Link multiple network sites/blogs together - Maintain only one site list of users.
As of April 2026, User Upgrade Capability is a WordPress role plugin with 10 active installations and a 4.7/5 rating from 7 reviews. It has been downloaded 3.5K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 3.5+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2014. Last updated 1 year ago — may have compatibility concerns. Top alternative: User Role Editor.
‘User Upgrade Capability’ is a plugin to help with a multi-site network and helps with the administration of users and their roles. When you start using a multi-site WordPress installation you soon realise the power of having the ability to use a separate site for different functions (e.g. main site, separate blog, separate calendar …etc) each can then be handled separately and even with different themes.
However, without ‘User Upgrade Capabilities’ you would need to maintain the user access on each site, this is an overhead for administrators since for each site Admins will need to grant access and add/remove capabilties & roles as required, which all takes time. ‘User Upgrade Capability’ helps with this admin task and allows you to create a new s…
| WordPress | 3.5+ requiredTested up to 6.6.5 |
| PHP | false+ required |
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