Best user plugins for WordPress
The most popular user plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. User Role Editor leads with 700K+ active installs, ahead of Manage Notification E-mails (100K+) and Username Changer (40K+). All 326 plugins tagged “user” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 10 user plugins
- 1.
User Role EditorThe most installed user plugin, with 700K+ active installs. Rated 4.5 from 288 reviews, updated 4 days ago.
- 2.
Manage Notification E-mails100K+ active installs. Rated 4.8 from 56 reviews, updated 1 month ago.
- 3.Username Changer
40K+ active installs. Rated 4.3 from 77 reviews, updated 2 months ago.
- 4.
Login as User30K+ active installs. Rated 4.8 from 41 reviews, updated 4 days ago.
- 5.
WP User Avatars20K+ active installs. Rated 4.5 from 29 reviews, updated 3 weeks ago.
- 6.
Simple User Avatar20K+ active installs. Rated 4.6 from 19 reviews, updated 6 days ago.
- 7.
Meks Smart Author Widget10K+ active installs. Rated 4.5 from 8 reviews, last updated 2 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.6.11.
- 8.
Controlled Admin Access10K+ active installs. Rated 4.8 from 45 reviews, updated 3 days ago.
- 9.WP Last Login
10K+ active installs. Rated 3.8 from 26 reviews, updated 4 weeks ago.
- 10.
WP Login Form7K+ active installs. Rated 4.6 from 13 reviews, updated 2 months ago.
All 326 plugins tagged “user”

User Role Editor
#90by Vladimir Garagulya4 days ago
User Role Editor WordPress plugin makes user roles and capabilities changing easy. Edit/add/delete WordPress user roles and capabilities.
- Installs
- 700K+
- Rating
- 4.5(288)
- Downloads
- 14.6K/day

Manage Notification E-mails
#412by 3D Virge1 month ago
Enable and disable email notifications that WordPress sends to the admin and user. Works perfectly with many other plugins!
- Installs
- 100K+
- Rating
- 4.8(56)
- Downloads
- 683/day
Username Changer
Up in the last 7 days:2#895by DigitalME2 months ago
Unlock the power to change WordPress usernames with complete security and data integrity.
- Installs
- 40K+
- Rating
- 4.3(77)
- Downloads
- 198/day

Login as User
Up in the last 7 days:5#1,013by Web3574 days ago
Log in as any WordPress user with one click. Troubleshoot issues and support customers without asking for their password.
- Installs
- 30K+
- Rating
- 4.8(41)
- Downloads
- 675/day

WP User Avatars
#1,295by John James Jacoby24 days ago
Allow registered users to upload and select their own avatars.
- Installs
- 20K+
- Rating
- 4.5(29)
- Downloads
- 190/day

Simple User Avatar
#1,306by Matteo Manna6 days ago
Simple User Avatar helps users to add or remove their avatar using images from his Media Library.
- Installs
- 20K+
- Rating
- 4.6(19)
- Downloads
- 397/day

Meks Smart Author Widget
Down in the last 7 days:1#1,688by Meks2 years ago
Easily display your author/user profile info inside WordPress widget.
- Installs
- 10K+
- Rating
- 4.5(8)
- Downloads
- 47/day

Controlled Admin Access
Up in the last 7 days:4#1,764by Waseem Senjer3 days ago
Give a temporarily limited admin access to themes designers, plugins developers and support agents.
- Installs
- 10K+
- Rating
- 4.8(45)
- Downloads
- 70/day
WP Last Login
Up in the last 7 days:9#1,983by Konstantin Obenland1 month ago
Adds a sortable "Last Login" column to the Users screen — spot inactive accounts and see who's actually using your site.
- Installs
- 10K+
- Rating
- 3.8(26)
- Downloads
- 132/day

WP Login Form
#2,558by Noor Alam2 months ago
Create a WordPress login form and add it to your post, page or sidebar
- Installs
- 7K+
- Rating
- 4.6(13)
- Downloads
- 55/day

Leira Letter Avatar
Down in the last 7 days:8#2,737by Ariel10 months ago
Automatically generate beautiful user avatars based on their initials.
- Installs
- 6K+
- Rating
- 4.9(28)
- Downloads
- 23/day

Disable User Login
Up in the last 7 days:10#2,824by Saint Systems7 months ago
Disable user accounts without deleting them. One-click enable/disable, bulk actions, force logout, and customizable disabled message.
- Installs
- 6K+
- Rating
- 5.0(6)
- Downloads
- 60/day

