10 Best Manage User Columns Alternatives in 2026
Updated September 7, 2026 · Ranked by how closely each plugin matches, from WordPress.org data · How this works
Manage User Columns has 1,000+ active installs on WordPress.org. These 10 plugins share its category or its tags on WordPress.org, are actively maintained, and each has at least 100 active installs. They are ordered by how closely they match, not by our opinion.
The 10 closest alternatives to Manage User Columns
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4.3 (130) 20,000+ active installsWordPress user approval plugin to moderate registrations. Approve or deny real users and prevent fake signups to control who registers on site.
Shares the users tag on WordPress.org. About 20 times the installs, last updated 19 days ago.
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User Submitted Posts – Enable Users to Submit Posts from the Front End
4.8 (911) 10,000+ active installsEnable visitors to submit posts and images from the front-end of your site. Many features including anti-spam security, content restriction, and more.
About 10 times the installs, last updated 28 days ago.
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My Private Site
Paid version availableMy Private Site – Make Your Whole Site Private, Force Login & Block Registration Spam
4.5 (81) 10,000+ active installsMake WordPress private in one click, block registration spam, and safely clean up existing spam accounts.
About 10 times the installs, last updated 5 days ago.
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Restrict User Access – Ultimate Membership & Content Protection
4.3 (94) 10,000+ active installsCreate Access Levels and restrict any post, page, category, etc. Supports bbPress, BuddyPress, WooCommerce, WPML, and more.
About 10 times the installs, last updated 11 days ago.
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WP User Manager – User Profile Builder & Membership
4.7 (350) 10,000+ active installsThe most customizable profiles & community builder WordPress plugin with front-end login, registration, profile customization and content restriction.
About 10 times the installs, last updated May 30, 2026.
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Paid Membership Subscriptions – Effortless Memberships, Recurring Payments & Content Restriction
4.7 (265) 10,000+ active installsFeature-packed membership plugin for creating subscription plans, adding recurring payments & content restriction on your membership site.
About 10 times the installs, last updated 19 days ago.
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4.6 (29) 10,000+ active installsHelps you to know your website's visitors by tracking their login related information like login/logout time, country, browser and many more.
About 10 times the installs, last updated March 17, 2026.
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MailOptin
Paid version availableMailOptin – Popup, Optin Forms & Email Newsletters for Mailchimp, HubSpot, AWeber Etc.
4.8 (436) 10,000+ active installsCreate popup, optin forms using easy form builder & popup maker. Send automated email to subscribers — Mailchimp, ActiveCampaign, Campaign Monitor etc
About 10 times the installs, last updated 10 days ago.
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Eventin – Event Calendar, Tickets, Registration, Booking & WooCommerce
4.7 (397) 10,000+ active installsEvent calendar plugin for event registration, event tickets, bookings, RSVP, recurring and virtual events with WooCommerce and Zoom (AI-powered).
About 10 times the installs, last updated 11 days ago.
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Open User Map – Interactive Leaflet Maps
5.0 (68) 10,000+ active installsCreate custom interactive maps with free Leaflet-based styles, no Google Maps API key, frontend marker submissions, search and filters.
About 10 times the installs, last updated 4 days ago.
Switching from Manage User Columns: common questions
What is the best alternative to Manage User Columns?
New User Approve is the closest match: it shares the same WordPress.org tags and has 20,000+ active installs with a 4.3 out of 5 rating.
Which Manage User Columns alternative has the most users?
New User Approve, with 20,000+ active installs reported by WordPress.org.
Which Manage User Columns alternative is rated highest?
Open User Map, rated 5.0 out of 5 by 68 reviewers. Only plugins with at least 50 reviews are counted.
Are these Manage User Columns alternatives free?
Every plugin listed here is free to install from WordPress.org. Where WordPress.org marks a plugin as commercial, the developer also sells a paid version or add-ons, and that is shown on each plugin.
How are alternatives chosen?
Automatically, from WordPress.org data: plugins that share a category top 10 with Manage User Columns score highest, then plugins that appear in the same WordPress.org rankings, then plugins with the same tags, weighted so rare tags count more than common ones. Plugins by the same author and plugins rated under 4.0 are left out.
How we choose these alternatives
Nothing on this page is picked by hand. Every day we walk the whole WordPress.org directory, then score every plugin against Manage User Columns on three signals: sharing a category top 10 counts most, then appearing in the same WordPress.org rankings, then carrying the same tags, with rare tags counting for more than common ones like "wordpress". Plugins by the same author are excluded, so an author's own add-ons cannot fill the list, and so is anything rated below 4.0 or with fewer than 100 active installs. The ten highest scores are what you see, in that order. Full methodology.
The bottom line
New User Approve is the closest match to Manage User Columns by the data we track, and New User Approve has the widest reach with 20,000+ active installs. Open User Map shipped the most recent release, on September 3, 2026. The list is rebuilt every day from WordPress.org, so a plugin that stops being maintained drops out on its own.
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