Title: User Role by BestWebSoft &#8211; Add and Customize Roles and Capabilities in WordPress
Author: bestwebsoft
Published: <strong>12. mai 2014</strong>
Last modified: 3. desember 2025

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# User Role by BestWebSoft – Add and Customize Roles and Capabilities in WordPress

 Av [bestwebsoft](https://profiles.wordpress.org/bestwebsoft/)

[Last ned](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/user-role.1.7.2.zip)

 * [Detaljar](https://nn.wordpress.org/plugins/user-role/#description)
 * [Omtalar](https://nn.wordpress.org/plugins/user-role/#reviews)
 *  [Installasjon](https://nn.wordpress.org/plugins/user-role/#installation)
 * [Utvikling](https://nn.wordpress.org/plugins/user-role/#developers)

 [Hjelp](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/user-role/)

## Skildring

User Role by BestWebSoft is a simple and powerful WordPress user role editor plugin
that allows you to add, edit, copy, and remove user roles with custom capabilities.
Take full control over WordPress user roles and permissions in just a few clicks.

Whether you want to change existing roles, create new ones from scratch, or assign
multiple roles to a user – this plugin gives you the flexibility to manage all user
access on your WordPress website easily and safely.

Improve user role management and enhance your website security by customizing what
users can and cannot do.

[View Demo](https://bestwebsoft.com/demo-user-role-plugin/?ref=readme)

#### Free Features

 * View and manage WordPress user roles
 * Modify role capabilities and permissions
 * Copy capabilities from other roles
 * Rename any existing role
 * Recover original WordPress role settings
 * Fully compatible with the latest WordPress version
 * Easy-to-use interface with no coding required
 * Clear documentation and helpful video tutorials
 * Multilingual and RTL support

> **Pro Features**
> All features from the Free version, plus:
>  * Create unlimited custom WordPress user roles
>  * Restrict access to specific plugins and dashboard menu items
>  * Reset all standard WordPress roles to default settings
>  * Configure user roles and permissions across all subsites in a multisite network
>  * Priority support within one business day ([Support Policy](https://bestwebsoft.com/support-policy/))
> [Upgrade to Pro Now](https://bestwebsoft.com/products/wordpress/plugins/user-role/?k=dabe729fc0e7bef82e30dcb21a6cefc3)

Looking for a feature that’s not included? [Suggest a Feature](https://support.bestwebsoft.com/hc/en-us/requests/new)

#### Documentation & Videos

 * [[Doc] User Guide](https://bestwebsoft.com/documentation/user-role/user-role-user-guide/)
 * [[Doc] Installation](https://bestwebsoft.com/documentation/how-to-install-a-wordpress-product/how-to-install-a-wordpress-plugin/)
 * [[Doc] Purchase](https://bestwebsoft.com/documentation/how-to-purchase-a-wordpress-plugin/how-to-purchase-wordpress-plugin-from-bestwebsoft/)
 * [[Video] Installation Instruction](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gz9BkouavtU)

#### Help & Support

Have questions about the plugin or need help? Visit our Help Center – we’re happy
to assist you: [https://support.bestwebsoft.com/](https://support.bestwebsoft.com/)

#### Affiliate Program

Earn 20% commission by promoting and selling premium WordPress plugins and themes
by BestWebSoft — https://bestwebsoft.com/affiliate/

#### Translation

 * Belarusian (be_BY) (thanks to UStarCash, www.ustarcash.com)
 * Czech (cz_CZ) (thanks to Cathy, www.cathydoesloans.com)
 * Italian (it_IT) (thanks to Cathy, www.cathydoesloans.com)
 * French (fr_FR) (thanks to Cathy, www.cathydoesloans.com)
 * German (de_DE) (thanks to [Marcel Leonhard](https://nn.wordpress.org/plugins/user-role/marcel@neomediacorporation.eu?output_format=md)
   www.mleonhard.info)
 * Russian (ru_RU)
 * Serbian (sr_RS) (thanks to [Andrijana Nikolic](https://nn.wordpress.org/plugins/user-role/andrijanan@webhostinggeeks.com?output_format=md),
   www.webhostinggeeks.com)
 * Ukrainian (uk)

Some translations may not be complete. You’re welcome to contribute translations
by submitting PO and MO files to [BestWebSoft](https://support.bestwebsoft.com/hc/en-us/requests/new).
Download Poedit to get started: [https://www.poedit.net/download.php](https://www.poedit.net/download.php)

#### Recommended Plugins

 * [Updater](https://bestwebsoft.com/products/wordpress/plugins/updater/?k=0864088de1701a5e104ffb77c6d7011c)–
   Automatically check and update WordPress core, plugins, and themes to the latest
   versions.

