Advanced Access Manager – Access Governance for WordPress
Access Governance for WordPress. Control roles, users, content, admin areas, and APIs to prevent broken access controls and excessive privileges.
4.2(420 reviews)
·100K+ active installs·Updated 3 weeks agoAs of April 2026, Advanced Access Manager is a WordPress security plugin with 100K+ active installations and a 4.2/5 rating from 420 reviews. It has been downloaded 7.4M+ times in total. Requires WordPress 5.8.0+ and PHP 5.6.0+. Available on WordPress.org since 2011. Actively maintained — updated within the last month. Downloads are down 8% this week. Support resolution rate: 100%. Top alternative: Wordfence Security – Firewall, Malware….
4.2/5420 reviews
100K+active installs
100%resolved
15 yearssince 2011
Overview
Advanced Access Manager (AAM) introduces Access Governance for WordPress – a systematic approach to securing your site by controlling who can access what, when, and why.
Most WordPress security plugins focus on external threats like malware, firewalls, and brute-force attacks. AAM addresses the root cause of the #1 WordPress security risk: broken access controls, excessive privileges, and misconfigured roles.
Instead of reacting to attacks, AAM helps you design security into your WordPress site.
What Access Governance means in practice
- Mitigate Broken Access Controls. Ensure roles, users, and permissions are correctly configured to prevent unauthorized actions and privilege escalation.
- Eliminate Excessive Privileges. Identify overpowered users and reduce access to critical function…
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Ratings & Reviews
4.2420 reviews
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Recent Reviews
Fantastic
by Sepi·6 months ago
very good plugin.
Best in class
by yungcyang·1 year ago
I have been looking for a plugin to manage user access and AAM is by far the best of all. Highly recommended.
This is an incredible plugin
by Vassos Hadjivassiliou·1 year ago
This plugin is the best out there. I use it every time I have a client that needs to have access to the backend. I can easily make changes to permissions for every user role. 10 stars guys
Doesn’t find all Plugin Toolbars
by tomo55555·1 year ago·2 replies
When we started using this plugin a year or so ago it was good. But now it conflicts with many other plugins and misses out plugins like WPCode. It actually locked me out of the plugin as an administrator, so I had to uninstall AAM.
It is a shame because it was once a great plugin.
Metaboxes and Gutenberg
by superwpml·2 years ago
I am looking to hide “metaboxes” in Gutenberg editors, but as far as I understand in the “Metaboxes and Widgets”, in the “Articles” section, when I click hide (Comments, Slug…) .it does nothing.
Does it only work in classic editor ?
Download Trends
Today: 654Yesterday: 1KThis week: 6KPeriod total: 950K
Compatibility
| WordPress | 5.8.0+ requiredTested up to 6.9.4 |
| PHP | 5.6.0+ required |
Version Adoption
v7.0
31.4%
v7.1
29.5%
v6.9
26.3%
Other
12.8%
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Changelog
7.1.0
- Fixed: Warning: Undefined array key “effect” in /../application/Framework/Utility/Misc.php on line 483 https://github.com/aamplugin/advanced-access-manager/issues/497
- Fixed: Can’t reset ConfigPress https://github.com/aamplugin/advanced-access-manager/issues/493
- Fixed: Incorrect aam_manage_jwts capability https://github.com/aamplugin/advanced-access-manager/issues/494
- Fixed: Null pointer in Content.php line 792 https://github.com/aamplugin/advanced-access-manager/issues/495
- Changed: Removing AAM Post List shortcode https://github.com/aamplugin/advanced-access-manager/issues/496
…and 1 more changes
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