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What’s the Difference Between PublishPress Capabilities and PublishPress Permissions?

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We provide two plugins that allow you to control who can access what on your WordPress site. This is simple way to understand the difference:

OK, that’s maybe too simple, so here’s more detail:

Here’s an specific comparison using Posts:

  • PublishPress Capabilities allows you to control who can edit all your Posts.
  • PublishPress Permissions allows you to control who can edit Posts with a particular Category or Tag.

Here’s another specific comparison, this time using Pages:

  • PublishPress Capabilities allows you to control who can edit all your Pages.
  • PublishPress Permissions allows you to control who can edit Pages with a particular parent Page.

There are many more differences between the two plugins, but hopefully this gives you a general guide: PublishPress Capabilities controls general access to WordPress features and is enough for 80% of sites. PublishPress Permissions goes much deeper and has advanced features that perhaps 20% of sites will need.

TaskPublishPress CapabilitiesPublishPress Permissions
Allow a user to install plugins✅❌
Allow a user to activate plugins✅❌
Allow a user to edit themes✅❌
Allow a user to manage WooCommerce settings✅❌
Allow a user to access a plugin settings page✅❌
Allow a user to publish posts✅❌
Allow a user to edit all posts✅❌
Allow a user to edit all pages✅❌
Allow a user to moderate comments✅❌
Allow a user to manage categories✅❌
Allow a user to edit one specific post❌✅
Allow a user to edit one specific page❌✅
Allow a user to edit posts in one category❌✅
Allow a user to edit posts with one tag❌✅
Allow a user to access one custom post type item❌✅