User Posts Limit
Up in the last 7 days:10#3,765by Condless2 months ago
Limit the number of posts user can create. Any post type.
- Installs
- 3K+
- Rating
- 5.0(13)
- Downloads
- 23/day

WP Approve User
Up in the last 7 days:7#3,843by Konstantin Obenland25 days ago
Adds action links to user table to approve or unapprove user registrations.
- Installs
- 3K+
- Rating
- 4.2(42)
- Downloads
- 57/day

Hide This
Up in the last 7 days:8#4,340by Andrés Villarreal8 years ago
This plugin provides a shortcode that lets you hide some parts of the content from your posts and pages.
- Installs
- 2K+
- Rating
- 5.0(49)
- Downloads
- 11/day

Simple Client Dashboard
Up in the last 7 days:15#4,551by TylerDigital2 months ago
Restrict permissions with Simple Client Dashboard. Our new "Admin" user role between Administrator and Editor is perfect for clients and Webmasters.
- Installs
- 2K+
- Rating
- 4.5(26)
- Downloads
- 29/day

Role Based Redirect
Down in the last 7 days:25#4,822by Yasar Khalifa1 year ago
Redirect users after login/logout by role. Optionally hide admin bar and block dashboard access for selected roles.
- Installs
- 2K+
- Rating
- 4.8(17)
- Downloads
- 18/day

Force First and Last Name as Display Name
Down in the last 7 days:25#4,846by Andrew Lima3 months ago
Force the user field "display_name" to be set as the user's first and last name.
- Installs
- 2K+
- Rating
- 4.3(18)
- Downloads
- 22/day
Fast User Switching
Down in the last 7 days:21#5,270by Tikweb Management1 year ago
Fast user switching between users and roles directly from the admin bar - switch from a list or search for users/roles by id, username, email, etc.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 4.1(9)
- Downloads
- 22/day

HM Multiple Roles
Down in the last 7 days:26#5,335by Hossni Mubarak24 days ago
It hides the default role dropdown list and displays a list of role checkboxes to select multiple roles for a user.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 3.6(5)
- Downloads
- 22/day
User Login Notifier for WordPress
Up in the last 7 days:8#5,491by BuddyDev1 year ago
User Login Notifier plugin notifies WordPress site admin and users of the successful and failed login attempts via email.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 4.2(5)
- Downloads
- 18/day

User Access Shortcodes
Down in the last 7 days:9#5,507by WP Darko9 months ago
The simplest way of controlling who sees what in your posts/pages. Restrict content to logged in users only (or guests, or by roles) with simple short …
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 4.9(13)
- Downloads
- 11/day

Change Author
Up in the last 7 days:5#5,845by Martin Teley9 years ago
This plugin lets you assign non-authors as post author.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 4.0(12)
- Downloads
- 11/day
User Spam Remover
Down in the last 7 days:4#5,891by Joel2 years ago
Automatically removes spam user registrations and other old, unused user accounts. Blocks annoying e-mail to administrator after new registrations.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 4.1(18)
- Downloads
- 16/day
User Shortcodes
Down in the last 7 days:36#7,061by HappyPlugins11 years ago
Add a simple list of shortcodes to WordPress in order to display the current user information.
- Installs
- 900+
- Rating
- 5.0(12)
- Downloads
- 11/day

Show User Registration Date
Down in the last 7 days:38#7,192by Carlos Martínez Romero3 years ago
This plugin shows the registed date field in the table of the Users section in the WordPress dashboard.
- Installs
- 900+
- Rating
- 3.8(5)
- Downloads
- 10/day

User Notes
Up in the last 7 days:28#7,482by cartpauj2 months ago
Keep private notes about each of your users that only Administrators can see.
- Installs
- 800+
- Rating
- 4.8(15)
- Downloads
- 12/day
Inactive User Deleter
Up in the last 7 days:11#7,488by shra2 years ago
If you wanna clean up a lot of fake or inactive user's registrations (usually made by spammers) by one operation - this tool will help you to do …
- Installs
- 800+
- Rating
- 4.2(20)
- Downloads
- 10/day

Show User ID
Down in the last 7 days:12#7,782by Carlos Martínez Romero3 years ago
This plugin shows the ID field in the table of the Users section in the WordPress dashboard.
- Installs
- 700+
- Rating
- 5.0(3)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Logged-in-only
Down in the last 7 days:15#7,963by Drivingralle2 months ago
A Plugin to lock down the whole site to prevent public access.
- Installs
- 700+
- Rating
- 5.0(7)
- Downloads
- 12/day
Better User Search
Up in the last 7 days:17#8,056by dale3h10 years ago
Better User Search is a must have plugin if you're running WooCommerce. Without it, you're stuck trying to remember every
- Installs
- 600+
- Rating
- 5.0(15)
- Downloads
- 11/day

