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PublishPress Capabilities

PublishPress Capabilities: User Role Access Control, Admin Area Permissions

User role editing for WordPress. Manage user roles, control capabilities and permissions, and restrict admin access for any role.

★★★★★4.7 (143) · 100k+ active installs
Free
Website ↗ WordPress.org ↗
what mrrlens sees
MRR · Freemium · upsell unknownPrice not published
Opportunity—
Buyer threads · 30 d0
“As an admin user, I lost access to custom post type, now it tells me I need higher privilege permissions to access many common backend sections (media, wp-forms, templates).”
#1 complaint · Bugs/Reliability · 62% of complaints read · analysed Oct 29, 2026 · source

01Revenue

Price not publishedFreemium · upsell unknown
Why there is no estimate

PublishPress Capabilities has a paid tier, but the listing publishes no price. Without one, any revenue figure would rest on a guessed price, so MRRLens shows none and leaves revenue out of its opportunity score.

Exploratory math, not an estimate: if it charged a typical price for its marketplace, active users × paid conversion × monthly price would give $4k–20k a month. Assumptions: active users: 100k; 0.5%–2.5% of active users pay; no public price: assumed $8.00/month, typical for this marketplace. Methodology.

2 daily snapshots · growth 30 d: —

Store data from the WordPress.org listing, refreshed daily. Updated 17 h ago. Listed since 2012.

02Why users leave PublishPress Capabilities

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Bugs/Reliability5 reviews · 62%

Role changes lock admins out of wp-admin and custom post types; saves break sites, and changes are not reversible.

“As an admin user, I lost access to custom post type, now it tells me I need higher privilege permissions to access many common backend sections (media, wp-forms, templates).” source ↗
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Sample: 8 recent complaints (1–3★ reviews) · clustered Oct 29, 2026 · complaints from Sep 2015–May 2025, 13% in the last 24 months — mostly history · each review labelled by a model, quotes verbatim

03How to build a better PublishPress Capabilities

Build difficultyMediumWordPress capability model and lockout risk require careful testing, backups, and rollback; no payments or regulation.
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04Who wants a better PublishPress Capabilities

0 buyer threads in the last 30 days name PublishPress Capabilities.

05Questions about PublishPress Capabilities

How much revenue does PublishPress Capabilities make?

MRRLens shows no revenue figure for PublishPress Capabilities. It sells a paid tier but does not publish the price, and an estimate built on an assumed price would be a guess. The exploratory math is on the page, labelled as such.

What do users complain about most in PublishPress Capabilities?

Across 8 recent complaints, the most common is bugs/reliability (62%). Role changes lock admins out of wp-admin and custom post types; saves break sites, and changes are not reversible.

What are the best PublishPress Capabilities alternatives?

The closest alternatives MRRLens found are User Role Editor, Members and User Role by BestWebSoft. The full list, with why users leave, is on the PublishPress Capabilities alternatives page.

How many people use PublishPress Capabilities?

PublishPress Capabilities lists 100k+ active installs on WordPress.org, rated 4.7 (143).

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