Roles & Capabilities vs Simple Client Dashboard

Roles & Capabilities empowers administrators with a complete toolset for managing user roles and capabilities directly from the WordPress admin — no code required. Designed for simplicity and control, this plugin allows you to customize user permissions to fit any use case. Access is strictly limited to site administrators for maximum security; no additional capabilities can grant access to its features. Key Features Create and manage custom roles. Edit role names and assign or remove capabilities. Clone existing roles for faster setup. Grant or revoke capabilities for individual users. Create and assign new custom capabilities. Remove user-defined capabilities when no longer needed. Whether you’re building a membership site, managing editorial permissions, or fine-tuning access, this plugin gives you the precision and flexibility you need. Development This plugin is open-source and actively maintained. 👉 View or contribute to the source code on GitHub

Simple Client Dashboard offers a new “Admin” user role, which fits perfectly between the default WordPress roles for Administrator and Editor access. This allows clients and Webmasters to manage their website content without you having to worry about critical settings or information being removed or adjusted. Preserve your hard work Avoid unexpected messes and troubleshooting sessions One-click access restriction Incorporate Into Your Clients Site with Ease Getting started with Simple Client Dashboard is a breeze — unlike other full user-role solutions that eat up your time, this one won’t have you scratching your head or testing endlessly. Simply install this on your client’s site right from the get-go and it’s smooth sailing from there. There’s little to no setup required, just install Simple Client Dashboard, and you’ll instantly have access to the new “Admin” user role. If you’d like to adjust the “Admin” role, the free plugin offers a clean and tidy interface so that you can make adjustments. And, Simple Client Dashboard Pro, lets you further customize permissions for more advanced third party plugins. Give Clients and Webmasters The Access They Need Restrict access to only the features and functions they need to manage their site – without breaking it! Restrict their capabilities and permissions just enough to make sure no unexpected problems arise as they begin working on their website. Simple and Clean “Admin” Role Editing Interface The Simple Client Dashboard offers a clean and straightforward editing interface for the new “Admin” role. Effortlessly make updates to the permissions and abilities that your clients have on their websites with a few clicks. Simple Client Dashboard creates a new user role named “Admin” which is similar to the default “Administrator” role, but with the following changes: Hides Non-essential and Troublesome WordPress Dashboard Items Hide the WordPress Settings menu Hide the WordPress Plugins menu Hide the WordPress Tools menu Hide the WordPress Users menu Hide the WordPress Appearance > Editor tab Disable the theme installation button Disable theme-switching buttons Disable the WordPress Core Updates button (More options in Simple Client Dashboard Pro) Simple Client Dashboard PRO also provides Third Party Plugin Constraints Upgrade to Simple Client Dashboard Pro to get even more control over how the Admin role can interact with popular third party plugins. Other user role solutions expect you to enter raw code names for permissions or are limited to capabilities that WordPress exposes by default. While Simple Client Dashboard takes it a step further by custom coding beyond standard WordPress permissions. Advanced Custom Fields – Hide ACF menu and settings, including definitions, rules, and fields. Custom Post Types – Restrict ability to create Custom Post Types. Contact Form 7 – Restrict the ability to create new forms, delete forms, and edit forms but allow the Admin role to view submissions. Draw Attention – Restrict ability to add Draw Attention images. Easy Digital Downloads – Allow the Admin role to manage products, manage customer payments, manage reports & sales data, and/or manage settings Five Star Business Profile and Scheme – Hide business profile settings. Gravity Forms – Restrict the ability to create new forms, delete forms, and preview forms. Only allow the Admin role to edit forms and view submissions. iThemes Security – Hide iThemes security menus and settings. Jetpack – Hide the Jetpack stats. LearnDash – Restrict permissions to edit courses, assignments, groups and the group leader. Ninja Forms – Restrict the ability to import and export forms, manage settings or extensions, and view the system status. Only allow the Admin role to edit forms and view submissions. Redirection – Remove permission to manage URL redirection settings. Revolution Slider – Restrict access to the Revolution Slider menu. Simple Custom CSS – Hide option to add CSS. SiteGround Optimizer – Hide the Optimizer settings menu. Sucuri Scanner – Hide security scan information. TablePress – Hide the TablePress Options screen. Only allow the Admin role to show, edit, import, and export TablePress content. The Events Calendar – Restrict the Admin role’s ability to manage and delete events, venues, and organizers. WooCommerce – Hide the settings. Only allow the Admin role to edit & view products, coupons, or orders, allow the Admin role to view reports. Wordfence – Hide the Wordfence Dashboard Widget WordPress Plugins – Restrict ability to install, activate, update, edit, and delete plugins. WordPress Themes – Restrict ability to install, update, switch, edit, or delete themes. Only allow the Admin role to edit theme options such as widgets, menus, and the Customizer. WP All Import – Remove ability to use WP All Import Settings Menu. Yoast SEO – Hide Yoast SEO settings menu and hide the SEO meta box when editing pages/posts. 2.1.7.1 New: Added support for Jetpack Stats 2.1.7.0 New: Added GoPricing Plugin Support New: Added Revolution Slider Plugin Support New: Added Boss Theme Support New: Added Canvas Theme Support New: Added Genesis Theme Support 2.1.6.1 Fixed: members_get_capabilities() conflict with Members plugin Fixed: CF7 issues with update Improved: EDD capabilities 2.1.6.0 New: Added Ninja Forms Plugin Support New: Added LearnDash Plugin Support New: Added Envato Toolkit Plugin Support New: Added CPTUI Plugin Support New: Added Wordfence Plugin Support New: Added Google Analytics Plugin by Yoast Support New: Added Divi Theme Support New: Added NativeChurch Theme Support Update: Improved Portuguese Language Support Fixed: Contact Form 7 Support 2.1.5.0 New: Added Settings link in plugins list New: Added Easy Digital Downloads Module New: Added iThemes Exchange Module New: Added WooCommerce Module New: Added Event Espresso Module New: Added Events Calendar Module New: Added WP All Import Module New: Added Siteground SuperCacher Module New: Theme support for Avian theme New: Theme support for Cardinal theme New: Theme support for Ken theme New: Theme support for Total theme Update: Improved Gravity Forms Module Update: Improved i18n New: Serbian Language Support New: Portuguese Language Support (PT & BR) Fix: multisite activation bug with _blogs() function Fix: Improve Yoast SEO module Fix: Fatal error with CF7 module Fix: config array error on Multisite Fix: removed Administrator from editable roles 2.1.3.1 Improved: Show Yoast metabox when editing pages (still hide settings) by default 2.1.3.0 New: Hide Users menu (often requested, and really the webmaster user couldn’t do much in this screen anyway) New: Add support for ACF5 (hide Custom Fields Menu compatible with new version) New: Add support for Contact Form 7 New: Add support for iThemes Security 2.1.2.1 New: Add support for TablePress [https://wordpress.org/plugins/tablepress/] 2.1.2.0 Multisite bugfix: Prevent webmaster from removing users from individual sites Multisite bugfix: Stop removing Settings & Tools from network administrator 2.1.1.1 New: Now hides non-essential dashboard items Fixed: Fixes a conflict with Mizzo theme (thanks djesch) 2.1.1.0 New: Add support for Sucuri Scanner [https://wordpress.org/plugins/sucuri-scanner/] New: Add support for Advanced Custom Fields [https://wordpress.org/plugins/advanced-custom-fields/] New: Remove tools menu – so webmaster users can’t import/export/migrate/find&replace 2.1.0.9 New: Add support for Ultimate Branding [http://premium.wpmudev.org/project/ultimate-branding/] 2.1.0.8 Improved: Add Gravity Forms edit_forms capability as an option (only allows entry viewing by default) via filter: add_filter( ‘td-webmaster-user-roleoption_cap_gravityforms_edit_forms’, __return_true ); 2.1.0.7 New: Remove settings menu from wp-admin 2.1.0.5 New: Remove capability to delete users 2.1.0.4 New: Add “editor” cap for role so plugins checking for “editor” explicitly work 2.1.0.3 New: Remove capabiilty to add, edit, promote users New: Remove capability to update core 2.1.0.2 Initial Release