WordPress plugin comparison
Custom Access Roles vs Roles & Capabilities
Custom Access Roles
by Room 34 Creative Services, LLC
200+ installs5.0
Roles & Capabilities
by Ariel
1K+ installs5.0
At a glance
- Roles & Capabilities has more active installs: 1K+, against 200+ for Custom Access Roles.
- On a typical day, Roles & Capabilities is downloaded about 27 times, Custom Access Roles about 8.
- Both are rated 5.0 out of 5.
- Custom Access Roles was updated more recently: Jul 11, 2026, against Dec 19, 2025 for Roles & Capabilities.
- Custom Access Roles is tested with a newer WordPress: 7.0.8, against 6.9.11 for Roles & Capabilities.
- Custom Access Roles has been around longer: since 2016, against 2019 for Roles & Capabilities.
Line by line
Level: each leads on 3 of 6 comparable lines.
| Metric | Custom Access Roles | Roles & Capabilities |
|---|---|---|
| Popular rank | #12,898 | #5,463 |
| Active installs | 200+ | 1K+ |
| Downloads, last 30 days | 205 | 745 |
| Rating | 5.0(1) | 5.0(7) |
| Support threads resolved | – | – |
| Tested up to | 7.0.8 | 6.9.11 |
| Search multiplier | ×0.46 | ×0.42 |
| Last release | 4 months ago | 10 months ago |
| Requires PHP | 5.6.0 | 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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