Allow and control Editor and Shop Manager access to the menus, widgets and appearance menu, plus other menus and adminbar items.
As of April 2026, Editor Menu and Widget Access is a WordPress menu plugin with 7.0K+ active installations and a 4.8/5 rating from 24 reviews. It has been downloaded 84K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 3.0.1+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2015. Last updated 4 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Downloads are down 12% this week. Top alternative: Admin Menu Editor.
This open source and lightweight plugin allows users with the role Editor or Shop Manager to access the Menus and Widgets areas of the Appearance menu in WordPress’ admin area.
This is a common task that would be useful for clients to manage themselves to give them more control over their website’s content.
This plugin also gives access to the Customize submenu and other theme options, but these can be hidden through the options page at Appearance > Editor Access if you wish.
You can also select other menus to hide from Editors and Shop Managers (e.g. custom theme or plugin options pages), as well as hiding any elements on the Admin Bar.
Features
Are you planning any update to stay compatible with new WP versions?
Needed widgets to be accessed for editors and this did the trick!
Great Plugin!
issue reported and fixed the next day
but need update please !
Perfectly simple solution
| WordPress | 3.0.1+ requiredTested up to 5.7.15 |
| PHP | false+ required |
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