User Role Editor

User Role Editor

User Role Editor WordPress plugin makes user roles and capabilities changing easy. Edit/add/delete WordPress user roles and capabilities.
Rating:
4.6
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Active Installations:
700000+
Last Updated:
Jul 17, 2024
WordPress Version:
4.4 or higher
Tested up to:
6.6.1

Easy User Role Customization

Customize user roles and capabilities effortlessly with User Role Editor plugin.

Simplify User Management

Add, delete, and modify user roles and capabilities with just a few clicks.

Flexible Role Assignment

Assign multiple roles to users and customize capabilities on a per-user basis.

Enhanced Plugin Control

Add or remove capabilities left by uninstalled plugins and manage user access to specific plugin operations.

[4.64.2] 19.02.2024

  • Update: Marked as compatible with WordPress 6.4.3
  • Update: URE_Advertisement: rand() is replaced with wp_rand().
  • Update: URE_Ajax_Proccessor: json_encode() is replaced with wp_json_encode().
  • Update: User_Role_Editor::load_translation(): load_plugin_textdomain() is called with the 2nd parameter value false, instead of deprecated ”.
  • Update: URE_Lib::is_right_admin_path(): parse_url() is replaced with wp_parse_url().
  • Update: URE_Lib::user_is_admin() does not call WP_User::has_cap() to enhance performance.
  • Update: Plugin version was added to CSS loaded to the “Users”, “Users->User Role Editor”, “Settings->User Role Editor” pages.
  • Update: All JavaScript files are loaded in footer now.
  • Fix: “Users->Add New Users”. Unneeded extra ‘

‘ HTML tags was removed (thanks to Alejandro A. for this bug report).

[4.64.1] 24.10.2023

  • Update: Marked as compatible with WordPress 6.4
  • Fix: Notice shown by PHP 8.3 is removed: PHP Deprecated: Creation of dynamic property URE_Editor::$hide_pro_banner is deprecated in /wp-content/plugins/user-role-editor/includes/classes/editor.php on line 166
  • Fix: Notice shown by PHP 8.3 is removed: PHP Deprecated: Creation of dynamic property URE_Role_View::$caps_to_remove is deprecated in /wp-content/plugins/user-role-editor/includes/classes/role-view.php on line 23
  • Fix: Notice shown by PHP 8.3 is removed: PHP Deprecated: Function utf8_decode() is deprecated in /wp-content/plugins/user-role-editor-pro/includes/classes/editor.php on line 984

File changelog.txt contains the full list of changes.

Does not appear to copy role 100%

By Rowland (jollyroger99) on April 9, 2024

If a user has shop manager rights, I use ure to copy the role to a new role name, the user with the new role does not have the same rights as shop manager. Moving the user back to shop manager restores their rights ?

Not hiding the administrator account.

By AMG (mcgistics) on February 7, 2024

The plugin need an update because showing last updated four months agao. WordPess has had a few updates since then. How ever it is hiding the superadmin account on a multisite but not on a normal site the main administrator account is still visiable. everything else is working normally. Needs a few more items adding to it so when you install another plugin the options will show for that to restrict. Could do with option to hid the option to change the password and email so when you have a demo website to prevent others from changing the email. I use another plugin that allows me to all of those things but none have the hide administrator accounts like this one.

THIS PLUGIN WILL BREAK YOUR SITE.

By mikenco on January 30, 2024

I "safely" reverted the permissions before deactivating this plugin, as advised, but the permissions were NOT reverted.

THIS PLUGIN WILL BREAK YOUR SITE.

very good tool. perfect support.

By boie on January 13, 2024

Tool works really well and the support is fast and friendly.

Awesome plugin - I use it for my site

By Saiful Islam (codersaiful) on October 9, 2023

Really awesome plugin. I use it for my website. Where lot of customer of CodeAstrology.

Awesome plugin

By Baloydi Lloydi (lordzden) on October 8, 2023

Excellent work!

One of the easiest way to change user permissions

By Daniel Jeziorski (tenodwp) on September 27, 2023

User Role Editor is one of the easiest ways to change permisions of roles in WordPress. I use this plugin for every project where client need to edit permission on it's own. This the best option after custom code placed in child theme or custom plugin.

no support -for the most part

By Dean (collabora) on August 14, 2023

First, let's be clear: I have not installed this plugin. My review is based upon the fact I asked about a feature in support forum weeks ago and no response. I have also noticed other users have not received a response to their issues for several weeks.

I will install plugin to find the answer and modify my review accordingly.

Smoothly integrated

By kub1x on July 15, 2023

This is exactly, how well mannered plugin should integrate into WP admin. Add columns and buttons exactly where needed in the Users table, add one sub-menu under Users to control list of roles, exactly where it belongs. No fancy branding. No poluting admin menu. Decent. Absolutely love it. Works charm too.

Would appreciate few improvements:

  • "Human readable capabilities" toggle should work live, using javascript, without refreshing the table.
  • Manually granted/denied capabilities should be much more highlighted. Or even toggle for them should appear on top of capabilities table to "Show only changed". Currently it feels like when I change a few capbilities for a user or role that when I come back later I will struggle to find which ones were changed.
  • Link to "Roles and Capabilities" on WordPress documentation should be shown below the capabilites editor table to have it by hand every time I stuggle to remember the name or meaning of some of them.

Many thanks,
Jakub

Amazing plugin

By thisbit on May 21, 2023

A powerfull, logical, native approach to capabilities and roles, without the need to code it all. Great stuff. Probably the best solution out there.

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