User Role Editor for WordPress Plugin Directory
User Role Editor is the #6 ranked editor app on WordPress, with a 4.5 average rating from 288 reviews, as of Aug 31, 2026.
User Role Editor is a WordPress Plugin Directory app by Vladimir Garagulya. With a rating of 4.5★ from 288 reviews, it currently ranks #6 in the Editor category.
AppRanks data: User Role Editor ranks #6 in Editor on WordPress Plugin Directory, placing it in the top 2% of that category.
AppRanks verdict
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User Role Editor is a highly rated WordPress app with a growing review traction. It is listed in the Editor category on WordPress Plugin Directory, which AppRanks treats as the canonical taxonomy node for ranking and competitor comparison. 288 reviews put it in the early-traction tier — useful for early-stage stores willing to be on the leading edge. Early-traction review counts are sensitive to single launch periods or feature events, so a 30-day re-check before bigger commitments often resolves whether the trend is sustained. Paid-only pricing means evaluating fit on the marketplace listing or via the developer's documentation before installing. AppRanks tracks rating, review count, pricing tier, and category position daily — the figures on this page reflect the most recent scrape from the canonical WordPress Plugin Directory listing.
Pros
- +High average rating (4.5★) signals consistent merchant satisfaction
- +Published by Vladimir Garagulya — established developer track record
Cons
- −No declared third-party integrations on the listing — verify compatibility with your existing tools before installing
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How User Role Editor works
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User Role Editor WordPress plugin allows you to change user roles and capabilities easy.
Just turn on check boxes of capabilities you wish to add to the selected role and click “Update” button to save your changes. That’s done.
Add new roles and customize its capabilities according to your needs, from scratch of as a copy of other existing role.
Unnecessary self-made role can be deleted if there are no users whom such role is assigned.
Role assigned every new created user by default may be changed too.
Capabilities could be assigned on per user basis. Multiple roles could be assigned to user simultaneously.
You can add new capabilities and remove unnecessary capabilities which could be left from uninstalled plugins.
Multi-site support is provided.
To read more about ‘User Role Editor’ visit this page
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User Role Editor Pro includes extra modules:
Block selected admin menu items for role.
Hide selected front-end menu items for no logged-in visitors, logged-in users, roles.
Block selected widgets under “Appearance” menu for role.
Show widgets at front-end for selected roles.
Block selected meta boxes (dashboard, posts, pages, custom post types) for role.
“Export/Import” module. You can export user role to the local file and import it to any WordPress site or other sites of the multi-site WordPress network.
Roles and Users permissions management via Network Admin for multisite configuration. One click Synchronization to the whole network.
“Other roles access” module allows to define which other roles user with current role may see at WordPress: dropdown menus, e.g assign role to user editing user profile, etc.
Manage user access to editing posts/pages/custom post type using posts/pages, authors, taxonomies ID list.
Per plugin users access management for plugins activate/deactivate operations.
Per form users access management for Gravity Forms plugin.
Shortcode to show enclosed content to the users with selected roles only.
Posts and pages view restrictions for selected roles.
Admin back-end pages permissions viewer
Pro version is advertisement free. Premium support is included.
Additional Documentation You can find more information about “User Role Editor” plugin at this page
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Category rankings
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Keyword rankings
User Role Editor ranks for 3 keywords across WordPress Plugin Directory. Here are the top 3:
Competitors & alternatives
User Role Editor doesn't have curated competitor matchups yet. Other tracked editor apps on WordPress:
Where User Role Editor stands in the Editor category
User Role Editor ranks #6 of 560 apps in the Editor category, placing it in the top 2% of the listing.
Frequently asked questions
What is User Role Editor?
User Role Editor is an app for WordPress. It currently holds a 4.5-star rating from 288 merchant reviews, and AppRanks has been tracking its public marketplace data on the refresh cadence published in our methodology. It is listed under the Editor category on AppRanks, where you can see its current category position, review-velocity trend, and how it compares against the top alternatives in the same space. Developed by Vladimir Garagulya.
Where does User Role Editor rank on WordPress?
User Role Editor currently sits at position #6 in the Editor category on WordPress. That places it in the top 1% of 560 apps tracked in the same category. Category positions are read from the live marketplace ranking and refresh on each scrape, so the number you see here reflects the most recent crawl rather than a long-running average.