WordPress plugin comparison
Advanced User Role Manager vs Roles & Capabilities
Advanced User Role Manager
by Smackcoders Inc.,
Fewer than 10 installs
Roles & Capabilities
by Ariel
1K+ installs5.0
At a glance
- Roles & Capabilities has more active installs: 1K+, against fewer than 10 for Advanced User Role Manager.
- On a typical day, Roles & Capabilities is downloaded about 27 times, Advanced User Role Manager about 3.
- Advanced User Role Manager has no reviews yet.
- Advanced User Role Manager was updated more recently: Apr 22, 2026, against Dec 19, 2025 for Roles & Capabilities.
- Advanced User Role Manager is tested with a newer WordPress: 7.0.8, against 6.9.11 for Roles & Capabilities.
- Roles & Capabilities has been around longer: since 2019, against 2025 for Advanced User Role Manager.
Line by line
Roles & Capabilities leads on 4 of 6 comparable lines.
| Metric | Advanced User Role Manager | Roles & Capabilities |
|---|---|---|
| Popular rank | #69,018 | #5,463 |
| Active installs | Fewer than 10 | 1K+ |
| Downloads, last 30 days | 73 | 745 |
| Rating | No ratings | 5.0(7) |
| Support threads resolved | – | – |
| Tested up to | 7.0.8 | 6.9.11 |
| Search multiplier | ×0.05 | ×0.42 |
| Last release | 6 months ago | 10 months ago |
| Requires PHP | 7.0 | 7.4 |
From WordPress.org's public data, refreshed every night. Downloads are WordPress.org's official daily figures for the last 30 days.
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