by
John Blackbourn
4.9 (238 reviews)
User Switching
Instant switching between user accounts in WordPress and WooCommerce.
User Switching ranks #242 among WordPress.org plugins with 200,000+ active installations, is #12 of 2,958 in the Discussion & Community category, a 4.9/5 rating from 238 reviews, and was last updated Aug 30, 2026. Data from WordPress.org, refreshed twice daily — see methodology.
Compatible with WP 7.1.4
v1.12.2
Current Version v1.12.2
Updated 2 months ago
Last Update on 30 Aug, 2026
Refreshed 18 hours ago
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#12 of 2,958 in Discussion & Community
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- Version
- 1.12.2
- Last Updated
- Aug 30, 2026
- Requires WP
- 6.3+
- Tested Up To
- 7.1.4
- PHP Version
- 7.4 or higher
- Author
- John Blackbourn
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TL;DR
AI summary of the plugin's readmeThis plugin is for WordPress site administrators, including those running WooCommerce, membership, or multisite sites, who manage multiple user accounts. It solves the problem of needing to quickly switch between user accounts without logging out and back in with separate credentials.
- Switch to any user account
- Switch back to originating account
- Switch off while retaining switch-back
- Multisite support
- WooCommerce compatibility
- BuddyPress compatibility
- bbPress compatibility
- Two-factor authentication compatibility
Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about User Switching
Yes, it's actively tested and working up to PHP 8.5.
Switching off logs you out of your account but retains your user ID in an authentication cookie so you can switch straight back without having to log in again manually. It's akin to switching to no user, and being able to switch back. The Switch Off link can be found in your profile menu in the WordPress toolbar. Once you've switched off you'll see a Switch back link in a few places: In the footer of your site On the Log In screen In the "Meta" widget
Yes, and you'll also be able to switch users from the Users screen in Network Admin.
Yes, and you'll also be able to switch users from various WooCommerce administration screens while logged in as a Shop Manager or an administrative user.
Yes, and you'll also be able to switch users from member profile screens and the member listing screen.
Yes, and you'll also be able to switch users from member profile screens.
Yes, mostly. One exception I'm aware of is Duo. If you're using Duo Universal or Duo Security then you should install the User Switching for Duo add-on plugin which will prevent the two-factor authentication prompt from appearing when you switch between users.
A user needs the edit_users capability in order to switch user accounts. By default only Administrators have this capability, and with Multisite enabled only Super Admins have this capability. Specifically, a user needs the ability to edit the target user in order to switch to them. This means if you have custom user capability mapping in place which uses the edit_users or edit_user capabilities to affect ability of users to edit others, then User Switching should respect that.
No. This can be enabled though by installing the User Switching for Regular Admins plugin.
Yes. The switch_users meta capability can be explicitly granted to a user or a role to allow them to switch users regardless of whether or not they have the edit_users capability. For practical purposes, the user or role will also need the list_users capability so they can access the Users menu in the WordPress admin area. add_filter( 'user_has_cap', function( $allcaps, $caps, $args, $user ) { if ( 'switch_to_user' === $args[0] ) { if ( my_condition( $user ) ) { $allcaps['switch_users'] = true; } } return $allcaps; }, 9, 4 ); Notes: This needs to happen before User Switching's own capability filtering, hence the priority of 9. The $user parameter is the currently logged in user. The ID of the target user can be found in $args[2].
