Hey everyone,

A while back at work, we had to replace a stack of bloated role management plugins that didn't fit our setup. I built an internal tool to fix it, and it turned out pretty nice.

I took that base concept and rebuilt a new, lightweight plugin from scratch: Aikon Role Manager.

Open-sourced, MIT.

Core Features:

• Role & Capability Editing: Create, edit, or delete custom roles and modify individual capabilities with a clean UI.
• Post Type Overrides: Set capability overrides specifically per post type.
• Multiple Roles per User: Assign multiple roles to a single account for permission stacking.
• Instant User Switcher: Test role permissions in 1-click directly from the Users list (includes privilege escalation protection).
• Safety Settings: Lock down critical roles and post types to prevent accidental administrative lockouts or changes.

Since it was born out of real work frustrations, I’d love to get your feedback, hear about any edge cases, or take feature requests!

Plugin Page:https://wordpress.org/plugins/aikon-role-manager/

Source: https://github.com/aikonse/aikon-role-manager