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Role Editor v1.0.0

Create, clone, rename and delete user roles and toggle capabilities by area, with protected admin capabilities and a lock-out safeguard.

Start a 14-day free trial → Get the free version

No credit card for the trial. Pro from $4.08/mo, billed annually. 14-day money-back guarantee.

Role Editor adds a Users > Roles screen where you decide exactly what each kind of user can do, without code and without the usual risk of locking yourself out.

Free

$0 forever

  • Create/clone roles
  • Toggle capabilities
  • Protected admin caps
Download free

Role Editor Pro

$49 per year, single site

Everything in Free, plus:

  • Per-post-type capabilities
  • Role export/import
  • Capability audit
Try Pro free for 14 days

Screenshots

The role list under Users > Roles
The role list under Users > Roles
Editing a role as a non-administrator user manager: capabilities they cannot change are locked
Editing a role as a non-administrator user manager: capabilities they cannot change are locked
Pro: giving custom post types their own capabilities
Pro: giving custom post types their own capabilities
Pro: the capability audit, with the roles that hold each capability and where it came from
Pro: the capability audit, with the roles that hold each capability and where it came from
Pro: exporting and importing roles as JSON
Pro: exporting and importing roles as JSON

Pro pricing

One licence covers updates and support for a year. Pick the number of sites you run it on.

Single site

$49/year

$4.08 per month, billed annually

Buy Single site

5 sites

$98/year

$8.17 per month, billed annually

Buy 5 sites

25 sites

$196/year

$16.33 per month, billed annually

Buy 25 sites

Checkout and licensing run on Freemius, our merchant of record. 14-day money-back guarantee. Prices in USD; any applicable tax is shown at checkout.

Requirements

WordPress 6.4 or newer (tested up to 7.1), PHP 7.4 or newer. Works with the block editor and the classic editor.

Installation

  1. Download the free version or start the Pro trial above. Freemius emails you the zip and, for Pro, your licence key.
  2. In WordPress go to Plugins → Add New → Upload Plugin, choose the zip and activate it.
  3. Pro: paste the licence key when the plugin asks for it, or later under the plugin's Account screen.

Stuck? Open a support ticket and include your WordPress and PHP versions.