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RoleArchitect – Role & Permission Manager

Professional WordPress role and permission management. Design, build and control user access with architectural precision.

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Tested up to WordPress 7.0
Current version1.2.1
WordPress coverageTested up to WordPress 7.0
Minimum stackWP 5.0 · PHP 7.0
Directory statusactive
Last directory update1 Aug 20263mo ago
Active installationsNewAdoption metric — not a quality score
WordPress.org ratingNo WordPress.org ratings yet
Official packageDirect from WordPress.org

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WP PlugIndex currently records RoleArchitect – Role & Permission Manager version 1.2.1 as active, updated 3mo ago and tested up to WordPress 7.0.

Overview

About this plugin

RoleArchitect is a professional WordPress plugin that gives you complete architectural control over user roles and permissions. Like an architect designs buildings with precision, RoleArchitect lets you design and build your site’s access control system with expert-level tools and capabilities.

Core Features

  • Role Management: Edit WordPress default roles (Administrator, Editor, Author, Contributor, Subscriber)
  • Capability Management: Manage all WordPress and WooCommerce capabilities for default roles
  • User Assignment: Assign roles to users (single role per user)
  • User Management: Search and manage users by username, display name, or email
  • Content Restriction (Posts): Use [ROAR_restrict] shortcode to restrict post content by role
  • Post Restriction: Bulk and individual post restriction via UI
  • Default Role Setting: Set default role for new user registrations
  • Security Logging: Track role changes and permission modifications
  • Translation Ready: Turkish language support included
  • Multisite Compatible: Works on multisite networks

PRO Features (Separate Plugin)

  • Create Custom Roles: Unlimited custom role creation
  • Clone & Delete Roles: Manage custom roles with ease
  • Admin Menu Restriction: Control which admin menu items each role can see
  • Content Permissions: Granular edit/publish/delete permissions per content type
  • Pages & Custom Post Types: Restrict pages and any custom post type
  • Multiple Roles Per User: Assign multiple roles to a single user
  • Export/Import: Backup and migrate role configurations
  • Capability-Based Restrictions: Advanced content restriction options
  • Priority Support: Direct email support from developers

Content Restriction

  • Shortcode-based content restriction: [ROAR_restrict role="editor"]Content here[/ROAR_restrict]
  • Multiple role support: [ROAR_restrict roles="administrator,editor"]Content here[/ROAR_restrict]
  • Custom access denied messages
  • Meta box for individual post restrictions
  • Bulk restriction operations for posts
  • PRO: Pages restriction
  • PRO: Custom post types restriction
  • PRO: Capability-based restrictions

Security Features

  • AJAX request validation with security nonce checks
  • Permission control ensuring only authorized users can manage roles
  • Prevention of removing your own administrator privileges
  • Page access control
  • Security event logging
  • Session validation

Developer Friendly

  • GPL v2 or later licensed
  • Clean, well-documented code
  • WordPress coding standards compliant
  • Extensible with filters and actions

License

This plugin is licensed under GPL v2 or later.

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.

WordPress.org metadata

Plugin tags

Topics listed for this plugin in the WordPress.org directory.

  • access control
  • user management
  • capabilities
  • permissions
  • roles
Compatibility & maintenance

Compatibility & maintenance

Tested up to WordPress 7.0

Not yet marked as tested with WordPress 7.1. WordPress.org currently lists Tested up to 7.0.

Current WordPress releaseWordPress 7.1
WordPress.org Tested up to7.0
Minimum requirementsWordPress 5.0 · PHP 7.0
Update activity1 Aug 20263mo ago

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