Roleline Pro

Comparing roles and capability usage

Two roles side by side, and which roles and users have a capability.

Note

This is part of Roleline Pro.

Compare two roles

Users → Roles → Compare puts two roles side by side.

Choose the two roles.
Leave Only differences ticked to see only what one has and the other doesn't, or untick it for everything either has.
Click Compare.

The summary says how many capabilities only the first has, only the second has, and both have. Click a role's name to open it in the role editor.

Handy before merging two roles, or to check what a custom role is missing compared with WordPress's.

Users → Roles → Capability usage answers "who can do this?".

Type a capability (suggestions appear as you type) and click Show who has it:

the roles that grant it, and those that explicitly deny it;
how many users have it through a role (each counted once, even with several roles);
users who were given it directly, not through a role.

Below, All capabilities lists every capability by group with the roles that grant it.