Best role plugins for WordPress
The most popular role plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. User Role Editor leads with 700K+ active installs, ahead of Controlled Admin Access (10K+) and Remove admin menus by role (8K+). All 55 plugins tagged “role” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 10 role plugins
- 1.
User Role EditorThe most installed role plugin, with 700K+ active installs. Rated 4.5 from 288 reviews, updated 4 days ago.
- 2.
Controlled Admin Access10K+ active installs. Rated 4.8 from 45 reviews, updated 3 days ago.
- 3.
Remove admin menus by role8K+ active installs. Rated 4.4 from 14 reviews, updated 2 months ago.
- 4.
Announce from the Dashboard7K+ active installs. Rated 4.3 from 6 reviews, last updated 2 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.3.34.
- 5.
User Posts Limit3K+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 13 reviews, updated 2 months ago.
- 6.
Hide This2K+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 49 reviews, last updated 8 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.9.35.
- 7.
Simple Client Dashboard2K+ active installs. Rated 4.5 from 26 reviews, updated 2 months ago.
- 8.
Role Based Redirect2K+ active installs. Rated 4.8 from 17 reviews, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.9.11.
- 9.
HM Multiple Roles1K+ active installs. Rated 3.6 from 5 reviews, updated 3 weeks ago.
- 10.
Roles & Capabilities1K+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 7 reviews, updated 10 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.9.11.
All 55 plugins tagged “role”

User Role Editor
#90by Vladimir Garagulya4 days ago
User Role Editor WordPress plugin makes user roles and capabilities changing easy. Edit/add/delete WordPress user roles and capabilities.
- Installs
- 700K+
- Rating
- 4.5(288)
- Downloads
- 14.6K/day

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

Remove admin menus by role
#2,421by manu2252 months ago
Select easily which admin menus to remove for which roles.
- Installs
- 8K+
- Rating
- 4.4(14)
- Downloads
- 31/day

Announce from the Dashboard
Down in the last 7 days:5#2,647by gqevu6bsiz2 years ago
Announcement to users on the Dashboard.
- Installs
- 7K+
- Rating
- 4.3(6)
- Downloads
- 20/day

User Posts Limit
Up in the last 7 days:10#3,765by Condless2 months ago
Limit the number of posts user can create. Any post type.
- Installs
- 3K+
- Rating
- 5.0(13)
- Downloads
- 23/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

Simple Client Dashboard
Up in the last 7 days:15#4,551by TylerDigital2 months ago
Restrict permissions with Simple Client Dashboard. Our new "Admin" user role between Administrator and Editor is perfect for clients and Webmasters.
- Installs
- 2K+
- Rating
- 4.5(26)
- Downloads
- 29/day

Role Based Redirect
Down in the last 7 days:25#4,822by Yasar Khalifa1 year ago
Redirect users after login/logout by role. Optionally hide admin bar and block dashboard access for selected roles.
- Installs
- 2K+
- Rating
- 4.8(17)
- Downloads
- 18/day

HM Multiple Roles
Down in the last 7 days:26#5,335by Hossni Mubarak24 days ago
It hides the default role dropdown list and displays a list of role checkboxes to select multiple roles for a user.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 3.6(5)
- Downloads
- 22/day

Roles & Capabilities
Down in the last 7 days:12#5,460by Ariel10 months ago
Take full control of user roles and capabilities in WordPress with an intuitive, powerful interface.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 5.0(7)
- Downloads
- 30/day

Sessions
Up in the last 7 days:15#7,091by Pierre Lannoy2 months ago
Powerful sessions manager for WordPress with sessions limiter and full analytics reporting capabilities.
- Installs
- 900+
- Rating
- 4.8(8)
- Downloads
- 16/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

LatePoint Manager
Down in the last 7 days:34#13,201by Ashraful Sarkar Naiem4 years ago
LatePoint Manager is a new role for LatePoint - Appointment Booking & Reservation plugin. You can contronl pending Appointment Booking list and ma …
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/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

LH Add Roles to Body Class
Down in the last 7 days:408#23,948by shawfactor4 years ago
Adds the currently logged in users role (or roles) to the body class in both the front and back end.
- Installs
- 30+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Custom roles for author
#24,895by David Biňovec14 years ago
Allows to set users with custom role as post author.
- Installs
- 30+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Members [is_user_logged_out] shortcode
Down in the last 7 days:126#26,381by deadelvis15 years ago
Members plugin extension to add a [is_user_logged_out] shortcode.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- 5.0(4)
- Downloads
- 0/day
User Hierarchy
Up in the last 7 days:135#26,987by Jesper van Engelen13 years ago
Control user management on a per-role basis. Allow users of a certain role to only add, edit or delete users from specific other roles.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Role Based Storage Limiter
Up in the last 7 days:24#27,278by Marc Luther Capulong9 years ago
This plugin allows the admin to set a storage limit (in MB) for each users based on their role. If the user attempts to upload a file, the plugin will …
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day

