Nav Menu Roles
Hide custom menu items based on user roles.
4.9(218 reviews)
·70K+ active installs·Updated 1 week agoAs of April 2026, Nav Menu Roles is a WordPress menu plugin with 70K+ active installations and a 4.9/5 rating from 218 reviews. It has been downloaded 1.8M+ times in total. Requires WordPress 6.6.0+ and PHP 7.4+. Available on WordPress.org since 2012. Actively maintained — updated within the last month. Downloads are down 58% this week. Support resolution rate: 100%. Top alternative: Admin Menu Editor.
4.9/5218 reviews
70K+active installs
100%resolved
14 yearssince 2012
Overview
This plugin lets you hide custom menu items based on user roles. So if you have a link in the menu that you only want to show to logged in users, certain types of users, or even only to logged out users, this plugin is for you.
Nav Menu Roles is very flexible. In addition to standard user roles, you can customize the functionality by adding your own check boxes with custom labels using the nav_menu_roles filter and then using the nav_menu_roles_item_visibility filter to check against whatever criteria you need. You can check against any user meta values (like capabilities) and any custom attributes added by other plugins.
IMPORTANT NOTE
In WordPress menu items and pages are completely separate entities. Nav Menu Roles does not restrict access to content. Nav Menu Roles is only for showin…
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Ratings & Reviews
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Recent Reviews
Super Duper
by marcusvernon·10 months ago·1 reply
So easy to install, open my menu’s to find the hide button – one click and DONE!
Excellent, worked like a dream
by artvueuk·10 months ago·1 reply
The best plugins are sleek, discreet design, and do the job perfectly, just like this one.
I like good plugins
by rapidasia·1 year ago
this is a good plugin
Exactly what I wanted
by Topher·1 year ago
I tried a few other plugins before getting to this one. Before starting I had an idea of the UI I wanted, and none had it until this one. This plugin has exactly the right about of UI to do what I need.
Easy to use, simply works!
by Constantin Boiangiu·2 years ago
This plugin is great, does exactly what it is supposed to do. Great job, thank you!
Download Trends
Today: 641Yesterday: 868This week: 8KPeriod total: 58K
Compatibility
| WordPress | 6.6.0+ requiredTested up to 6.9.0 |
| PHP | 7.4+ required |
Version Adoption
v2.1
86.1%
Other
8.6%
v2.0
5.3%
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Frequently Asked Questions
Changelog
2.1.3
- Requires: PHP 7.4 and WordPress 6.3
- Fix: RTL layout style.
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