Best user access plugins for WordPress
The most popular user access plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. WPFront User Role Editor leads with 30K+ active installs, ahead of PublishPress Permissions (10K+) and Restrict Anonymous Access (70+). All 6 plugins tagged “User Access” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 6 user access plugins
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WPFront User Role EditorThe most installed user access plugin, with 30K+ active installs. Rated 4.5 from 65 reviews, updated 2 months ago.
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PublishPress Permissions10K+ active installs. Rated 4.3 from 66 reviews, updated 3 weeks ago.
- 3.
Restrict Anonymous Access70+ active installs. Only 3 reviews so far, updated 6 days ago.
- 4.
🔐 Access Control10+ active installs. No reviews yet, updated 11 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.8.12.
- 5.
RS User Access10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 11 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.2.39.
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Admin Watch CentralFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, updated 4 weeks ago.
All 6 plugins tagged “User Access”
WPFront User Role Editor
Down in the last 7 days:2#977by Syam Mohan2 months ago
Easily allows you to manage WordPress user roles. You can create, edit, delete and manage capabilities, also copy existing roles.
- Installs
- 30K+
- Rating
- 4.5(65)
- Downloads
- 178/day
PublishPress Permissions
Up in the last 7 days:1#1,557by PublishPress25 days ago
The permissions plugin for posts, pages, categories, tags and more. You can control permissions for roles, individual users, and even custom groups.
- Installs
- 10K+
- Rating
- 4.3(66)
- Downloads
- 290/day
Restrict Anonymous Access
Up in the last 7 days:113#18,676by Christian Leuenberg6 days ago
Adds a shortcode to restrict content from anonymous users.
- Installs
- 70+
- Rating
- 5.0(3)
- Downloads
- 11/day
🔐 Access Control
Down in the last 7 days:6,566#44,296by Rizvi11 months ago
Easily manage WordPress user roles and capabilities from a clean, modern interface. No coding required.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
RS User Access
Down in the last 7 days:4,889#46,095by rorystandley11 years ago
A plugin for allowing the control over what your users can see in the admin section of WordPress
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Admin Watch Central
Down in the last 7 days:12,902#65,092by webstudiowadev1 month ago
Review privileged access, active sessions, Site Activity, Site Health and 404 errors from one WordPress dashboard.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day