The old starting point
How do we keep threats out?
Firewalls, malware scanning, login protection and vulnerability patching remain important - but they only protect the perimeter.
WordPress Access Governance
Security starts
from within.
Advanced Access Manager helps you see and control what every role, user and integration can do inside WordPress. Keep the right actions available and risky ones restricted.
150K+active installations
Since 2011governing WordPress access
One missionmake access intentional
Inside your WordPress siteAccess is decided here
WHO IS ACTING
Content editorEditorial team
WHAT CAN THEY DO?
Edit postsNeeded for their work
AllowedInstall pluginsOutside their role
DeniedBuilt for the people behind WordPress
Different teams. One clearer access decision.
01 / HOSTING
Support the sites you host.
Pair AAM Premium with access expertise for your WordPress customers.
For hosting providers ↗02 / AGENCIESBring order to every client site.
Build repeatable access standards across a changing portfolio.
For agencies ↗03 / DEVELOPERSBuild access into the product.
Use the AAM PHP Framework for deeper integrations.
For developers ↗04 / ENTERPRISEGovern at your own scale.
Work together on coverage, education, audits and strategy.
For enterprise ↗The category shift
The revolution changes the starting question.
The new starting point
What can everyone inside actually do?
Govern effective permissions, identity, authorization, API access and AI agents continuously - not just when a role is assigned.
The real attack surface
Your WordPress site has more than one front door.
Every authenticated path creates a new access decision. If one identity is overprivileged, the perimeter has already failed.
01Admin
Human users, roles and capabilities.
02REST API
Routes, methods and authorization callbacks.
03XML-RPC
Legacy remote access with real authority.
04Application Passwords
Long-lived credentials tied to user permissions.
05WP-CLI
Operational access outside the browser.
06Agents & MCP
Autonomous systems that can reason and act at machine speed.
New realityThe governance loop
Make access visible, intentional and continuously governed.
Access governance turns isolated permissions into an operating discipline: know every identity, understand effective access, enforce policy and verify continuously.
Identify
See every human and machine identity with a path into WordPress.
Understand
Evaluate effective permissions - not assumptions based on role names.
Govern
Apply least privilege with explicit, reviewable access policies on four distinct access levels.
Verify
Audit continuously as users, plugins and integrations change how your website works.
The practical system
AAM turns the philosophy into governance.
Advanced Access Manager gives WordPress teams one place to understand, design and audit access across the entire application - not just the admin menu.
Install AAMRoles & capabilities
effective accessBackend & toolbar
visible surfacesAPI routes & URLs
entry pointsApplication passwords
machine identityAccess policies
guardrailsSecurity audit
continuous proofJoin the revolution
Learn the discipline. Apply the system. Lead the category.
Learn
Think beyond roles.
Understand effective permissions, hidden identities, API authorization and the new risks created by AI agents.
Read the article →Govern
Put least privilege into practice.
Use AAM to build precise access rules, reduce unnecessary authority and make every access decision explainable.
Read the article →Lead
Make governance your advantage.
Help clients move from reactive security to a repeatable access-governance standard across every WordPress property.
Read the article →WordPress Access Governance