User Role Editor Pro

User Role Editor Pro is the premium gold standard for role-based access management on WordPress. Designed for site administrators, membership portals, and multi-author platforms, it provides granular control over what users can see and do inside the WordPress dashboard. The plugin allows you to modify standard user roles (Administrator, Editor, Author, Contributor, Subscriber) or create completely custom roles from scratch by enabling or disabling specific capabilities. User Role Editor Pro goes beyond simple capability editing by introducing fine-grained access restrictions for individual pages, posts, custom post types, sidebars, widgets, admin menu items, and media library items. Fully integrated with multisite networks and WooCommerce, it provides complete security and access customization without touching code.

Main Features

• Role & capability management — Create, edit, clone, or delete custom user roles and assign or revoke specific WordPress capabilities with simple checkboxes.
• Admin menu block access — Hide specific dashboard sidebar menus, submenu items, and admin bar elements per user role or individual user.
• Post & page editing restrictions — Control access to specific pages, posts, custom post types, categories, or authors for editing and viewing.
• Media library restriction — Restrict media library access so users can only view, edit, and use their own uploaded images and attachments.
• WooCommerce capability controls — Manage specific e-commerce permissions, including access to product catalogs, order editing, reports, and store settings.
• Navigation menu item access — Show or hide specific front-end navigation menu items based on user login status and assigned roles.
• Shortcodes for content restriction — Enclose page content in custom shortcodes to display specific text, downloads, or sections strictly to logged-in users or specific roles.
• Multisite network management — Sync roles, capabilities, and access rules across network sub-sites automatically from the Super Admin dashboard.

Benefits

• Protects sensitive website data — Keeps administrative settings, plugin configurations, and private client data secure by locking down unauthorized roles.
• Simplifies client dashboard UI — Cleans up the WordPress admin interface for non-technical clients by hiding unused menu items and options.
• Enables multi-tiered membership access — Perfect for membership and community sites that require custom access levels for different subscription tiers.
• Prevents accidental site breakdown — Restricts non-administrative staff from altering theme settings, managing plugins, or modifying site settings.
• No coding required — User-friendly visual checkbox interface replaces complex PHP capability arrays and filters.

Who is it suitable for?

• WordPress site administrators & webmasters managing complex sites with multiple contributors, editors, and managers.
• Membership & e-commerce site owners who need strict control over client accounts, digital content, and store management roles.
• WordPress development agencies customizing client backends to present clean, restricted administrative environments.
• Multisite network managers enforcing uniform user permissions and menu visibility across network sub-domains.