WP User Groups
Down in the last 7 days:9#8,394by John James Jacoby28 days ago
Group WordPress users with custom taxonomies and terms.
- Installs
- 600+
- Rating
- 4.3(6)
- Downloads
- 23/day
User Last Login
Down in the last 7 days:11#8,464by raj_prince9 years ago
Displays login datetime in manage users screen and sorts users by last login time.
- Installs
- 600+
- Rating
- 5.0(9)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Allow Cyrillic Usernames
Down in the last 7 days:13#8,655by Sergey Biryukov5 years ago
Allows users to register with Cyrillic usernames.
- Installs
- 500+
- Rating
- 5.0(7)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Last Name First Name
Up in the last 7 days:13#9,170by isao homma12 years ago
ユーザー管理画面で、名前の表示順や入力順を「名」→「姓」から「姓」→「名」にします。
- Installs
- 400+
- Rating
- 5.0(3)
- Downloads
- 0/day

BuddyPress Profile Completion
Down in the last 7 days:15#9,189by BuddyDev3 years ago
BuddyPress Profile Completion Plugin allows site admins to force BuddyPress site members to fill all required profile fields, upload profile photo and …
- Installs
- 400+
- Rating
- 4.6(10)
- Downloads
- 11/day
User Meta Display
Down in the last 7 days:46#9,281by tripflex12 years ago
Ajax powered admin page to show, edit, add, and remove user meta. Choose dropdown list by User Login, ID, or Display Name.
- Installs
- 400+
- Rating
- 5.0(5)
- Downloads
- 11/day

Legal Terms and Conditions Popup for User Login and WooCommerce Checkout
Down in the last 7 days:500#9,296by Árpád Lehel Mátyus8 months ago
Creates a popup with a scrollable window that will show your own custom Terms and Conditions when users logs in to your website.
- Installs
- 400+
- Rating
- 5.0(14)
- Downloads
- 13/day
Force Password Change
Down in the last 7 days:5#9,692by Simon Blackbourn6 years ago
Require users to change their password on first login.
- Installs
- 400+
- Rating
- 4.0(4)
- Downloads
- 11/day

Extended CRM for Users Insights
Down in the last 7 days:55#9,886by Deni2 months ago
Extends the CRM functionality of Users Insights - adds new management options to the user groups, user notes and custom user fields features
- Installs
- 400+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Access Areas for WordPress
Down in the last 7 days:17#9,938by podpirate11 months ago
Fine tuning access to your posts.
- Installs
- 400+
- Rating
- 4.5(17)
- Downloads
- 11/day

WP Avatar
Up in the last 7 days:10#10,063by tomiup7 years ago
Allows you to use any photos uploaded into your Media Library as an avatar instead of using Gravatar.
- Installs
- 300+
- Rating
- 3.7(3)
- Downloads
- 0/day

GamiPress
Down in the last 7 days:34#10,479by Ruben Garcia6 months ago
Block users and roles from getting awarded through the GamiPress awards engine
- Installs
- 300+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 9/day

LH User Taxonomies
Up in the last 7 days:75#10,645by shawfactor5 years ago
Simplify the process of adding support for custom taxonomies for Users. Just use register_taxonomy and everything else is taken care of.
- Installs
- 300+
- Rating
- 5.0(8)
- Downloads
- 11/day

Birthday Emails
Down in the last 7 days:39#10,646by carman237 years ago
Automatically send an email to WordPress or BuddyPress users on their birthday.
- Installs
- 300+
- Rating
- 5.0(6)
- Downloads
- 6/day

User Registration for Elementor Forms
Down in the last 7 days:35#11,106by add-ons.org1 month ago
Create custom user registration forms with Elementor Pro Forms, including advanced field validation.
- Installs
- 300+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 11/day

WP User Activity
Up in the last 7 days:52#11,532by John James Jacoby23 days ago
Log, sort, and filter user activity in WordPress.
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 3.3(8)
- Downloads
- 11/day

User Groups
Up in the last 7 days:37#11,536by Zack Katz10 years ago
Group Your Users
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 4.0(9)
- Downloads
- 0/day

WP User Profiles
Up in the last 7 days:46#11,603by John James Jacoby28 days ago
A sophisticated way to edit users in WordPress.
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 4.3(19)
- Downloads
- 60/day

WP w3all phpBB
Down in the last 7 days:245#11,954by axew32 days ago
w3all WP phpBB integration - easy, light.
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 4.7(31)
- Downloads
- 68/day