by PublishPress
4.7 (143 reviews)
PublishPress Capabilities – User Role Editor, Access Permissions, User Capabilities, Admin Menus
PublishPress Capabilities is the access control plugin. You can manage user capabilities, permissions, user roles, admin menus and more.
Compatible with WP 7.0.1
v2.45.0
Current Version v2.45.0
Updated 1 month ago
Last Update on 11 Jun, 2026
Refreshed 10 hours ago
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#461
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Downloads
4.2M
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Rating
94%
Review 4.7 out of 5
4.7
(143 reviews)
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Showing 5 of 5| Keyword | Position | Change | Type | Updated |
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| capabilities | 3 | — | Tag | 11 hours ago |
| permissions | 6 | — | Tag | 11 hours ago |
| user role editor | 7 | — | Tag | 11 hours ago |
| admin menus | 9 | — | Tag | 11 hours ago |
| user roles | 30 | — | Tag | 11 hours ago |
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- Version
- 2.45.0
- Last Updated
- Jun 11, 2026
- Requires WP
- 5.5+
- Tested Up To
- 7.0.1
- PHP Version
- 7.2.5 or higher
- Author
- PublishPress
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Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about PublishPress Capabilities – User Role Editor, Access Permissions, User Capabilities, Admin Menus
PublishPress Capabilities is a user role editor that offers you the ability to backup and restore your WordPress user permissions. This feature is very helpful if you want to test out changes on your site, or you've installed a new plugin that has changed your site's permissions. Changing permissions in WordPress can be a tricky task. It's possible to lock yourself or others out of some important features. So, we've built a way to keep your site safe. Every time you change your permissions, the PublishPress Capabilities plugin will automatically create a backup. If you make a mistake, go to the “Backup” menu link and click the “Restore” tab. Here you can browse through the most recent 20 automatic backups. The plugin also saves a backup from when you first installed PublishPress Capabilities. And you can click the “Backup” tab to manually create backups. Click the yellow “Restore Selected Roles” button and you'll be able to roll back to a previous version.
A green role title means the role does not exist in your current set. A green capability is set in the role backup, but not the current role. A stuck-through capability is set in the current role, but not the role backup.
If you really need to clean up and refresh your site, PublishPress Capabilities does allow you to restore the default WordPress permissions. Go to Capabilities > Backup and dlick the “Reset Roles” tab. Before you take next step, make sure to read this warning: “WARNING: This will delete and/or modify stored role definitions. If you have installed any plugin that adds new roles or capabilities, these will be lost. It is recommended to use this only as a last resort!” If you want to proceed, click the “Reset to WordPress defaults” link. PublishPress Capabilities will ask you if you're really sure you want to do this. Click “OK” to continue. Once the process is complete, you'll see the message, “Roles and Capabilities reset to WordPress defaults”.
WooCommerce is the most popular WordPress eCommerce plugin. You can create beautiful store with themes customized to your brand and industry and you'll find 1,000's of tools and popular integrations. The PublishPress Capabilities plugin enables you to control permissions for the WooCommerce plugin and also WooCommerce user roles. You can use this plugin as a WooCommerce user role editor. Go to the “Capabilities” link in your WordPress admin menu. In the main area of your screen will see options for WooCommerce Products, Orders and Coupons. These permissions cover editing, deleting and reading. In the right sidebar, you can also enable permissions for WooCommerce taxonomies. Check the boxes for Product categories, Product tags, and Product shipping classes. After you check those boxes and refresh your screen, you will see Manager, Edit, Assign and Delete options for Product categories, Product tags, and Product shipping classes. The Pro version of PublishPress Capabilities allows you to block access to admin menu links in WooCommerce. This is useful because WooCommerce has very limited options for controlling who can access the admin screens. When you first install WooCommerce, you'll see four top-level menu links, plus sub-menus. All of these links are available to users in the Administrator and Shop Manager roles: WooCommerce Products Analytics Marketing It is possible to control who can access these links by using the PublishPress Capabilities Pro plugin. After installing PublishPress Capabilities Pro, go to “Capabilities”, then “Admin Menus” in your WordPress admin area. n the top-left corner of this screen, choose the role that you want to edit. Scroll down and you can enter a red X for any menu link that you don't want users in that role to access. This is a great way to customize a WooCommerce role such as Shop Manager. This approach works for the core WooCommerce plugin and can also be used for WooCommerce add-on plugins such as WooCommerce Subscriptions, WooCommerce Shipping, and WooCommerce Bookings. PublishPress Capabilities can help you manage WooCommerce permissisons. Click here to learn about WooCommerce menu permissions.
