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.

Melapress

<h3>Melapress Role Editor enables you to easily manage your WordPress user roles. Create, edit, and delete user roles like a pro thanks to the intuitive interface and wizards that hand-hold you every step of the way.</h3>
<p><a href="https://melapress.com/wordpress-user-roles-editor/?utm_source=wp+repo&utm_medium=repo+link&utm_campaign=wordpress_org&utm_content=mre" rel="nofollow ugc">Melapress Role Editor</a> comes with several features, including:</p>
<ul>
<li>Ability to create, edit, and delete custom user roles with ease</li>
<li>Granular post-based permissions, enabling you to allow edit access to one post but not another</li>
<li>Useful out-of-the-box custom roles</li>
<li>Backup and restore user role configurations</li>
<li>Auto-detect user role changes with restore prompt</li>
<li>Add users to multiple roles</li>
<li>Allow or Deny capabilities</li>
<li>Out-of-the-box support for Easy Digital Downloads, WooCommerce, and Yoast SEO</li>
<li>Capability of pretty names for easier referencing</li>
</ul>
<h3>Melapress Role Editor Benefits</h3>
<h4>Stress-free configuration with step-by-step wizards</h4>
<p>Melapress Role Editor makes it easy to manage roles thanks to its intuitive interface and wizards that walk you through the entire process. By using wizards, you can rest easy knowing that all necessary steps have been accounted for and nothing was missed. Of course, you can also edit roles manually if you wish.</p>
<h4>Increased security with auto change detection</h4>
<p>Melapress Role Editor keeps a record of each role’s capabilities for security and reliability. It alerts you whenever there is a change so that you can choose to restore roles to the previous configuration or accept the changes, keeping you in the driver’s seat at all times.</p>
<h4>Peace of mind with backups and restore</h4>
<p>Not sure if planned role changes will pan out? Don’t worry – simply take a backup of the existing configuration from within the plugin so that you can always restore a known working configuration should something break.</p>
<h4>Better guidance with out-of-the-box custom roles</h4>
<p>Melapress Role Editor comes with a number of pre-configured roles designed to help you get started quickly. Modeled after common roles in the WordPress business, such as Business owner, Developer, and HR manager, each role has been designed to respect the principle of least privilege while giving you a head start in configuring new custom roles.</p>
<h4>Simplify complexity with multiple roles and capability deny</h4>
<p>WordPress environments can get pretty complex, so we added features to accommodate every scenario. You can assign users multiple roles to avoid creating additional roles. You can also explicitly deny capabilities to ensure the utmost level of security in complex scenarios.</p>
<h3>MAINTAINED & SUPPORTED BY MELAPRESS</h3>
<p>Melapress builds high-quality niche WordPress security & management plugins, including WP Activity Log, WP 2FA, Melapress Login Security, and others.</p>
<p>Visit the <a href="https://melapress.com/" rel="nofollow ugc">Melapress website</a> for more information about the company and the plugins it develops.</p>
<h3>Install the plugin from within WordPress</h3>
<p>Managing roles is easy with Melapress Role Editor. Simply:</p>
<ol>
<li>Navigate to Plugins > Add New, from your WordPress dashboard</li>
<li>Search for Melapress Role Editor</li>
<li>Install & activate Melapress Role Editor from your Plugins page</li>
</ol>
<h3>Install the plugin manually (via file upload)</h3>
<ol>
<li>Download the plugin from the WordPress plugins repository</li>
<li>Unzip the zip file and upload the folder to the <code>/wp-content/plugins/</code> directory</li>
<li>Activate melapress Role Editor through the Plugins page in WordPress</li>
</ol>
<h3>Translate the plugin in your own language</h3>
<p>If you want to help us translate this plugin in your own language please <a href="https://melapress.com/contact/?utm_source=wp+repo&utm_medium=repo+link&utm_campaign=wordpress_org&utm_content=mre" rel="nofollow ugc">contact us</a>. We will credit all translators.</p>


Melapress Role Editor

The complete WordPress user roles plugin for everyone

Qaiyo Access Manager vs Melapress Role Editor