Remove admin menus by role
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About
Select easily which admin menus to remove for which roles.
What It Does
Remove admin menus by role lets administrators selectively hide items from the WordPress admin sidebar on a per-role basis through a simple settings screen. Instead of writing custom code or relying on a full role editor, you pick which menu entries (Posts, Pages, Tools, Settings, Comments, Appearance, and so on) each user role can or cannot see. The plugin is narrowly scoped: it only affects menu visibility, not actual capabilities or data access.
Who It's For
This plugin fits agencies and site owners running multi-user WordPress installations where contributors, editors, or client accounts should not see admin menus that are irrelevant to their work. It is especially useful for clean client handovers where you want a simplified dashboard without touching core capabilities or installing a heavyweight role manager.
Who Should Skip It
Anyone who needs to actually restrict what users can do (not just what they can see) should skip this and use a capability management plugin instead, since hiding a menu does not block direct access via URL. Solo site owners with a single administrator account will get no practical benefit.
The Bottom Line
Remove admin menus by role is a small, well-maintained utility that does exactly one thing competently, scoring 78.18 out of 100 on PluginCheck. It is a sensible pick for agencies that want a tidier admin experience per role, but the absence of any support threads and the fact that menu hiding does not equal permission control mean serious sites should pair it with a real capability plugin or choose Admin Menu Editor or User Role Editor instead.
Related Plugins
Pick Loginizer instead if your real concern is hardening login security rather than tidying the admin menu for different roles.
Redux Framework is the better choice when you are building theme or plugin options panels and need a full options framework, not just menu hiding.
Choose User Role Editor if you want to actually change what each role can do, since it controls capabilities directly rather than just hiding menus.
Max Mega Menu is the right pick when your goal is to redesign the front-end navigation menu, not the backend admin sidebar.
Pick Admin Menu Editor if you need finer control, including reordering menus, renaming items, and hiding menus for individual users rather than only roles.