Announce from the Dashboard vs Roles & Capabilities (2026)
Detailed side-by-side comparison of two WordPress plugins, based on real-time data from WordPress.org.
Announce from the Dashboard
7.0K+ active installs
Free
Quick Verdict
As of April 2026, Roles & Capabilities has a higher user rating (5/5 from 6 reviews) while Announce from the Dashboard leads in active installations (7.0K+ vs 1.0K+). Both are free WordPress plugins. Announce from the Dashboard has accumulated 24K+ total downloads while Roles & Capabilities has 30K+.
Detailed Comparison
| Metric | Announce from the Dashboard | Roles & Capabilities | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rating | 4.3/5 | ► | 5/5 |
| Total Reviews | 6 | 6 | |
| Active Installs | 7.0K+ | ◄ | 1.0K+ |
| Total Downloads | 24K+ | ► | 30K+ |
| Support Resolution | N/A | N/A | |
| Last Updated | 2 years ago | ► | 3 months ago |
| First Released | 2012 | 2019 | |
| Age | 14 years | 7 years | |
| WP Requires | 3.8+ | 4.1+ | |
| PHP Requires | false+ | 7.4+ | |
| Business Model | Free | Free | |
| Latest Version | 1.5.3 | 1.1.14 |
Rating Breakdown
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Download Trends
Over the past 30 days, Announce from the Dashboard averaged approximately 5 daily downloads while Roles & Capabilities averaged 21.
Recent Reviews
Announce from the Dashboard Reviews
Simple, fast, intuitive.
Hello Your plugin is simple, fast, intuitive. I thought the plugin does not work, because I have turned off alerts for users. Rather to my surprise I saw appear the message done with your plugin. Fant
GREAT ! – BON !
Good plugin! But too simple. Suggestion: Add more options for the message text editing mode. FR : Bon plugin ! Mais trop simple. Suggestion : Ajouter plus d’options pour le mode édition de texte messa
Simple and straight forward
Very nice plugin, works as described. I run it along the other plugin of same author “WP Admin UI Customize” and works very nicely for Subscribers roles. Thanks for your work!
Roles & Capabilities Reviews
Simple and effective
This plugin is exactly in line with I think plugins should be: clear, one task only, well integrated without bloat meaningless UI elements that do nothing. That’s what I do with my plugins as well.
Simple and efficient
I just needed to add the capabilities for specific users to edit the pages they own, which is not possible with the default Author role. This plugin made it really easy: I could clone the Author role
The best plugin for delete unwanted capabilities
finally! Thank you so much for this! After testing several very complex and confusing user role plugins (which by the way just added more garbage to my wp_options table), I found “Roles & Capabilities
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