Map Cap

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1. ★★★★★ daronspence

   12.0y ago

   Works well! Exactly what I needed to finish up a project at work with many different administrative user roles. Plays nice with CPT UI which is a big plus 🙂

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2. ★★★★★ Peter_L

   13.1y ago

   It does what is says. Adds an option to limit custom post types to certain users roles. Found this plugin after several hours of struggling with ‘members’ and ‘user role editor’ plugins. (both of which I couldn’t get to work). A word of warning, this plugin (same as members and user role editor) do not allow to remove edited roles. So, use with care and save yourself a database trip (wp_options > wp_user_roles).

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3. ★★★★★ David

   13.2y ago

   In tandem with Custom Post Type UI, this is a simple, no frills way to add custom post type caps without writing code. I used to do all of the post type creation in code in functions.php, but these two plugins make it almost too easy! Very simple, clean, well-written plugin that does everything I need it to do and nothing I don’t.

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4. ★★★★★ mantismamita

   13.2y ago

   Spent hours trying to write a function to filter map_meta_cap(). This took about two seconds. Well, maybe three.

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Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.2.16 · WP 5.3

Growth timeline

Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow

1. 2026-08-09 200+ → 100+ down after 630 days in tier
2. 2024-11-17 300+ → 200+ down after 1 days in tier
3. 2024-11-16 200+ → 300+ up after 8 days in tier
4. 2024-11-08 300+ → 200+ down after 46 days in tier
5. 2024-09-23 200+ → 300+ up after 1 days in tier
6. 2024-09-22 300+ → 200+ down after 3 days in tier
7. 2024-09-19 200+ → 300+ up after 1 days in tier
8. 2024-09-18 300+ → 200+ down after 1 days in tier

Competes with

The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach, closest match first. The letter on the right is each plugin's health grade (A best, F worst).

• Members – Membership & User Role Editor Plugin 300K+ installs · 4.8★ · 2 shared tags A
• Comment Moderation Role by WPBeginner 200+ installs · 3.9★ · 2 shared tags B
• U User Switcher 100+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags D
• B bbPress Capabilities 100+ installs · 3.9★ · 2 shared tags D
• Z Zedna Maintenance Mode 30+ installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags D
• Digages Role Manager – User Roles & Permissions 30+ installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags B

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Map Cap: 100+ active installs, 5.0★ (4 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-08-31. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/map-cap