## Skjermbilete

 * [[
 * Roles page.
 * [[
 * Edit administrator`s role page.
 * [[
 * Edit subscriber`s role page.
 * [[
 * Roles page for network admin panel.
 * [[
 * Edit administrator`s role page on network admin panel.

## Installasjon

 1. Deactivate the previous version of the plugin, if installed.
 2. Unzip the «user-role.zip» archive and upload it to the `/wp-content/plugins/user-
    role` directory.
 3. Activate the User Role plugin through the «Plugins» menu in WordPress admin.

[Step-by-step Installation Guide](https://bestwebsoft.com/documentation/how-to-install-a-wordpress-product/how-to-install-a-wordpress-plugin/)

## Vanlege spm.

### What settings are restored when I click «Recover»?

The role’s capabilities will be reset to what they were when the plugin was first
activated. If the role was created afterward, it will be restored to the initial
capabilities set during its creation.

### Will role settings change if I delete the plugin?

Yes, roles will revert to their original capability settings.

### I’m having issues with the plugin. What details should I send for support?

Please check our [support center](https://support.bestwebsoft.com) first. If the
issue hasn’t been addressed, include the following in your request:

 1. The URL where the issue occurs
 2. Plugin name and version (include order number if using Pro)
 3. Your WordPress version
 4. Your system status report (See: [System Status Instructions](https://bestwebsoft.com/documentation/admin-panel-issues/system-status/))

## Omtalar

![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/f7d2970606e741f49871cba1d740959339d8ab596d4fe44d49a7818dedb67418?
s=60&d=retro&r=g)

### 󠀁[Does not allow to add roles.](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/does-not-allow-to-add-roles/)󠁿

 [tolkodelo](https://profiles.wordpress.org/tolkodelo/) 12. april 2022 1 reply

Plugin description reads, «Add new and manage existing user roles.» The plugin does
not allow this unless you purchase a pro version. So… Better use the Force, Luke(
or at least some other plugin). Unchecking the «Show pro options» setting only hides
the contents of the «Add new role» page.

![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/bc34b3eb7a2bc9e7d08208a91c8f1f767b4a8a99249c192deb4a1c1b57ec67df?
s=60&d=retro&r=g)

### 󠀁[Good work](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/good-work-651/)󠁿

 [knofy](https://profiles.wordpress.org/knofy/) 13. november 2020

after initial problems, the team solved all problems. Thank you for that.

![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/41154f09307fb4b91fc69dd738b06b8eb6f229bbadae8ff5e5bad4d8c9c9726c?
s=60&d=retro&r=g)

### 󠀁[Not working anymore](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/not-working-anymore-168/)󠁿

 [deleted](https://profiles.wordpress.org/lovesamla/) 12. februar 2020

This plugin does not allow you to delete roles. At least not in 2020

![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/818018e589362571a91eeccfae33321e5ac6f03747347a0c78766e64688a7fdc?
s=60&d=retro&r=g)

### 󠀁[Perfect job!!!!!](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/perfect-job-28/)󠁿

 [askom99](https://profiles.wordpress.org/askom99/) 6. juni 2018

Well done! The only one that does not conflict with the other plugins!Great job!

![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/6e880cd0e530bb7477cb57af5d6e1b1d45bbeb7ba03a39884bcf741a83395f05?
s=60&d=retro&r=g)

### 󠀁[Need pro version](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/need-pro-version-2/)󠁿

 [peaksmedia](https://profiles.wordpress.org/peaksmedia/) 29. november 2016 1 reply

If you want to create a new user role you need the pro version – this was the only
reason I needed this plugin, hence the low rating.

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s=60&d=retro&r=g)

### 󠀁[Excellent!](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/excellent-3666/)󠁿

 [ajawadger](https://profiles.wordpress.org/ajawadger/) 3. september 2016

Very useful, thanks for the great job.

