Best capability plugins for WordPress
The most popular capability plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Controlled Admin Access leads with 10K+ active installs, ahead of User Role by BestWebSoft (3K+) and Hide This (2K+). All 17 plugins tagged “capability” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 10 capability plugins
- 1.
Controlled Admin AccessThe most installed capability plugin, with 10K+ active installs. Rated 4.8 from 45 reviews, updated 3 days ago.
- 2.
User Role by BestWebSoft3K+ active installs. Rated 3.6 from 12 reviews, updated 3 months ago.
- 3.
Hide This2K+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 49 reviews, last updated 8 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.9.35.
- 4.
Access Areas for WordPress400+ active installs. Rated 4.5 from 17 reviews, updated 11 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.9.11.
- 5.
Custom Role Creator (CRC)100+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.8.12.
- 6.
Web Administrator User Role10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 8 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.9.35.
- 7.
AgentPress Permissions10+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 10 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.5.33.
- 8.
User Upgrade Capability10+ active installs. Rated 4.7 from 7 reviews, last updated 2 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.6.11.
- 9.
Restrict Page Parents10+ active installs. Only 4 reviews so far, last updated 13 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.6.1.
- 10.
mmbrs10+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 12 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.0.38.
All 17 plugins tagged “capability”
Controlled Admin Access
Up in the last 7 days:4#1,764by Waseem Senjer3 days ago
Give a temporarily limited admin access to themes designers, plugins developers and support agents.
- Installs
- 10K+
- Rating
- 4.8(45)
- Downloads
- 70/day
User Role by BestWebSoft
Down in the last 7 days:26#3,875by bestwebsoft3 months ago
Powerful user role management plugin for WordPress websites. Easily create, customize, and manage user roles and capabilities without writing code.
- Installs
- 3K+
- Rating
- 3.6(12)
- Downloads
- 22/day
Hide This
Up in the last 7 days:8#4,340by Andrés Villarreal8 years ago
This plugin provides a shortcode that lets you hide some parts of the content from your posts and pages.
- Installs
- 2K+
- Rating
- 5.0(49)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Access Areas for WordPress
Down in the last 7 days:17#9,938by podpirate11 months ago
Fine tuning access to your posts.
- Installs
- 400+
- Rating
- 4.5(17)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Custom Role Creator (CRC)
Up in the last 7 days:91#14,211by Ratul Hasan1 year ago
Custom Role Creator plugin allows you to add or change user roles and capabilities easily.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 11/day
Web Administrator User Role
Up in the last 7 days:1,618#44,090by Robert Kampas8 years ago
Plugin that automatically creates custom role for Web Administrators and allows to edit capacities for this role.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
AgentPress Permissions
Down in the last 7 days:9,555#46,354by Nick Ciske10 years ago
Adds custom capabilities for AgentPress Listings so you can control which roles can add/edit/publish listings (using a role manager plugin).
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
User Upgrade Capability
Down in the last 7 days:3,619#47,487by Justin Fletcher2 years ago
Link multiple network sites/blogs together - Maintain only one site list of users.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 4.7(7)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Restrict Page Parents
Down in the last 7 days:8,474#47,518by tom.maitland13 years ago
Restrict Page Parents restricts page parent options to those owned by the user, with the option of forcing a page parent.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 4.5(4)
- Downloads
- 0/day
mmbrs
#47,600by benwills12 years ago
Restrict content access using shortcodes; based on roles, capabilities, user meta, and logged in status.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Limit Revision Publishing
Down in the last 7 days:5,139#48,282by Paul Ryan6 months ago
Limit Revision Publishing restricts edits made by users without the publish_{post_type} capability.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 2/day
Hidden Comment Field
Up in the last 7 days:7,390#63,722by softm8 years ago
Hidden Comment Field provides functionality to block more spam by adding hidden field with jquery
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Clautron
Down in the last 7 days:1,123#66,920by dudaster4 days ago
Get the feature. Not the plugin. Add exactly the WordPress capability you need: inspectable, secure, reversible.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Resonanz Page & Post Access Restriction
Down in the last 7 days:3,697#71,776by Resonanz Digital6 days ago
This plugin allows you to limit the access to specific pages and posts to certain user roles only.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 12/day