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Menu By User Roles

Menu By User Roles allows you to control the visibility of menu items based on user roles.

By kahnu044·User Roles·Free
5(3 reviews)
·1.0K+ active installs·Updated 6 months ago
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As of April 2026, Menu By User Roles is a WordPress user roles plugin with 1.0K+ active installations and a 5/5 rating from 3 reviews. It has been downloaded 8.6K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 5.0+ and PHP 7.0+. Available on WordPress.org since 2023. Download volume is stable this week. Top alternative: PublishPress Capabilities – User Role….

5/53 reviews
1.0K+active installs
8.6K+total downloads
3 yearssince 2023

Overview

Menu By User Roles is a WordPress plugin that allows you to control the visibility of menu items based on user roles. You can assign specific user roles to each menu item, ensuring that only users with those roles can see and access the corresponding links.

For more information and usage instructions, visit the GitHub Repository.

Support

For support and inquiries, please open an issue on GitHub.

License

This plugin is released under the GPL-2.0+ License. See LICENSE for more information.

Author

Kahnu Charan Swain

Read full description on WordPress.org

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Ratings & Reviews

53 reviews
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Recent Reviews

TOP
by theus7fhelipe·1 year ago

Great plugin for managing user levels and it helped me a lot in my projects

Awesome
by sjnayem·1 year ago

Awesome products……….

Awesome!
by opicron·1 year ago

Thanks for releasing this menu customizer by role. I tried the following plugins and checked their sourcecode too.

  • If Menu
  • Nav Menu Roles
  • User Roles

This plugin has the most pleasing UI interface. Clean and to the point. Well done! Also the source code is super clean in comparison.

https://thawk.nl/development/wordpress-menu-navigation-by-user-role/

  • This topic was modified 1 year, 8 months ago by opicron.
  • This topic was modified 1 year, 8 months ago by opicron.

Download Trends

Today: 10Yesterday: 4This week: 50Period total: 5K

Compatibility

WordPress5.0+ requiredTested up to 6.8.5
PHP7.0+ required

Version Adoption

v2.0
89.7%
v1.0
10.3%

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Frequently Asked Questions

Changelog

2.0.4

  • Bug Fix: User roles save issue fixed
View full changelog on WordPress.org

Contributors

kahnu044kahnu044
Plugin Info
Version
2.0.4
Last Updated
Oct 2, 2025
WP Requires
5.0+
Tested Up To
6.8.5
PHP Requires
7.0+
Active Installs
1.0K+
Downloads
8.6K+
Added
Dec 25, 2023
Business
Free

Tags

user rolesaccess-controlsite navigationrole-based menustags: menu-visibility

Developer

K
kahnu044
1 plugins0.0M+ total installs
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