 [ Les alle 12 omtalar ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/user-role/reviews/)

## Bidragsytarar og utviklarar

“User Role by BestWebSoft – Add and Customize Roles and Capabilities in WordPress”
is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin.

Contributors

 *   [ bestwebsoft ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/bestwebsoft/)

“User Role by BestWebSoft – Add and Customize Roles and Capabilities in WordPress”
er omsett til 2 språk. Takk til [omsetjarane](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/user-role/contributors)
for bidraga deira.

[Omset “User Role by BestWebSoft – Add and Customize Roles and Capabilities in WordPress” til ditt eige språk.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/user-role)

### Interested in development?

[Les kjeldekoden](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/user-role/), sjekk 
[SVN-lageret](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/user-role/) eller abonner på [utviklingsloggen](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/user-role/)
med [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/user-role/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss).

## Endringslogg

#### V1.7.2 – 10.01.2025

 * Update : We updated all functionality for WordPress 6.7.
 * Bugfix : Minor bugs fixed.

#### V1.7.0 – 30.04.2024

 * Update : Security fixes.
 * Update : BWS Panel section was updated.
 * Update : We updated all functionality for WordPress 6.5.

#### V1.6.9 – 10.07.2023

 * Bugfix : Notice and Warnings issues have been fixed.
 * Bugfix : Save Changes issue have been fixed.

#### V1.6.8 – 21.04.2023

 * Update : We updated all functionality for WordPress 6.2.
 * Update : BWS Panel section was updated.
 * Bugfix : Notice and Warnings issues have been fixed.
 * Bugfix : Multisite issues have been fixed.

#### V1.6.7 – 23.02.2022

 * Update : We updated all functionality for WordPress 6.1.1.
 * Update : BWS Panel section was updated.
 * Bugfix : Security issues have been fixed.

#### V1.6.6 – 10.07.2022

 * Update : We updated all functionality for WordPress 6.0.
 * Update : BWS Panel section was updated.
 * PRO : The issue with role recover has been fixed.
 * Bugfix : The issue with role capabilities copy has been fixed.

#### V1.6.5 – 21.12.2021

 * Update : We updated all functionality for WordPress 5.8.2.
 * Update : BWS Panel section was updated.

#### V1.6.4 – 02.07.2021

 * Update : We updated all functionality for WordPress 5.7.2.
 * Update : BWS Panel section was updated.

#### V1.6.3 – 09.10.2020

 * Update : The plugin settings page was changed.
 * Update : BWS Panel section was updated.

#### V1.6.2 – 04.09.2019

 * Update: The deactivation feedback has been changed. Misleading buttons have been
   removed.

#### V1.6.1 – 16.07.2019

 * Bugfix : Fixed small bugs.

#### V1.6.0 – 11.03.2019

 * PRO : An ability to enable/disable access to certain plugins and Dashboard menu
   items was added.
 * Bugfix : Fixed small bugs.

#### V1.5.9 – 21.12.2018

 * Update : All functionality was updated for WordPress 5.0.2.
 * Bugfix : Fixed small bugs.

#### V1.5.8 – 10.01.2018

 * Update : We updated all functionality for WordPress 4.9.1.
 * Bugfix : Options removal from the database when working on a multisite network
   has been fixed.

#### V1.5.7 – 13.07.2017

 * Update : We updated all functionality for WordPress 4.8.

#### V1.5.6 – 14.04.2017

 * Bugfix : Multiple Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability was fixed.
 * NEW : German language file was added.

#### V1.5.5 – 03.10.2016

 * NEW : The Italian language file was added.
 * NEW : The Czech language file was added.
 * NEW : The French language file was added.

#### V1.5.4 – 09.08.2016

 * NEW : The Belarusian language file was added.
 * Update : All functionality for WordPress 4.6 was updated.

#### V1.5.3 – 28.06.2016

 * Update : BWS panel section is updated.

#### V1.5.2 – 25.04.2016

 * Bugfix : Security Vulnerability was fixed.

#### V1.5.1 – 06.04.2016

 * Update : We updated all functionality for WordPress 4.4.2.
 * Update : BWS plugins section is updated.

#### V1.5.0 – 04.12.2015

 * Bugfix : The bug with plugin menu duplicating was fixed.

