Best change capabilities plugins for WordPress
The most popular change capabilities plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. User Role by BestWebSoft leads with 3K+ active installs, ahead of Web Administrator User Role (10+). All 2 plugins tagged “change capabilities” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 2 change capabilities plugins
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User Role by BestWebSoftThe most installed change capabilities plugin, with 3K+ active installs. Rated 3.6 from 12 reviews, updated 3 months ago.
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Web Administrator User Role10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 8 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.9.35.
All 2 plugins tagged “change capabilities”
User Role by BestWebSoft
Down in the last 7 days:24#3,873by 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
Web Administrator User Role
Down in the last 7 days:1,720#40,639by 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