Remove admin menus by role vs Roles & Capabilities (2026)
Detailed side-by-side comparison of two WordPress plugins, based on real-time data from WordPress.org.
Remove admin menus by role
8.0K+ active installs
Free
Quick Verdict
As of April 2026, Roles & Capabilities has a higher user rating (5/5 from 6 reviews) while Remove admin menus by role leads in active installations (8.0K+ vs 1.0K+). Both are free WordPress plugins. Remove admin menus by role has accumulated 65K+ total downloads while Roles & Capabilities has 30K+.
Detailed Comparison
| Metric | Remove admin menus by role | Roles & Capabilities | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rating | 4.4/5 | ► | 5/5 |
| Total Reviews | 14 | ◄ | 6 |
| Active Installs | 8.0K+ | ◄ | 1.0K+ |
| Total Downloads | 65K+ | ◄ | 30K+ |
| Support Resolution | N/A | N/A | |
| Last Updated | 4 months ago | ► | 3 months ago |
| First Released | 2016 | 2019 | |
| Age | 10 years | 7 years | |
| WP Requires | 3.5+ | 4.1+ | |
| PHP Requires | 5.6+ | 7.4+ | |
| Business Model | Free | Free | |
| Latest Version | 1.37 | 1.1.14 |
Rating Breakdown
Remove admin menus by role
Roles & Capabilities
Download Trends
Over the past 30 days, Remove admin menus by role averaged approximately 15 daily downloads while Roles & Capabilities averaged 21.
Recent Reviews
Remove admin menus by role Reviews
Works flawlessly
Thank you developer! its free and works as expected
Don’t work
Simply don’t work, sadly
BE VERY CAREFUL WITH THIS PLUGIN
Why? Because it doesn’t work ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ You can easily check this: – create a new role with the User Role Editor plugin – assign the new role to a user – use this plugin to disable, for instance, the P
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
More Role Worth Comparing
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User Role Editor WordPress plugin makes user roles and capabilities changing easy. Edit/add/delete WordPress user roles and capabilities.
Give a temporarily limited admin access to themes designers, plugins developers and support agents.
It hides the default role dropdown list and displays a list of role checkboxes to select multiple roles for a user.
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