Best roles plugins for WordPress

Members

Up in the last 7 days:1#184

by Blair Williams9 days ago

The best WordPress membership and user role editor plugin. Edit roles, restrict content, and now manage it all with an AI assistant.

If Menu

#752

by Andrei1 year ago

Display tailored menu items to each visitor with visibility rules

View Admin As

Down in the last 7 days:3#2,292

by Jory Hogeveen20 days ago

View the WordPress admin as a different role or visitor, switch between users, temporarily change your capabilities, set screen settings for roles.

Restrict Media Library Access

Down in the last 7 days:21#5,051

by Alvaro Gómez3 years ago

Restricts access for Authors and Contributors so they can only see their own Media Library uploads.

HM Multiple Roles

Down in the last 7 days:9#5,338

by Hossni Mubarak25 days ago

It hides the default role dropdown list and displays a list of role checkboxes to select multiple roles for a user.

Privilege Menu

Down in the last 7 days:3#5,497

by FuzzGuard7 years ago

This plugin allows you to display menu items based on if a user is logged in, logged out or based on the role you have given the user.

If Widget

Down in the last 7 days:20#6,153

by Andrei5 years ago

Control what widgets your site’s visitors see, with custom visibility rules

Menu Visibility Control

Up in the last 7 days:35#7,792

by Davis Simiyu Wanyonyi28 days ago

Control WordPress menu item visibility based on login status, user roles, device type, or specific pages — lightweight and theme-agnostic.

Total User Count Shortcode

Down in the last 7 days:55#11,703

by Morgan Hvidt2 years ago

Display the total amount of users in your WP with the [total_user_count] shortcode plugin

Comment Moderation Role by WPBeginner

Down in the last 7 days:30#11,789

by WPBeginner7 months ago

Add a new comment moderator user role to your site.

Custom Access Roles

Down in the last 7 days:148#12,857

by Room 34 Creative Services, LLC4 months ago

Create custom roles with editing capability for only specific pages, categories and post types.

Map Cap

Down in the last 7 days:15#12,971

by thenbrent13 years ago

Control who can publish, edit and delete custom post types. Silly name, useful code.

User Management Tools

Up in the last 7 days:55#13,869

by scribu14 years ago

Allows super-admins to quickly add users to a particular blog in a multisite installation.

Melapress Role Editor

Down in the last 7 days:79#14,268

by Melapress9 days ago

The complete WordPress user roles plugin for everyone

User Switcher

Up in the last 7 days:43#14,984

by irenem10 years ago

A helper tool to help you switch between user account without logging in and out.

Post Notify Users

Up in the last 7 days:15#15,418

by Katsushi Kawamori2 months ago

Notified by e-mail to the user with the roles set at the time of new posting.

Simple Require Login

Down in the last 7 days:279#15,569

by timmcdaniels10 years ago

Require login for content on a per page/post/custom post type basis. You can also select a specific role required to view the content.

bbPress Capabilities

Up in the last 7 days:15#16,516

by John James Jacoby12 years ago

Advanced user capability editing, specifically for bbPress

Multisite User Management

Up in the last 7 days:155#16,545

by thenbrent12 years ago

Automatically add users to each site in your WordPress network.

Multisite User Role Manager

#18,326

by OzTheGreat9 years ago

Manage user roles for each blog from a single screen on multisite (WPMU) setups

Media Restriction

Down in the last 7 days:82#19,102

by Upluggit5 months ago

Restrict media library access by user role — with activity logging, and REST API protection.

Maven Member

Down in the last 7 days:63#22,438

by mustela13 years ago

Maven Member™ lets you protect pages, posts and categories using flexible roles that you can define.

Zedna Maintenance Mode

Down in the last 7 days:204#24,134

by Radek Mezulanik6 years ago

Set you website under maintenance to lock content while development.

Role Based Tax Exclusion

#24,881

by Orwokki5 months ago

Plugin for defining which user roles see prices in shop and cart pages of WooCommerce without taxes

Digages Role Manager

#25,211

by Timileyin Olabajo1 month ago

Create custom WordPress roles, restrict admin menu access, manage allowed actions, and receive email alerts when restricted actions are attempted.

