Advanced Access Manager – Access Governance Plugin for Wordpress - Rating, Reviews, Demo & Download
Plugin Description
Advanced Access Manager (AAM) introduces Access Governance for WordPress – a systematic approach to securing your site by controlling who can access what, when, and why.
Most WordPress security plugins focus on external threats like malware, firewalls, and brute-force attacks. AAM addresses the root cause of the #1 WordPress security risk: broken access controls, excessive privileges, and misconfigured roles.
Instead of reacting to attacks, AAM helps you design security into your WordPress site.
What Access Governance means in practice
- Mitigate Broken Access Controls. Ensure roles, users, and permissions are correctly configured to prevent unauthorized actions and privilege escalation.
- Eliminate Excessive Privileges. Identify overpowered users and reduce access to critical functionality, admin areas, and APIs.
- Secure Content by Design. Control who can view, edit, publish, or delete posts, pages, media, taxonomies, and custom content types.
- Govern Access with Policy. Define access rules using JSON Access Policies — portable, auditable, and automation-friendly.
- Build Custom Security Logic. Use the AAM PHP Framework to create advanced, programmatic access controls tailored to your application.
Key Features
- Security Audit. Detect risky role assignments, misconfigurations, and compromised accounts.
- Granular Access Control. Manage permissions for any user, role, or visitor with precision.
- Role & Capability Management. Customize WordPress roles and capabilities beyond defaults.
- Admin & Menu Control. Restrict dashboard areas and tailor the admin experience per user or role.
- API & Endpoint Protection. Secure REST and XML-RPC access with fine-grained controls.
- Modern Authentication Options. Support passwordless and secure login flows.
- Developer-Ready Framework. Extend WordPress security using AAM’s powerful SDK.
- Ad-Free & Transparent. – No ads, no tracking, no bloat.
Built for Security-Conscious WordPress Users
AAM is trusted by 150,000+ websites to deliver enterprise-grade access control without unnecessary complexity. Whether you’re a site owner, agency, developer, or security professional, AAM gives you full control over WordPress access — by design.
Most core features are free. Advanced capabilities are available via premium add-ons.
No hidden tracking. No data collection. No unwanted changes.
Just security you can reason about, audit, and trust.
Screenshots
Manage access to backend menu
Manage access to metaboxes & widgets
Manage capabilities for roles and users
Manage access to posts, pages, media or custom post types
Posts and pages access options form
Define access to posts and categories while editing them
Manage access denied redirect rule
Manage user login redirect
Manage 404 redirect
Create your own content teaser for limited content
Improve your website security
