Best role switcher plugins for WordPress
The most popular role switcher plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. User Role Switcher leads with 100+ active installs, ahead of UserRoleSwitcher (10+) and ABCode View As Role Switcher (fewer than 10). All 3 plugins tagged “role switcher” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 3 role switcher plugins
- 1.
User Role SwitcherThe most installed role switcher plugin, with 100+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, updated 4 months ago.
- 2.
UserRoleSwitcher10+ active installs. No reviews yet, updated 1 week ago.
- 3.
ABCode View As Role SwitcherFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, updated 2 months ago.
All 3 plugins tagged “role switcher”
User Role Switcher
Down in the last 7 days:16#15,649by Dhanendran Rajagopal4 months ago
Instant switching between user roles in WordPress.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 11/day
UserRoleSwitcher
Up in the last 7 days:5,856#40,913by Shaon Bahadur11 days ago
Allows admins to log in as non-admin users from the admin bar or the Users page.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
ABCode View As Role Switcher
#62,734by Ash Brentnall | ABCode2 months ago
View your site as a subscriber, customer, editor or logged-out visitor from the toolbar. Real role switching, no test accounts needed.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day