About AAM · Since 2011

We believe security starts from within.

Advanced Access Manager began with one practical question: how do you give people the access they need without handing over the whole site?

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THE ACCESS QUESTION

WHOcan doWHATonWHICH SITE?

When that answer is clear, teams can move with confidence.

The story

One weekend project. A much bigger question.

In 2011, Vasyl Martyniuk was working in a WordPress agency and needed more precise control over roles, capabilities and admin menus. He built the first version of Advanced Access Manager over a weekend and put it in the WordPress plugin repository.

People started asking for more. Their real workflows shaped what AAM became: a way to manage access across content, admin areas, API routes and the other places where WordPress decisions actually happen.

Today we build software, documentation and education around the same idea. Security improves when a team can explain who has access, why they have it and how that decision will be reviewed. That work matters whether you run one site or many.

Read Vasyl’s account of AAM’s beginnings

Founder & creator

Vasyl Martyniuk

Vasyl created AAM and continues to lead its thinking about access governance in WordPress. His engineering work connects the everyday permission question to a larger security discipline.

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The people

The humans who helped shape AAM.
And one very curious AI.

Good software is a team effort, even when the team has never shared a room. These five people contributed to the product and the experience around it.

01 / HUMANPositioning

Jason Lexell

Helped tell the story of AAM as a mature, reliable solution.

02 / HUMANIdentity

Madison Dixon

Created the AAM logo and gave the product a recognizable face.

03 / HUMANWords

Ben Laun

Brought clarity and momentum to the way AAM speaks to its audience.

04 / HUMANCustomer support

Olena Yablonska

Helped customers find their way through real access questions.

05 / HUMANCustomer support

Noel Alvarez

Helped customers solve the access problems that mattered to them.

06 / AIAI guide

Armie

Our AI helper. Armie helps people find their way through AAM knowledge, one good question at a time.

What comes next

Better access decisions make stronger WordPress sites.

We are building for the people who run, extend and protect them.

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