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anttiviljami/wp-post-acl
========================

A simple way to control who can edit WordPress posts or pages

1.0.1(9y ago)1122GPLv3PHP

Since Mar 1Pushed 8y ago1 watchersCompare

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WP Post ACL
===========

[](#wp-post-acl)

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A simple way to control who can edit WordPress posts or pages.

Adds an Edit Permissions metabox to the post edit page, where you can select which users can edit the post.

Only applies to users of role *editor*.

Custom Post Types
-----------------

[](#custom-post-types)

You can apply ACL rules to custom post types too. Just define your custom post type in wp-config.php like this:

```
define( 'ACL_POST_TYPES', serialize( [ 'post', 'page', 'my-cpt' ] ) );
```

Screenshots
-----------

[](#screenshots)

### Edit Permissions as administrator on post edit page

[](#edit-permissions-as-administrator-on-post-edit-page)

[![Edit permissions](/assets/screenshot-1.png)](/assets/screenshot-1.png)

Installation
------------

[](#installation)

### The Composer Way (preferred)

[](#the-composer-way-preferred)

Install the plugin via [Composer](https://getcomposer.org/)

```
composer require anttiviljami/wp-post-acl

```

Activate the plugin

```
wp plugin activate wp-post-acl

```

### The Old Fashioned Way

[](#the-old-fashioned-way)

This plugin is available on the [official WordPress.org plugin directory](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-post-acl/).

You can also install the plugin by directly uploading the zip file as instructed below:

1. [Download the plugin](https://github.com/anttiviljami/wp-post-acl/archive/master.zip)
2. Upload to the plugin to /wp-content/plugins/ via the WordPress plugin uploader or your preferred method
3. Activate the plugin

###  Health Score

29

—

LowBetter than 60% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity13

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity64

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 100% of commits — single point of failure

How is this calculated?**Maintenance (25%)** — Last commit recency, latest release date, and issue-to-star ratio. Uses a 2-year decay window.

**Popularity (30%)** — Total and monthly downloads, GitHub stars, and forks. Logarithmic scaling prevents top-heavy scores.

**Community (15%)** — Contributors, dependents, forks, watchers, and maintainers. Measures real ecosystem engagement.

**Maturity (30%)** — Project age, version count, PHP version support, and release stability.

###  Release Activity

Cadence

Every ~126 days

Total

2

Last Release

3595d ago

### Community

Maintainers

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Top Contributors

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