8 Best PublishPress Permissions Alternatives in 2026
Updated September 7, 2026 · Ranked by how closely each plugin matches, from WordPress.org data · How this works
PublishPress Permissions has 10,000+ active installs on WordPress.org. These 8 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 8 closest alternatives to PublishPress Permissions
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Restricted Site Access
Closest match4.8 (62) 10,000+ active installsLimit access to visitors who are logged in or allowed by IP addresses. Includes many options for handling blocked visitors.
Shares the permissions, privacy, restrict tags on WordPress.org. A similar number of installs, rated 4.8 against 4.3, last updated 10 days ago.
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Members – Membership & User Role Editor Plugin
4.9 (1,275) 300,000+ active installsThe best WordPress membership and user role editor plugin. User Roles & Capabilities editor helps you restrict content in just a few clicks.
Shares the access, capabilities, permissions tags on WordPress.org. About 30 times the installs, rated 4.9 against 4.3, last updated 13 days ago.
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4.6 (78) 30,000+ active installsDisable Dashboard access for users of a specific role or capability. Disallowed users are redirected to a chosen URL. Get set up in seconds.
Shares the access, restrict tags on WordPress.org. About 3 times the installs, rated 4.6 against 4.3, last updated May 22, 2026.
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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.
Shares the capabilities tag on WordPress.org. A similar number of installs, last updated 11 days ago.
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4.4 (24) 1,000+ active installsA simple way to ask visitors for their age before viewing your content.
Shares the restrict tag on WordPress.org. 1,000+ installs against 10,000+, no update since November 28, 2017.
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4.3 (113) 10,000+ active installsWith the "User Access Manager"-plugin you can manage the access to your posts, pages and files.
Shares the access tag on WordPress.org. A similar number of installs, last updated 3 days ago.
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Groups – Memberships and Access Control
4.8 (382) 10,000+ active installsTurn your site into a powerful membership solution. Manage members, teams and access to content easily.
Shares the access tag on WordPress.org. A similar number of installs, rated 4.8 against 4.3, last updated 7 days ago.
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4.8 (45) 10,000+ active installsGive a temporarily limited admin access to themes designers, plugins developers and support agents.
Shares the access tag on WordPress.org. A similar number of installs, last updated 18 days ago.
Switching from PublishPress Permissions: common questions
What is the best alternative to PublishPress Permissions?
Restricted Site Access is the closest match: it shares the same WordPress.org tags and has 10,000+ active installs with a 4.8 out of 5 rating.
Which PublishPress Permissions alternative has the most users?
Members, with 300,000+ active installs reported by WordPress.org.
Which PublishPress Permissions alternative is rated highest?
Members, rated 4.9 out of 5 by 1,275 reviewers. Only plugins with at least 50 reviews are counted.
Are these PublishPress Permissions 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 PublishPress Permissions 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 PublishPress Permissions 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
Restricted Site Access is the closest match to PublishPress Permissions by the data we track, and Members has the widest reach with 300,000+ active installs. User Access Manager shipped the most recent release, on September 4, 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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