Disable wp-admin console for subscribers

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1. You can remove the Read capability. That will prevent all access to wp-admin.

   function remove_read_wpse_93843(){  
       $role = get_role( 'subscriber' );
       $role->remove_cap( 'read' );    
   }
   add_action( 'admin_init', 'remove_read_wpse_93843' );
   

   See the note in the Codex about only needing to run this once.

   Then you need to hide the admin bar.

   function hide_admin_wpse_93843() {
     if (current_user_can('subscriber')) {
       add_filter('show_admin_bar','__return_false');
     }
   }
   add_action('wp_head','hide_admin_wpse_93843');
   

   And probably want to redirect subscriber logins:

   function redirect_sub_to_home_wpse_93843( $redirect_to, $request, $user ) {
       if ( isset($user->roles) && is_array( $user->roles ) ) {
         if ( in_array( 'subscriber', $user->roles ) ) {
             return home_url( );
         }   
       }
       return $redirect_to;
   }
   add_filter( 'login_redirect', 'redirect_sub_to_home_wpse_93843', 10, 3 );
   

   Other attempts to access wp-admin will result in the “You do not have sufficient permissions…” almost-white screen.

   That is somewhat bare-bones but I think it gets you there.

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