Best users plugins for WordPress
The most popular users plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. User Switching leads with 200K+ active installs, ahead of Simple Local Avatars (100K+) and One User Avatar (100K+). All 352 plugins tagged “users” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 10 users plugins
- 1.User Switching
The most installed users plugin, with 200K+ active installs. Rated 4.9 from 238 reviews, updated 2 months ago.
- 2.Simple Local Avatars
100K+ active installs. Rated 4.6 from 89 reviews, updated 2 months ago.
- 3.
One User Avatar100K+ active installs. Rated 4.7 from 41 reviews, updated 2 months ago.
- 4.
User Profile Picture40K+ active installs. Rated 4.6 from 59 reviews, updated 4 months ago.
- 5.
Basic User Avatars20K+ active installs. Rated 4.7 from 42 reviews, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.7.11.
- 6.
Co-Authors Plus20K+ active installs. Rated 3.5 from 77 reviews, updated 2 days ago.
- 7.
New User Approve20K+ active installs. Rated 4.3 from 131 reviews, updated 1 month ago.
- 8.
Import Users from CSV10K+ active installs. Rated 4.1 from 44 reviews, updated 3 months ago.
- 9.
Starbox10K+ active installs. Rated 4.5 from 202 reviews, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.8.12.
- 10.
Password Strength Settings for WooCommerce10K+ active installs. Rated 4.5 from 24 reviews, last updated 3 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.3.14.
All 352 plugins tagged “users”
User Switching
Up in the last 7 days:1#242by John Blackbourn2 months ago
Instant switching between user accounts in WordPress and WooCommerce.
- Installs
- 200K+
- Rating
- 4.9(238)
- Downloads
- 3.1K/day
Simple Local Avatars
#312by 10up2 months ago
Adds an avatar upload field to user profiles. Generates requested sizes on demand just like Gravatar!
- Installs
- 100K+
- Rating
- 4.6(89)
- Downloads
- 888/day

One User Avatar
#443by One Designs2 months ago
Use any image from your WordPress Media Library as a custom user avatar or user profile picture. Add your own Default Avatar.
- Installs
- 100K+
- Rating
- 4.7(41)
- Downloads
- 447/day

User Profile Picture
Down in the last 7 days:2#895by Cozmoslabs4 months ago
Set a custom profile image (avatar) for a user using the standard WordPress media upload tool.
- Installs
- 40K+
- Rating
- 4.6(59)
- Downloads
- 232/day

Basic User Avatars
Down in the last 7 days:1#1,189by Jared Atchison2 years ago
Add an avatar upload field on frontend pages and Edit Profile screen so users can add a custom profile picture.
- Installs
- 20K+
- Rating
- 4.7(42)
- Downloads
- 70/day

Co-Authors Plus
Up in the last 7 days:3#1,190by Automattic2 days ago
Assign multiple bylines to posts, pages, and custom post types with a search-as-you-type input box.
- Installs
- 20K+
- Rating
- 3.5(77)
- Downloads
- 2.6K/day

New User Approve
#1,349by Saad Iqbal1 month ago
WordPress user approval plugin to moderate registrations. Approve or deny real users and prevent fake signups to control who registers on site.
- Installs
- 20K+
- Rating
- 4.3(131)
- Downloads
- 199/day

Import Users from CSV
#1,534by WP All Import3 months ago
Import users from a CSV into WordPress
- Installs
- 10K+
- Rating
- 4.1(44)
- Downloads
- 82/day

Starbox
Up in the last 7 days:1#1,821by SEO Squirrly1 year ago
Starbox is the Author Box for Humans. Professional Themes to choose from, HTML5, Social Media Profiles, Google Authorship
- Installs
- 10K+
- Rating
- 4.5(202)
- Downloads
- 54/day

Password Strength Settings for WooCommerce
Down in the last 7 days:7#2,031by Danny Santoro3 years ago
Help secure your WooCommerce site by enforcing stronger passwords and taking additional control of your strength requirements.
- Installs
- 10K+
- Rating
- 4.5(24)
- Downloads
- 24/day
Posts 2 Posts
Down in the last 7 days:5#2,171by scribu1 month ago
Efficient many-to-many connections between posts, pages, custom post types, users.
- Installs
- 9K+
- Rating
- 4.8(101)
- Downloads
- 193/day

