Zach Tirrell

<p>This plugin provides a framework for allowing filterable definition of your own roles.<br />
This will require code to be written in order for this plugin to show any new functionality.</p>
<h3>Links</h3>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/go-roles/" rel="ugc">WordPress plugin page</a></li>
<li><a href="https://github.com/GigaOM/go-roles" rel="nofollow ugc">GitHub repo</a></li>
</ul>
<h3>Contributing</h3>
<p>This plugin is developed and <a href="https://github.com/GigaOM/go-roles" rel="nofollow ugc">available on GitHub</a>. Contributions and questions are welcome!</p>


Gigaom Roles

Utility plugin to allow filterable definition of custom roles and their capabilities.

Jonathan Daggerhart

<p>This plugin lets you create new WP queries as widgets and use shortcodes for queries on your pages.  It also allows you to override the way category and tag pages display.</p>
<p>Query Wrangler’s interface is highly intuitive way to create queries and will be second nature for any Drupal Views user.</p>
<p>This plugin will bring extreme flexibility to WordPress users with its ability to create custom queries using the WP_Query class with a user interface.</p>
<p>Supports:</p>
<ul>
<li>Most post data, including meta fields</li>
<li>Taxonomy data</li>
<li>Advanced Custom Fields</li>
<li>Custom Content Type Manager</li>
<li>Some exposed filters</li>
</ul>
<p>Some examples of how you would use this plugin include:</p>
<ul>
<li>Create a list posts with featured images</li>
<li>Create a list of pages or posts within a specific category or tag</li>
<li>Create an image gallery</li>
<li>Modify the way your category pages look</li>
</ul>


Query Wrangler

Query Wrangler provides an intuitive interface for creating complex WP queries as shortcodes and widgets. UI based on Drupal Views.

Gigaom Roles vs Query Wrangler