User Role Widget Areas
Up in the last 7 days:149#27,540by Rob Smelik11 years ago
Description
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- 3.7(3)
- Downloads
- 0/day

PBP own post, media & comments for Author
#29,020by projoktibangla11 years ago
Own post, media & comments show for another role without administrator & editor.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(3)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Specified language access for Polylang
#29,344by Pawel Cmachowski8 years ago
Plugin allows restrict users to edit content on wp-admin only with specified selected language.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Login Redirect by role
Up in the last 7 days:610#30,125by gabberpvc7 months ago
Redirects users to a specific page based on their role after logging in or out and sends email notifications.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

RV Super Editors
Up in the last 7 days:37#32,097by ErreV8 years ago
Add an advanced role "RV Super Editors" to the pre-defined roles of Wordpress with the capability of customize your blog Appearance.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
GP hide menu options by role
#32,258by renemanqueros11 years ago
Hide admin menu options depending on the users role
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Coupons by Role
Up in the last 7 days:7,020#37,558by sirrahikkala1 month ago
Allows administrators to globally hide Woocommerce coupon field from the cart page for each role and show optional message instead.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 2/day
Show User Level Content
Up in the last 7 days:4,512#39,126by rexreed17 years ago
This simple plug-in hides content from all users except those that exceed a specific user level.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Role Master
#40,333by mpakfm16 years ago
Настройка возможности писать пользователям в определенные категории.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Plugins Genius
Up in the last 7 days:1,894#41,061by Marco Canestrari10 years ago
Role-based active plugins manager. Choose which plugins should be active for each WordPress role in the backend and in the frontend.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(3)
- Downloads
- 1/day
Editor Profile
Up in the last 7 days:5,348#41,988by Rafa Poveda10 years ago
This plugin creates an editor profile that can edit new posts, but cannot edit them after publishing.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Award Role Add-on for BadgeOS
Down in the last 7 days:2,408#42,495by konnektiv6 years ago
Allows adding a role to a user who has earned a BadgeOS achievement.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 1/day
WP Users List
Down in the last 7 days:298#45,406by renu sharma12 years ago
This widget creates simple list of existing users
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Sidebar Per User Role
Down in the last 7 days:8,090#46,448by Bainternet10 years ago
This Plugin lets you display a sidebar per user role
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Restrict Role Login
#46,687by konnektiv10 years ago
Allows administrators to restrict user login based on user roles.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
PurchaseRoles
Down in the last 7 days:8,098#46,749by Tysss11 years ago
Requires Woocommerce. Adds an option to assign a role to user when a specific product has been bought
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Limited Admin Role By HEMDOX Digital
Down in the last 7 days:9,618#47,270by minhaz5225 days ago
A safe "Admin Panel Manager" role for staff, clients and freelancers: one-click presets, per-plugin access, WooCommerce limits and session timeout.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Show Content by User Level
Down in the last 7 days:1,085#47,432show-content-by-user-level17 years ago
This simple plug-in hides content from all users except those that exceed a specific user level.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- 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
Aikon Role Manager
#51,267by Andreas Andersson2 months ago
Aikon Role Manager empowers you to take full control of user roles and capabilities in WordPress.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Contributors role with post
Up in the last 7 days:17,599#55,828by Dhaval Kasavala7 years ago
This is simple plugin for contributers with post.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Role management for WooCommerce
Down in the last 7 days:9,899#59,894by shohei.tanaka5 years ago
Role management for WooCommerce, and add creator role.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Hide Dashboard for Roles
Up in the last 7 days:9,656#60,809by renemanqueros8 years ago
Allows administrators to block access to Wordpress' admin dashboard based on the user's role.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
User Role Blocker
#63,559by captainhaddock5 years ago
A simple and nice plugin to block existing users from logging into the admin panel by assigning them to the 'Blocked' user role, as simple a …
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/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

RDP Role Control Lite
#71,421by rawdogplugins5 months ago
Complete WooCommerce role management — control who sees your products, what they pay, and how they check out, all by user role. No code required.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Jits Role Editor
#71,451by William1 year ago
Manage WordPress roles easily: create, edit, assign or remove user roles easily and intuitively.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Shed Menu
Down in the last 7 days:3,162#73,536by teamstaccato1 month ago
Show or hide WordPress menu items based on login status, user role, or scheduled date range. Adds conditional visibility to your navigation.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day