Roles & Capabilities empowers administrators with a complete toolset for managing user roles and capabilities directly from the WordPress admin — no code required.
Designed for simplicity and control, this plugin allows you to customize user permissions to fit any use case. Access is strictly limited to site administrators for maximum security; no additional capabilities can grant access to its features.
Key Features
- Create and manage custom roles.
- Edit role names and assign or remove capabilities.
- Clone existing roles for faster setup.
- Grant or revoke capabilities for individual users.
- Create and assign new custom capabilities.
- Remove user-defined capabilities when no longer needed.
Whether you’re building a membership site, managing editorial permissions, or fine-tuning access, this plugin gives you the precision and flexibility you need.
Development
This plugin is open-source and actively maintained.
👉 View or contribute to the source code on GitHub
Screenshots
New admin menus for managing roles & capabilities.
"Capabilities" quick action on the user list page.
Inline editing of user capabilities.
Manage existing roles easily.
Edit a role’s capabilities in seconds.
Apply bulk actions from the user list.
Actions available in the role manager.
Capabilities page with system protection warnings.
Bulk capability editing interface.