Best roles plugins for WordPress

Members

Up in the last 7 days:1#184

by Blair Williams11 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

Down in the last 7 days:5#754

by Andrei1 year ago

Display tailored menu items to each visitor with visibility rules

View Admin As

#2,289

by Jory Hogeveen21 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:4#5,047

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:5#5,332

by Hossni Mubarak26 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:15#5,507

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:10#6,157

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:37#7,795

by Davis Simiyu Wanyonyi1 month 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:63#11,707

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:18#11,782

by WPBeginner7 months ago

Add a new comment moderator user role to your site.

Custom Access Roles

Down in the last 7 days:171#12,902

by Room 34 Creative Services, LLC4 months ago

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

Map Cap

Up in the last 7 days:11#12,938

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:54#13,856

by scribu14 years ago

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

Melapress Role Editor

Up in the last 7 days:223#14,097

by Melapress11 days ago

The complete WordPress user roles plugin for everyone

User Switcher

Up in the last 7 days:155#15,010

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:97#15,442

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.

Multisite User Management

Up in the last 7 days:17#16,566

by thenbrent12 years ago

Automatically add users to each site in your WordPress network.

bbPress Capabilities

Down in the last 7 days:73#16,597

by John James Jacoby12 years ago

Advanced user capability editing, specifically for bbPress

Multisite User Role Manager

Up in the last 7 days:210#18,219

by OzTheGreat9 years ago

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

Media Restriction

#18,960

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:60#22,437

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:153#24,010

by Radek Mezulanik6 years ago

Set you website under maintenance to lock content while development.

Role Based Tax Exclusion

#24,813

by Orwokki5 months ago

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

Digages Role Manager

Up in the last 7 days:454#24,859

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

Up in the last 7 days:23#26,351

by deadelvis15 years ago

Members plugin extension to add a [is_user_logged_out] shortcode.

User Hierarchy

Down in the last 7 days:79#26,846

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

#28,208

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:79#29,270

by Raul Illana14 years ago

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

Admin Toolbox

Down in the last 7 days:45#29,271

by RLDD8 months ago

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

SimpleBar

Up in the last 7 days:103#29,948

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

Down in the last 7 days:141#30,632

by Gaurab1 year ago

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

Members for Ko-fi

Up in the last 7 days:781#32,381

by trudslev4 days ago

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

Front-End Users

#32,483

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.

Remove Administrators

#33,087

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.

Role Membership Access for WooCommerce

Up in the last 7 days:6,748#34,950

by jrtwebsolutions1 month ago

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

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.

Manage User Roles

Down in the last 7 days:1,508#36,030

by Airton Vancin Junior10 months ago

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

ToDo Plugin

Up in the last 7 days:8,985#36,542

by Pravin Paratey17 years ago

This plugin lets you create and manage a todo list. Writers are sent assignments and a list kept on the Dashboard on the status of the assignments.

Shared User Table Roles

Up in the last 7 days:7,084#38,642

by wp_joris13 years ago

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

Titanium User Role Manager, Capabilities & Access Control

#39,559

by Admin Plugins1 month ago

Modern role editor, multiple roles, content control and smart role rules for WordPress.

Plugins Genius

#40,830

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.

DiluxOne Multisite User Sync

#42,210

by Pablo Di Loreto1 month ago

Adds your WordPress Multisite users to your sites, automatically or on demand: new users, new sites, role changes.

Network User Management

Down in the last 7 days:1,713#43,546

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).

PurchaseRoles

Up in the last 7 days:1,269#44,267

by Tysss11 years ago

Requires Woocommerce. Adds an option to assign a role to user when a specific product has been bought

Op Custom API

#44,840

by maiuoc7 years ago

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

Restrict Contributors from Scheduled Posts

#45,501

by Johnathon Williams13 years ago

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