User Role Editor Pro

User Role Editor Pro extends WordPress role management with controls for what visitors can do and what they see. Capabilities govern role actions; menu and widget rules govern interface visibility. These options serve different purposes.

Set roles and control actions

Create a role from scratch or copy an existing role, then add or remove capabilities with checkboxes. Assign multiple roles to a visitor, manage capabilities for individual users, and pick the default role for new users. You can remove capabilities left by uninstalled plugins. A custom role can be deleted only when no users are assigned to it.

Manage editing access for posts, pages, and custom post types with lists of post, page, author, or taxonomy IDs. Restrict viewing of posts and pages for selected roles. Controls also cover add-on activation and deactivation by extension, and access to Gravity Forms by form. A shortcode can show enclosed content only to users with selected roles.

Choose what each role sees

Block selected administration menu items, Appearance widgets, or meta boxes in the dashboard, posts, pages, and custom post types. On the front end, conceal selected menu items from users, logged-in users, or specific roles, and show widgets to selected roles. The administration page permissions viewer shows access permissions for back-end pages.

Manage roles across sites

For multisite installations, manage roles and user permissions through Network Admin, then synchronize changes across the network in one click. Export a role to a local file and import it into another WordPress website or another website in the network.

The Other Roles Access module defines which other roles users with the current role can see, including roles listed in dropdowns when editing a user profile.

Install and configure

If a previous version is installed, deactivate it first. Extract the plugin archive to /wp-content/plugins/user-role-editor and activate it from the Plugins menu. Open Users > User Role Editor, choose or make a role, configure its capabilities and the required Pro controls, then save your changes. On multisite, use Network Admin and its network controls for permissions across sites. Review permissions before assigning a role to users.

The Pro interface is advertisement free and includes premium support.