Best user access manager plugins for WordPress
The most popular user access manager plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. User Access Manager leads with 10K+ active installs, ahead of New Post Notification (100+) and Access Guard (fewer than 10). All 3 plugins tagged “user access manager” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 3 user access manager plugins
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User Access ManagerThe most installed user access manager plugin, with 10K+ active installs. Rated 4.4 from 112 reviews, updated 1 month ago.
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New Post Notification100+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 5 reviews, last updated 11 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.0.38.
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Access GuardFewer than 10 active installs. Only 1 review so far, updated 1 month ago.
All 3 plugins tagged “user access manager”
User Access Manager
Down in the last 7 days:3#1,487by gm_alex2 months ago
With the "User Access Manager"-plugin you can manage the access to your posts, pages and files.
- Installs
- 10K+
- Rating
- 4.4(112)
- Downloads
- 141/day
New Post Notification
Up in the last 7 days:131#15,443by kilozwo12 years ago
Simply notifies users if a new post has been published. This can also be used as an addon for User-Access-Manager. Users will only be notified if they …
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 5.0(5)
- Downloads
- 4/day
Access Guard
#51,303by Nitin Prakash1 month ago
Access Guard enhances security by managing user permissions and banning IPs to protect sensitive content.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day