Multiple Roles

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Share of active installs on each version of this plugin · 95% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.

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1. ★★★★★ Dennis Bareis

   1.1y ago

   Not much to say, does exactly what is says

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2. ★★★★★ multmediadesigns

   2.8y ago

   Simple and to the point. Did exactly what I needed. This topic was modified 2 years, 7 months ago by multmediadesigns.

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3. ★★★★★ thomasprice61

   6.2y ago

   Elegant and simple .. a great plugin

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4. ★★★★★ Old account

   6.2y ago

   Thank you for this plugin, this is the cleanest interface to add multiple roles that I’ve seen. The popular User Role Editor plugin should take this as an example of good UX.

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5. ★★★★★ Monique

   8.3y ago

   Great plugin. Used on multiple sites now and it works perfectly every time

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6. ★★★★★ ssheward

   8.3y ago

   Installed this on my 4.9.5 site and performance was severely degraded. This was the first thing I disabled in order to troubleshoot and it was like night and day. Recommend finding an alternate solution unless this issue is addressed.

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7. ★★★★★ Ahrengot

   8.9y ago

   Browsed through the source code too. Everything looks good code-wise as well. This topic was modified 8 years, 9 months ago by Ahrengot. This topic was modified 8 years, 9 months ago by Ahrengot.

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8. ★★★★★ inspired888

   8.9y ago

   In my opinion, it’s a major oversight for WP to not provide this interface by default. What a ridiculous limitation to have only one role per user. As you say, the underlying feature exists, but WP does not make it accessible. This plug-in does a great job of fixing that oversight. Thanks.

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Recent releases and news for this plugin

1. — Version 1.3.8 13th july 2026 SECURITY FIX: Properly validate that submitted roles are ones the current user is actually allowed to grant Fix a bug on Multisite that could lose the selected roles during user signup Thanks to Na Lee for 1.3.8
2. — Version 1.3.6 1st june 2022 SECURITY FIX: Validate that the user is allowed to change selected roles 1.3.6
3. — Version 1.3.5 27th may 2022 Test the plugin against WordPress 6.0 Fix open issues with sanitizing text 1.3.5
4. — Version 1.3.4 25th may 2022 Add new plugin maintainer: cneumann 1.3.4
5. — Version 1.3.2 30th june 2021 Test the plugin against WordPress 5.7 Fix the use of nonce for two functions 1.3.2
6. — Version 1.3.1 1st july 2020 Test the plugin against WordPress 5.4 Fix an issue when the user role could be lost because of a wrong check in the backend 1.3.1

2 disclosed vulnerabilities on record for this plugin, all fixed in the current version. Sites on older versions stay exposed until they update.

1. High · 8.8 Multiple Roles < 1.3.7 - Privilege Escalation ↗
   2022-07-26 Improper Authorization Affects < 1.3.7 Patched in 1.3.7
2. Medium · 4.3 Multiple Roles <= 1.3.1- Cross-Site Request Forgery Bypass ↗
   2021-06-08 CVE-2021-4402 Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) Affects <= 1.3.1 Patched in 1.3.2

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 7.0.1

Translated into 9 languages, 5 at 90% or more

Growth timeline

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

1. 2026-01-21 6K+ → 5K+ down after 1 days in tier
2. 2026-01-20 5K+ → 6K+ up after 4 days in tier
3. 2026-01-16 6K+ → 5K+ down after 1 days in tier
4. 2026-01-15 5K+ → 6K+ up after 8 days in tier
5. 2026-01-07 6K+ → 5K+ down after 403 days in tier
6. 2024-11-30 7K+ → 6K+ down after 202 days in tier
7. 2024-05-12 6K+ → 7K+ up after 15 days in tier
8. 2024-04-27 7K+ → 6K+ 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).

• Advanced Access Manager – Access Governance for WordPress 100K+ installs · 4.2★ · 1 shared tag A
• PublishPress Capabilities – User Role Editor, Access Permissions, User Capabilities, Admin Menus 100K+ installs · 4.7★ · 1 shared tag A
• Hide Admin Bar Based on User Roles – Disable the WordPress Toolbar by Role, Device or Page 20K+ installs · 3.9★ · 1 shared tag B
• U User Roles and Capabilities 8K+ installs · 4.5★ · 1 shared tag D
• Different Menu in Different Pages – Conditional Menu 4K+ installs · 4.0★ · 1 shared tag B
• Admin Bar Editor – Toolbar Customization with User Role based access & Custom menus 3K+ installs · 4.1★ · 1 shared tag A

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Multiple Roles: 5K+ active installs, 4.7★ (15 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-08-30. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/multiple-roles