# Acl for cakephp 5.x

**URL:** <https://discourse.cakephp.org/t/acl-for-cakephp-5-x/11546>\
**Category:** Need Help\
**Created:** [October 1, 2023, 6:39pm UTC](https://discourse.cakephp.org/t/acl-for-cakephp-5-x/11546 "2023-10-01T18:39:25Z")\
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**Author:** ![mdeanquin](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/discourse.cakephp.org/mdeanquin/32/1802_2.png) [@mdeanquin](https://discourse.cakephp.org/u/mdeanquin)\
**Post date:** [October 1, 2023, 6:39pm UTC](https://discourse.cakephp.org/t/acl-for-cakephp-5-x/11546/1 "2023-10-01T18:39:25Z")

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I upgraded from cakephp 4.4 to cakephp 5.0, before that I removed acl, and when I tried to add acl gave me an exception that acl is compatible only with cakephp 4, will there be a release of acl compatible with cakephp 5?

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**Author:** ![KevinPfeifer](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/discourse.cakephp.org/kevinpfeifer/32/3365_2.png) [@KevinPfeifer](https://discourse.cakephp.org/u/KevinPfeifer)\
**Post date:** [October 3, 2023, 1:32am UTC](https://discourse.cakephp.org/t/acl-for-cakephp-5-x/11546/2 "2023-10-03T01:32:23Z")

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The ACL plugin is unmaintained but we would appreciate a PR if you would like to make it Cake5 compatible.

As an alternative I would recommend looking into how the [Authentication](https://github.com/cakephp/authentication) and [Authorization](https://github.com/cakephp/authorization) Plugins work where you can also get row based permissions in your app.