#### V1.4.9 – 04.11.2015

 * New : We added the edit role page.
 * New : We added the ability to copy capabilities from another role.
 * New : We added the ability to change the role name.
 * Bugfix : We fixed bug with displaying of custom capabilities.
 * Update : We update the page of displaying the list of roles.
 * Update : We updated all functionality for WordPress 4.3.1.
 * Update : We removed functionality of Interface v2.

#### V1.4.8 – 15.07.2015

 * Update : Input maxlength is added.
 * Update : BWS plugins section is updated.

#### V1.4.7 – 22.05.2015

 * Bugfix : We fixed plugins work with Table view on the Network.
 * Bugfix : We fixed the selection of current role when switching between view modes
   on the Network.
 * Update : We updated all functionality for WordPress 4.2.2.

#### V1.4.6 – 27.03.2015

 * Update : BWS plugins section is updated.
 * Update : We updated all functionality for WordPress 4.1.1.

#### V1.4.5 – 09.01.2015

 * Update : We updated all functionality for WordPress 4.1.

#### V1.4.4 – 13.11.2014

 * Bugfix : Plugin optimization is done.
 * Update : BWS plugins section is updated.

#### V1.4.3 – 17.09.2014

 * Bugfix : Bug with disappearing of capabilities from the list was fixed.
 * Bugfix : When plugin is deleted the roles are restored to the capabilities that
   were before the plugin was installed.
 * Update : We updated all functionality for WordPress 4.0.

#### V1.4.2 – 08.08.2014

 * Update : We updated all functionality for WordPress 4.0-beta3.
 * Budfix : The bug with breaking words is fixed.
 * Budfix : Security Exploit was fixed.

#### V1.4.1 – 22.05.2014

 * Bugfix : Problem with Masonry in WordPress versions below 3.9 on the plugin settings
   page is fixed.

#### V1.4 – 01.04.2014

 * Bugfix : Repair roles and save roles functions were refactored.
 * Bugfix : Small css and js bugs were fixed.
 * New : Screenshots were remade.

#### V1.3 – 26.03.2014

 * Bugfix : Code refactored.
 * NEW : Essential interface remade.

#### V1.2 – 20.03.2014

 * Bugfix : Code was refactored.
 * NEW : Screenshots were remade.
 * NEW : Plugin name was changed.

#### V1.1 – 18.03.2014

 * Bugfix : Capabilities print bug was fixed when new settings saved.
 * NEW : Screenshots were remade.
 * NEW : Status message was added if multiple roles recovered.

#### V1.0 – 13.03.2014

 * Bugfix : Interface version 2 tab was deleted from single blog WordPress installation.
 * NEW : Css-style was added for Internet Explorer 10.

## Om

 *  Version **1.7.2**
 *  Last updated **4 månader sidan**
 *  Active installations **3 000+**
 *  WordPress version ** 5.6 eller nyare **
 *  Tested up to **6.9.4**
 *  Languages
 * [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/user-role/), [Russian](https://ru.wordpress.org/plugins/user-role/)
   og [Ukrainian](https://uk.wordpress.org/plugins/user-role/).
 *  [Omset til språket ditt](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/user-role)
 * Tags
 * [capability](https://nn.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/capability/)[capability manager](https://nn.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/capability-manager/)
   [change capabilities](https://nn.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/change-capabilities/)
   [role manager](https://nn.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/role-manager/)
 *  [Avansert vising](https://nn.wordpress.org/plugins/user-role/advanced/)

## Vurderingar

 3.6 out of 5 stars.

 *  [  6 5-star reviews     ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/user-role/reviews/?filter=5)
 *  [  2 4-star reviews     ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/user-role/reviews/?filter=4)
 *  [  0 3-star reviews     ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/user-role/reviews/?filter=3)
 *  [  1 2-star review     ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/user-role/reviews/?filter=2)
 *  [  3 1-star reviews     ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/user-role/reviews/?filter=1)

[Legg til vurderinga mi](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/user-role/reviews/#new-post)

[See all reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/user-role/reviews/)

## Contributors

 *   [ bestwebsoft ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/bestwebsoft/)

## Hjelp

Har du noko å seia? Treng du hjelp?

 [Sjå hjelpeforumet](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/user-role/)

## Donate

Would you like to support the advancement of this plugin?

 [ Donate to this plugin ](https://bestwebsoft.com/donate/)