by mahabub81 4.8 (21 reviews)

User Roles and Capabilities

Name: User Roles and Capabilities
Rating: 4.8 (21 reviews)
Author: mahabub81

Manage user roles and Capabilities, create new roles and change default role.

User Roles and Capabilities ranks #2,496 among WordPress.org plugins with 7,000+ active installations, is #243 of 4,539 in the Security category, a 4.8/5 rating from 21 reviews, and was last updated May 9, 2021. Data from WordPress.org, refreshed twice daily — see methodology.

Tested up to WP 5.7 (Current: 7.1.1)

v1.2.6 Current Version v1.2.6

Updated 5 years ago Last Update on 09 May, 2021

Refreshed 16 hours ago Last Refreshed on

#243 of 4,539 in Security Top 5% by installs Downloads +94.4% this week No update in over a year

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Active Installs

7K+

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Downloads

125.3K

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Rating

96%

Review 4.8 out of 5

4.8 (21 reviews)

Next Milestone 8K

Total Progress 97.9%

7K+ 8K+

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Reviews & Ratings

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Security History

Source: WPVulnerability

1 known vulnerability on record · 1 in the last 24 months · checked 6 days ago

Jun 19, 2025 UNPATCHED

User Roles and Capabilities [user-roles-and-capabilities] <= 1.2.6 (unfixed)

CVE-2025-49981 · No fix released

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Plugin Details

Version: 1.2.6
Last Updated: May 09, 2021
Requires WP: 3.5+
Tested Up To: 5.7
PHP Version: N/A
Author: mahabub81

Support & Rating

Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.8
Reviews: 21
Support Threads: 0
Resolved: 0%

Keywords

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TL;DR

AI summary of the plugin's readme

This plugin is for WordPress site administrators who need to manage user roles and permissions. It solves the problem of controlling access by letting admins create, clone, rename, and delete roles and assign granular capabilities to users.