logged-in users land when they open a single item of a content type they cannot access (home, 404, login or a custom URL).</li>
<li><strong>Frontend protection shortcode</strong> — <code>[qaiyo_protect role="editor" deny="subscriber" logged_in="yes" cap="edit_posts"]…[/qaiyo_protect]</code> shows or hides content by role, login state or capability, with an optional replacement message.</li>
<li><strong>Customizable restricted notice</strong> — Pick the style (info / warning / error / none) and text shown to restricted users, with <code>{user_name}</code>, <code>{site_name}</code> and <code>{admin_email}</code> placeholders.</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>Admin experience</strong></p>
<ul>
<li><strong>Capabilities inspector</strong> — A read-only, searchable capability × role matrix that flags core vs plugin capabilities. It never changes your roles — it just shows you what they already hold.</li>
<li><strong>Dashboard summary widget</strong> — A WordPress Dashboard widget showing how many plugins and post types are restricted and how many user-level overrides are active, for an at-a-glance health check.</li>
<li><strong>Hide the admin bar</strong> — Remove the frontend toolbar for selected roles.</li>
<li><strong>Hide individual admin bar items</strong> — Strip specific nodes from the top toolbar per role.</li>
<li><strong>Hide dashboard widgets</strong> — Remove dashboard widgets per role.</li>
<li><strong>Update permissions</strong> — Let non-admin roles update plugins and/or themes without granting full administrator access (applied at runtime, fully reversible).</li>
<li><strong>JSON import / export</strong> — Back up every rule to a JSON file, or migrate your whole configuration to another site.</li>
<li><strong>Explore Qaiyo plugins</strong> — An in-admin overview of the Qaiyo plugin family, with a notice on your Qaiyo screens when a newer version of an installed Qaiyo plugin is available.</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>Built for the real world</strong></p>
<ul>
<li><strong>Administrators are protected</strong> — Anyone with <code>manage_options</code> always has full access and cannot be restricted.</li>
<li><strong>AJAX save</strong> — Rules are saved without a page reload.</li>
<li><strong>Translation ready</strong> — Ships with 11 languages: English, Hungarian, German, French, Spanish, Japanese, Portuguese, Italian, Russian, Turkish and Polish.</li>
<li><strong>Translation-plugin compatible</strong> — Plays nicely with WPML, Polylang and TranslatePress; internal translation post types are excluded automatically.</li>
<li><strong>WordPress standards</strong> — Nonce verification, capability checks, sanitized input and escaped output throughout.</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>Looking for more?</strong> Qaiyo Access Manager Pro adds an editable click-to-toggle matrix, rule presets, user groups, bulk actions, temporary (time-limited) access, an activity log, admin page hiding, meta box control and email notifications.</p>


Qaiyo Access Manager

Control which plugins and post types each role or user can access, with allow/deny rules, per-user overrides and a frontend shortcode.

DP Admin Access Menu vs Qaiyo Access Manager