View Admin As
Down in the last 7 days:3#2,292by Jory Hogeveen21 days ago
View the WordPress admin as a different role or visitor, switch between users, temporarily change your capabilities, set screen settings for roles.
- Installs
- 9K+
- Rating
- 4.9(49)
- Downloads
- 74/day

SMNTCS Disable REST API User Endpoints
Up in the last 7 days:10#2,319by Niels Lange1 month ago
Hides the list of user accounts that the WordPress REST API shows to visitors who are not logged in, which helps prevent user enumeration.
- Installs
- 8K+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 45/day
Simple Membership Custom Messages
#2,618by wp.insider2 months ago
Simple Membership Addon to customize various content protection messages.
- Installs
- 7K+
- Rating
- 5.0(4)
- Downloads
- 32/day

Disable User Login
Up in the last 7 days:16#2,822by 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
- 61/day
WP All Import
Up in the last 7 days:269#3,011by WP All Import28 days ago
Easily import users from any XML, CSV or Excel file into WordPress with the User Import Add-On for WP All Import.
- Installs
- 5K+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 288/day

Simple Login Log
Up in the last 7 days:13#3,046by Joris Le Blansch2 months ago
This plugin keeps a log of WordPress user logins. Offers user and date filtering, and export features.
- Installs
- 5K+
- Rating
- 4.5(27)
- Downloads
- 46/day

Avatar Manager
Down in the last 7 days:9#3,183by Cătălin Dogaru5 years ago
Avatar Manager for WordPress is a sweet and simple plugin for storing avatars locally and more. Easily.
- Installs
- 5K+
- Rating
- 4.9(39)
- Downloads
- 22/day
BP Profile Search
Down in the last 7 days:10#3,192by Andrea Tarantini1 month ago
Member search and member directories for BuddyPress and the BuddyBoss Platform.
- Installs
- 5K+
- Rating
- 5.0(71)
- Downloads
- 86/day

Change Username
Up in the last 7 days:11#3,464by Danny van Kooten2 months ago
Change WordPress usernames from the user edit screen, with validation for existing users, illegal logins, and Multisite admins.
- Installs
- 4K+
- Rating
- 4.6(7)
- Downloads
- 39/day
Simple Membership WP user Import
Up in the last 7 days:1#3,508by wp.insider2 months ago
An addon for importing existing WordPress users to the Simple Membership plugin as members
- Installs
- 4K+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 37/day
User Photo
Up in the last 7 days:1#3,833by Weston Ruter9 years ago
Allows a user to associate a photo with their account and for this photo to be displayed in their posts and comments.
- Installs
- 3K+
- Rating
- 4.3(20)
- Downloads
- 32/day

Expire User Passwords
Up in the last 7 days:2#3,896by Matt Miller5 days ago
Require certain users to change their passwords on a regular basis.
- Installs
- 3K+
- Rating
- 4.2(5)
- Downloads
- 71/day

Users Registration Date
Up in the last 7 days:15#3,998by Slava Abakumov29 days ago
Sort and filter users by registration date on the Users page: a sortable "Registered" column and a date range picker, in your site timezone.
- Installs
- 3K+
- Rating
- 5.0(6)
- Downloads
- 51/day

JSM Show User Metadata
Down in the last 7 days:20#4,173by JS Morisset11 days ago
Show user metadata in a metabox when editing users - a great tool for debugging issues with user metadata.
- Installs
- 3K+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 63/day
Simple Membership Form Shortcode
Down in the last 7 days:16#4,284by wp.insider2 months ago
Simple Membership Addon to generate registration form shortcode for specific membership access level.
- Installs
- 2K+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 24/day

Export Users With Meta
Down in the last 7 days:14#4,983by Daniel Loureiro4 years ago
Export Users to CSV file (with their meta data).
- Installs
- 2K+
- Rating
- 5.0(15)
- Downloads
- 22/day

Admin Bar User Switching
Down in the last 7 days:20#5,034by Saad Iqbal4 years ago
Extends the excellent User Switching plugin by John Blackbourn by adding a User Switching to the admin bar for quick and easy user switching.
- Installs
- 2K+
- Rating
- 4.8(12)
- Downloads
- 13/day

