Control access to plugin features and menus based on user roles, keeping your WordPress dashboard secure.
Alternatives to Access Governance for WordPress (aka AAM)
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Relevant replacements
WordPress plugins with similar use cases
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Modern role editor, multiple roles, content control and smart role rules for WordPress.
Take control of WordPress with custom user roles, capabilities, admin menu access, widget control, and content restrictions in one plugin.
Restrict content easily to logged in users, members with a specific role or user capability, to it's author, Tickera, Venuera, Easy Digital Downl …
Turn your WordPress menu into smart navigation. Show the right links to the right people.
Performance-focused access control for WordPress, enforcing rule-based visibility across content, menus, and blocks with a clean core.
Protect WordPress content with role-based access rules, moderated registration, and customizable visitor forms.
Reserve pages for the user roles you choose, right from the page editor or Elementor. Menus update themselves for each user.
User role editing for WordPress. Manage user roles, control capabilities and permissions, and restrict admin access for any role.
Control admin menus, runtime capabilities, redirects, and supported booking-plugin navigation by WordPress user role.