Members [is_user_logged_out] shortcode

Down in the last 7 days:49#26,219

by deadelvis15 years ago

Members plugin extension to add a [is_user_logged_out] shortcode.

User Hierarchy

Down in the last 7 days:15#26,850

by 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.

ACF

Up in the last 7 days:754#28,260

by Martin Babinec11 years ago

Adds into the Advanced Custom Fields plugin option of filtering fields according to user's role.

Author by Category

#29,160

by Unioney10 months ago

Automatically assign post authors based on categories, while keeping full manual control.

Awebsome! Online Registered Users Widget

Down in the last 7 days:223#29,633

by Raul Illana14 years ago

Shows your online/offline registered users by some display options.

Admin Toolbox

Down in the last 7 days:266#29,638

by RLDD8 months ago

Manage an array of administrative options improving user control and resource management.

SimpleBar

Up in the last 7 days:207#29,929

by Luke Dunsmore5 months ago

Customise the Admin Bar and Admin Menu colours with live preview, presets, accessibility checks, and role-aware controls.

Bulk User Delete

#30,529

by Gaurab1 year ago

A plugin to bulk delete users based on role, with post reassignment to the current user.

Manage User Roles

Up in the last 7 days:2,222#32,454

by Airton Vancin Junior10 months ago

A flexible plugin to control content visibility for non-administrator users with advanced, role-based rules.

Front-End Users

#32,787

by tombenner15 years ago

Hides the WordPress admin section from specified user roles, allows users to edit their settings from the front-end, and more.

Members for Ko-fi

Up in the last 7 days:13#32,821

by trudslev2 days ago

Integrate with Ko-fi to manage WordPress users or roles via webhook.

Remove Administrators

#33,102

by DigitalME5 months ago

Allows admins to hide the admin role from all other roles.

Role Based Help Notes

#34,371

by Justin Fletcher2 years ago

Help Notes/Posts private to assigned users of a WordPress role.

Shared User Table Roles

Up in the last 7 days:10,116#35,383

by wp_joris13 years ago

Share user roles when sharing the user table between multiple installations.

Move User Roles

Up in the last 7 days:8,720#35,806

by Alsvin Tech2 years ago

Move User Roles WordPress plugin allow site admin to change users roles easily. Move site users from one user role to another user role in two steps.

Op Custom API

Up in the last 7 days:6,449#36,465

by maiuoc7 years ago

The most powerful user, role, and capability management plugin for WordPress.

Conditional Logic Solutions (CLS)

Up in the last 7 days:2,018#36,746

by irenem11 years ago

The complete control solution for wordpress powered site.

Personal Library

Up in the last 7 days:4,376#38,469

by derekheld11 years ago

Restricts users to managing/using their own attachments only.

Restrict Contributors from Scheduled Posts

#39,048

by Johnathon Williams13 years ago

Restricts contributors from viewing or editing their posts after the posts are scheduled to publish.

Role Membership Access for WooCommerce

Up in the last 7 days:5,548#39,128

by jrtwebsolutions1 month ago

Restrict WooCommerce products, categories, and checkout access based on user roles for membership control.

Debug Bar Roles and Capabilities

#39,837

by Matthew Boynes12 years ago

A simple add-on for Debug Bar that tabulates all roles and capabilities

Network User Management

Up in the last 7 days:3,290#40,539

by Gravuj Miklos Henrich13 years ago

Synchronise users and user roles from main Blog, automatically add users to each site in your WordPress network (Multisite).

Plugins Genius

Up in the last 7 days:1,894#41,061

by 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.

Get User Role

Up in the last 7 days:6,616#41,656

by theslink200014 years ago

A simple plugin that add's the get_user_role() function to your site.

Simple Restrict Content

Down in the last 7 days:4,401#43,171

by DanielRiera6 years ago

Restrict the content of all WordPress, just select the roles that can access that post, page, custom post type, product ... etc.