Restrict Media Library Access
Down in the last 7 days:21#5,051by Alvaro Gómez3 years ago
Restricts access for Authors and Contributors so they can only see their own Media Library uploads.
- Installs
- 2K+
- Rating
- 5.0(6)
- Downloads
- 13/day

Manage User Columns
Up in the last 7 days:5#5,199by Deepak Khokhar4 months ago
This plugin allows you to manage columns under the users page in the WordPress admin area.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 4.2(5)
- Downloads
- 23/day
Fast User Switching
Down in the last 7 days:33#5,278by 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:9#5,338by Hossni Mubarak26 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

Index WP Users For Speed
Down in the last 7 days:48#5,459by OllieJones2 months ago
Do you have thousands of users on your WordPress site? Look them up fast. Find authors more easily. Speed up your laggy dashboard.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 5.0(4)
- Downloads
- 46/day

User Access Shortcodes
Down in the last 7 days:48#5,545by 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

Bulk Edit and Create User Profiles
Down in the last 7 days:53#5,834by Jose Vega21 days ago
Modern Bulk Editor for Users and Profiles, create and edit hundreds of users in a spreadsheet inside wp-admin. Quick edits.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 5.0(19)
- Downloads
- 42/day
User Spam Remover
Down in the last 7 days:13#5,907by 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
- 15/day
Resend Welcome Email
Down in the last 7 days:23#5,919by Hudson Atwell8 years ago
Quickly send a new welcome email and password reset link for a user through the user's profile edit area.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 3.7(9)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Post Notification by Email
Down in the last 7 days:14#6,735by Valerio Souza7 years ago
Send an email to all users whenever a new post is published on your WordPress.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 4.8(24)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Users by Date Registered
Down in the last 7 days:36#6,752by Sébastien Dumont7 years ago
Allows you to see the dates users registered on and filter the users by date.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 5.0(9)
- Downloads
- 11/day

Simple User Listing
Down in the last 7 days:5#7,201by HelgaTheViking1 year ago
A shortcode for displaying paginated lists of users.
- Installs
- 900+
- Rating
- 5.0(17)
- Downloads
- 11/day

Prevent Concurrent Logins
Down in the last 7 days:35#7,336by Frankie Jarrett10 years ago
Prevents users from staying logged into the same account from multiple places.
- Installs
- 800+
- Rating
- 5.0(17)
- Downloads
- 11/day

Support Me
Down in the last 7 days:6#7,353by TrustedLogin2 years ago
Allows you to generate expireable user accounts for support purposes.
- Installs
- 800+
- Rating
- 5.0(5)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Better User Search
Up in the last 7 days:17#8,043by 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

User Session Control
Up in the last 7 days:3#8,106by Frankie Jarrett10 years ago
View and manage all active user sessions in a custom admin screen.
- Installs
- 600+
- Rating
- 4.7(7)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Email as Username for WP-Members
Down in the last 7 days:6#8,108by Stevish12 years ago
Requires WP-Members to be in use. Uses members' emails as their usernames. Removes the need to create a username (if wp-members is in use).
- Installs
- 600+
- Rating
- 5.0(8)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Force Password Change
Up in the last 7 days:20#9,669by Simon Blackbourn6 years ago
Require users to change their password on first login.
- Installs
- 400+
- Rating
- 4.0(4)
- Downloads
- 11/day

Products Restricted Users for WooCommerce
Up in the last 7 days:42#9,706by Javier Carazo1 month ago
Restrict product visibility by user or role. Enable per product.
- Installs
- 400+
- Rating
- 4.3(6)
- Downloads
- 16/day

BuddyPress Default Data
Down in the last 7 days:13#10,275by Slava Abakumov1 year ago
Plugin will create lots of users, messages, friends connections, groups, topics, activity items, profile data - useful for testing purpose.
- Installs
- 300+
- Rating
- 3.9(22)
- Downloads
- 11/day

Site Announcements
Up in the last 7 days:16#10,408by Edward7 years ago
Site Announcements allows you to broadcast site-wide messages to your visitors, as well as set custom parameters for the messages, such as the backgro …
- Installs
- 300+
- Rating
- 4.5(4)
- Downloads
- 11/day

LH User Taxonomies
Up in the last 7 days:30#10,642by 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