Access 2.2 makes it easier to find what you want to control, creates custom roles the right way and works a lot faster.
New “tabs” layout helps you find what to control
Instead of a huge list of everything you can control, Access 2.2 uses tabs. You will see tabs for custom types, taxonomy, fields, CRED forms, user roles and more.
Different things to control, in different tabs
We’ve added short instructions to each of the tabs, explaining what they do and how to use them.
Custom user roles based on permission instead of levels
Until this version, Access was using the working, but outdated, “levels” system for controlling what custom user roles can do. Now, Access uses the correct “permissions” system, which is much more granular and flexible.
List of user roles
When you edit the permissions, you get a comprehensive list of everything that WordPress lets you control, organized by subject.
Granular user permissions
Faster, both in admin and on front-end
Access 2.2 runs a lot faster, both in the WordPress admin and on the front-end. Until now, Access would check the permission whenever WordPress asked. You might be surprised, but WordPress can ask the user permission thousands of times when rendering pages in the admin. Now, Access caches this information and only looks up once, no matter how many times it’s needed.
This makes Access run faster by scales. If you have a complex admin, with many menus, custom user roles and permissions, you should feed a significant improvement in performance.