The Pro version of PublishPress Capabilities allows you to block access to admin menu links in the Contact Form 7 plugin. This is useful because Contact Form 7 has very limited options for controlling who can access the admin screens. Contact Form 7 is the most popular contact form plugin for WordPress. You can manage multiple contact forms, and easily customize each form and the emails it sends. Contact Form 7 supports Ajax-powered submitting, CAPTCHA, Akismet spam filtering and much more.
Contact Forms Add New Integration It is possible to control who can access these links by using the PublishPress Capabilities Pro plugin. After installing PublishPress Capabilities Pro, go to “Capabilities”, then “Admin Menus” in your WordPress admin area. In the top-left corner of this screen, choose the role that you want to edit. Scroll down and you can enter a red X for any menu link that you don't want users in the Editor role to access. This approach works for the core Contact Form 7 plugin and can also be used for add-on plugins such as Flamingo which records entries for Contact Form 7 forms. Click here to learn about Contact Form 7 menu permissions.
The Pro version of PublishPress Capabilities allows you to block access to admin menu links in the Yoast SEO plugin. This is useful because Yoast SEO has limited options for managing who can access the admin screens and important features. Yoast SEO is the most popular WordPress SEO plugin and contains everything that you need to manage your SEO. Yoast SEO is packed full of feature that help search engines to find and understand your website.
General Search Appearance Social Tools Premium It is possible to control who can access these Yoast SEO links by using the PublishPress Capabilities Pro plugin. After installing PublishPress Capabilities Pro, go to “Capabilities”, then “Admin Menus” in your WordPress admin area. In the top-left corner of this screen, choose the role that you want to edit. For example, you can restrict Yoast SEO access for the “SEO Manager” role. Scroll down and you can enter a red X for any menu link that you don't want users in the SEO Manager role to access. This approach works for the core Yoast SEO plugin and can also be used for add-on plugins such as Local SEO, WooCommerce SEO, Google News, and more. Click here to learn about Yoast SEO menu permissions.
The Pro version of PublishPress Capabilities allows you to block access to admin menu links in the Elementor plugin. This is useful because Elementor has limited options for managing who can access the admin screens and important features. The Elementor plugin is one of the most popular drag-and-drop page builders. With Elementor, you’re editing the site live, and simultaneously see exactly how it looks like. Elementor designs are full-responsive and come with over 40 powerful widgets. PublishPress Capabilities can help you manage Elementor permissions.
Settings Role Manager Tools System Info Getting Started Get Help Custom Fonts Custom Icons Go Pro It is possible to control who can access Elementor menu links by using the PublishPress Capabilities Pro plugin. After installing PublishPress Capabilities Pro, go to “Capabilities”, then “Admin Menus” in your WordPress admin area. In the top-left corner of this screen, choose the role that you want to edit. For example, you can restrict Elementor access for the “Administrator” role. If you do this, I would recommend making a copy of the Administrator role so that one role still has full Elementor access. Scroll down and you can enter a red X for any Elementor menu link that you don't want users in the Administrator role to access. This approach works for the core Elementor plugin and can also be used for add-on plugins such as Essential Addons, Premium Addons, and others. Click here to learn about Elementor menu permissions.