Best acl plugins for WordPress
The most popular acl plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. BU Section Editing leads with 50+ active installs, ahead of WP Post ACL (10+) and Sanch MultiDomain LDAP Auth for Active Directory (fewer than 10). All 3 plugins tagged “acl” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 3 acl plugins
- 1.
BU Section EditingThe most installed acl plugin, with 50+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 5 reviews, updated 1 week ago.
- 2.
WP Post ACL10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 10 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.7.39.
- 3.
Sanch MultiDomain LDAP Auth for Active DirectoryFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, updated 2 months ago.
All 3 plugins tagged “acl”
BU Section Editing
Up in the last 7 days:378#20,290by BU Web Team13 days ago
Advanced content editing workflow in WordPress through the use of section editing groups and permissions.
- Installs
- 50+
- Rating
- 5.0(5)
- Downloads
- 11/day
WP Post ACL
Up in the last 7 days:11,190#35,195by Viljami Kuosmanen10 years ago
A simple way to control who can edit WordPress posts or pages.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Sanch MultiDomain LDAP Auth for Active Directory
Up in the last 7 days:5,190#55,681by sanchshevchuk2 months ago
Enterprise Active Directory integration featuring multi-domain authentication, Mandatory Intranet Login, Blacklist ACL URL routing, and dynamic role m …
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day