Best user capabilities plugins for WordPress
The most popular user capabilities plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. User Roles and Capabilities leads with 7K+ active installs, ahead of WP247 Body Classes (200+) and Editorial Access Manager (90+). All 3 plugins tagged “user capabilities” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 3 user capabilities plugins
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User Roles and CapabilitiesThe most installed user capabilities plugin, with 7K+ active installs. Rated 4.8 from 21 reviews, last updated 5 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.7.21.
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WP247 Body Classes200+ active installs. Rated 4.5 from 6 reviews, last updated 2 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.5.14.
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Editorial Access Manager90+ active installs. Rated 4.9 from 8 reviews, last updated 9 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.9.35.
All 3 plugins tagged “user capabilities”
User Roles and Capabilities
Down in the last 7 days:6#2,529by mahabub815 years ago
Manage user roles and Capabilities, create new roles and change default role.
- Installs
- 7K+
- Rating
- 4.8(21)
- Downloads
- 33/day
WP247 Body Classes
Up in the last 7 days:51#11,611by wescleveland2 years ago
Add unique classes to the body tag for easy styling based on various attributes (archive, user, post, mobile, scrolling) and WordPress "is" …
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 4.5(6)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Editorial Access Manager
Up in the last 7 days:24#17,355by Taylor Lovett9 years ago
Allow for granular editorial access control for all post types in WordPress
- Installs
- 90+
- Rating
- 4.9(8)
- Downloads
- 0/day