Front-End Users
Hides the WordPress admin section from specified user roles, allows users to edit their settings from the front-end, and more.
1.3(3 reviews)
·10 active installs·Updated 14 years agoAs of April 2026, Front-End Users is a WordPress admin plugin with 10 active installations and a 1.3/5 rating from 3 reviews. It has been downloaded 21K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 3.0+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2011. Last updated 14 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Top alternative: Loginizer.
1.3/53 reviews
10active installs
21K+total downloads
15 yearssince 2011
Overview
Front-End Users is a WordPress plugin that prevents specified user roles from accessing the WordPress admin section (the pages in /wp-admin/), sets up a profile editing page on the front-end, and allows for customization of front-end user-specific pages. This allows you to hide all of the WordPress back-end from specified roles (e.g. Subscribers) and instead present to them a profile editing page (and, optionally, other user-specific pages) that have the same layout as the rest of the site. The front-end functionality is available to all roles, but you can choose which roles are able to access the WordPress admin section (by default, only Administrators have access to it).
Front-End Users also makes it easy to:
- Display user-specific links that depend on the login state (e.g. “Sig…
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Ratings & Reviews
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Compatibility
| WordPress | 3.0+ requiredTested up to 3.3.2 |
| PHP | false+ required |
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Changelog
1.1
- Added a switch that allows custom profile fields added by plugins and themes to show up in the default public settings view
- Added an exception to the admin URL rewrite to correct the admin profile form’s action
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