Plugin info

Total downloads: 952,763
Active installs: 40,000
Total reviews: 65
Average rating: 4.5
Support threads opened: 0
Support threads resolved: 0 (0%)
Available in: 3 language(s)
Contributors: 1
Last updated: 12/2/2025 (29 days ago)
Added to WordPress: 3/2/2014 (11 years old)
Minimum WordPress version: 5.1
Tested up to WordPress version: 6.9
Minimum PHP version: 7.0

Maintenance & Compatibility

Maintenance score

Actively maintained • Last updated 29 days ago • 65 reviews

74/100

Is WPFront User Role Editor abandoned?

Likely maintained (last update 29 days ago).

Compatibility

Requires WordPress: 5.1
Tested up to: 6.9
Requires PHP: 7.0

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Description

WPFront User Role Editor plugin allows you to easily manage WordPress user roles within your site.
You can create, edit or delete user roles and manage role capabilities.

Features

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Spanish tutorial

Installation

  1. Click Plugins/Add New from the WordPress admin panel
  2. Search for “WPFront User Role Editor” and install

-or-

  1. Download the .zip package
  2. Unzip into the subdirectory ‘wpfront-user-role-editor’ within your local WordPress plugins directory
  3. Refresh plugin page and activate plugin
  4. Configure plugin using settings link under plugin name or by going to WPFront/User Role Editor

Frequently Asked Questions

Please visit WPFront User Role Editor FAQ.

WPFront User Role Editor and GDPR compliance?

This plugin doesn’t collect any personal information. For more information please visit GDPR compliance.

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Screenshots

  1. Roles list

    Roles list

  2. Settings

    Settings

  3. Assign / Migrate users

    Assign / Migrate users

  4. Custom post type permissions

    Custom post type permissions

  5. Extended permissions

    Extended permissions

  6. Menu editor

    Menu editor

  7. Export roles

    Export roles

  8. Import roles

    Import roles

  9. Multisite sync roles

    Multisite sync roles

  10. Add new role

    Add new role

  11. Edit role

    Edit role

  12. Restore role

    Restore role

  13. Navigation menu permissions

    Navigation menu permissions

  14. Add or Remove capability

    Add or Remove capability

  15. Media library permissions

    Media library permissions

  16. Content restriction shortcodes

    Content restriction shortcodes

  17. Login redirect

    Login redirect

  18. User level permissions

    User level permissions

  19. Widget permissions

    Widget permissions

Changelog

4.2.4

  • Security issue fix.
  • WP 6.9 compatibility fix.

4.2.3

  • WP compatibility fix.

4.2.2

  • Security issue fix.

4.2.1

  • Set ‘Administrator’ role permissions in navigation menu permissions.
  • ACF, Woo and bbPress compatibility fixes.

4.2.0

  • Term level permissions.
  • Navigation menu permissions compatibility fixes.
  • Multisite settings defect fix.
  • Multisite propagate users defect fix.
  • Performance improvements.

4.1.1

  • Bug fix – Comment capabilities.
  • Bug fix – Export roles.

4.1.0

  • Security issue fixes.

4.0

  • Custom comment capabilities.
  • Impersonate/switch users.
  • Taxonomy based permissions.
  • Multisite – automatically sync users.
  • Security fixes.
  • Compatibility fixes.
  • Bug fixes.

3.3.0

  • Multisite – Sync roles, users and role assignments.
  • Manage comments using extended permissions.
  • Manage parent pages using extended permissions.
  • Sanitization and performance improvements.

3.2.1

  • XSS fixes.

3.2.0

  • Extended Permissions Precedence option.
  • Login page URL option.
  • Compatibility fixes.

3.1.0

  • Debug functionality added.
  • Assign/Migrate UI change.
  • Compatibility fixes.
  • Bug fixes.

3.0.0

  • Major update. Please test before upgrading.
  • Advanced extended permissions.
  • User post permissions.
  • Denied capabilities.
  • New menu editor.
  • Post Types UI.
  • Taxonomies UI.
  • And more…

2.14.4

  • Navigation menu UI compatibility fix for WP5.4.

2.14.3

  • Navigation menu UI bug fix.

2.14.2

  • [Important]Security vulnerability fix.

2.14.1

  • Logout redirect added.
  • Secondary roles on Add New User added.
  • Secondary role filters added. Documentation.

2.13.1

  • [Important]XSS fixes. Thanks to Burak @ security.nl & DefenseCode WebScanner.
  • Spelling corrections. Thanks to Eclipse Creative.
  • Update fails on some hosts are now resolved.
  • UI improvements.
  • License validation fixes.

2.13

  • Bulk edit extended permissions with single role. Documentation.
  • Override navigation menu permission setting. Documentation.
  • Disable extended permission setting. Documentation.
  • Widget permission bug fix.
  • Navigation menu permission bug fix.
  • Admin menu editor bug fix.
  • WP 4.6 compatibility fix.
  • PHP 7 compatibility.

2.12.5

  • Bug fixes.
  • Danish translation.

2.12.4

  • Plugin conflict fix.

2.12.3

  • WP 4.4 compatibility.
  • Extended permissions bug fix.
  • Performance improvements.

2.12.2

  • License fail info added.

2.12.1

  • License functions fallback handler.

2.12

2.11.3

  • CSS fix.

2.11.2

  • Navigation menu bug fix.

2.11.1

  • WP 4.3 Compatibility.

2.11

  • Bulk edit added. Documentation.
  • License form compatibility fix.

2.10.1.3

  • License recheck and activation email added.
  • Performance improvements.
  • Custom post type capabilities compatibility fix.
  • SSL verify compatibility fix.

2.10

2.9.3

  • Menu editor bug fix.
  • Menu editor WP4.2 compatibility fix.

2.9.1

  • Show toolbar inheritance bug fix.

2.9

  • Login redirect added. Documentation.
  • Assign roles compatibility fix.
  • Swedish translation added. Thanks to Elger.

2.8

2.7

  • Media library permissions added. Documentation.
  • Admin menu editor bug fix.

2.6.2

  • bbPress forum extended permissions bug fix.
  • Stability improvements.

2.6.1

  • Role permission column width removed.

2.6

2.5.1

  • Navigation menu permission setting added. Documentation.
  • IMPORTANT: Disable navigation menu permission, if you already have a Nav Menu permission plugin and if it stops working.
  • Navigation menu permission uninstall cleanup bug fix.

2.5

  • Navigation menu permissions added. Documentation.
  • Compatibility fix with “The Events Calendar”.

2.4

  • Gravity forms integration.
  • UI changes to make columns hidden on small screens.
  • Bug fix: Extended permissions not working in search results.
  • Portuguese (Brazil) language added.

2.3

  • Duplicator integration.
  • Performance fix. Thanks to Jezze.

2.2.1

  • Extended permissions bug fix.

2.2

  • Extended permissions enhanced with [Guest].
  • User profile secondary roles added.
  • UI enhancements.
  • Menu editor bug fix. Thanks to Marcus.
  • Multisite user assignment bug fix.

2.1

  • Custom post type permissions.
  • Bug fixes.

2.0

  • Removed ‘wpfront_’ from role capabilities.
  • Removed ‘Add role capabilities’. It is enabled by default.
  • Assign/Migrate users.
  • Bug fixes.

1.2

  • Restore role.
  • Bug fixes.

1.1

  • Edit deprecated capabilities.

1.0

  • Set new user default role.
  • Stability improvements.

0.3.1

  • Bug fixes.

0.3

  • Initial release.