Category · recomputed daily
user plugins
330 plugins in the directory carry the user tag. This page leads with what has moved in the last 90 days, because a ranked list of the biggest ones is available anywhere.
330
plugins
1,003,340+
combined reach
30
released in 90 days
79%
quiet 18 months+
1
movements in 90 days
What moved
Ownership changes, closures and long-silent plugins that shipped again, over a rolling 90-day window recomputed daily. Events older than 90 days drop off as new ones arrive. The part of this category that a directory listing cannot show. Nothing here says anything about intent.
| Date | Plugin | Installs | What happened |
|---|---|---|---|
| 03 Sep 2026 | Login as User: See the Site as Any User | 30,000+ | changed hands |
Most installed
The 50 most installed plugins carrying this tag, ordered by install band, which WordPress.org rounds to one significant digit. Ordering is adoption only. Nothing here is a recommendation, and no link on this page earns anything. The full directory, all categories together, is in the master list.
| Plugin | Installs | Rating | Last release |
|---|---|---|---|
| User Role Editor User Role Editor WordPress plugin makes user roles and capabilities changing easy. Edit/add/delete WordPress user roles and capabilities. | 700,000+ | 4.5★ | 13 days ago |
| Manage Notification E-mails Enable and disable email notifications that WordPress sends to the admin and user. Works perfectly with many other plugins! | 100,000+ | 4.8★ | 2 months ago |
| Username Changer Unlock the power to change WordPress usernames with complete security and data integrity. | 40,000+ | 4.3★ | 10 days ago |
| Login as User: See the Site as Any User Log in as any WordPress user with one click. Troubleshoot issues and support customers without asking for their password. | 30,000+ | 4.8★ | yesterday |
| Simple User Avatar Simple User Avatar helps users to add or remove their avatar using images from his Media Library. | 20,000+ | 4.6★ | 2 months ago |
| WP User Avatars Allow registered users to upload & select their own avatars. | 20,000+ | 4.5★ | 5 months ago |
| Controlled Admin Access Give a temporarily limited admin access to themes designers, plugins developers and support agents. | 10,000+ | 4.8★ | 18 days ago |
| Meks Smart Author Widget Easily display your author/user profile info inside WordPress widget. | 10,000+ | 4.5★ | 2 years ago · quiet |
| WP Last Login Adds a sortable "Last Login" column to the Users screen — spot inactive accounts and see who's actually using your site. | 10,000+ | 3.7★ | 3 months ago |
| WP Login Form Create a WordPress login form and add it to your post, page or sidebar | 7,000+ | 4.6★ | 14 days ago |
| Leira Letter Avatar Automatically generate beautiful user avatars based on their initials. | 6,000+ | 4.9★ | 9 months ago |
| Disable User Login Disable user accounts without deleting them. One-click enable/disable, bulk actions, force logout, and customizable disabled message. | 5,000+ | 5.0★ | 5 months ago |
| User Profile Picture Set a custom profile image for a user using the standard WordPress media upload tool. | 4,000+ | 5.0★ | 3 months ago |
| Smart User Slug Hider Hide usernames in Author Pages URLs to enhance Security | 3,000+ | 4.9★ | 2 years ago · quiet |
| User Posts Limit Limit the number of posts user can create. Any post type. | 3,000+ | 5.0★ | 14 days ago |
| WP Approve User Adds action links to user table to approve or unapprove user registrations. | 3,000+ | 4.2★ | 17 days ago |
| Force First and Last Name as Display Name Force the user field "display_name" to be set as the user's first and last name. | 2,000+ | 4.3★ | 2 months ago |
| Hide This This plugin provides a shortcode that lets you hide some parts of the content from your posts and pages. | 2,000+ | 5.0★ | 8.5 years ago · quiet |
| Role Based Redirect Redirect users after login/logout by role. Optionally hide admin bar and block dashboard access for selected roles. | 2,000+ | 4.8★ | 14 months ago |
| Simple Client Dashboard Restrict permissions with Simple Client Dashboard. Our new "Admin" user role between Administrator and Editor is perfect for clients and Webmasters. | 2,000+ | 4.5★ | 3 days ago |
| Change Author This plugin lets you assign non-authors as post author. | 1,000+ | 4.0★ | 8.5 years ago · quiet |
| Fast User Switching 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. | 1,000+ | 4.1★ | 19 months ago · quiet |
| HM Multiple Roles It hides the default role dropdown list and displays a list of role checkboxes to select multiple roles for a user. | 1,000+ | 3.6★ | 19 months ago · quiet |
| User Access Shortcodes 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 … | 1,000+ | 4.9★ | 7 months ago |
| User Shortcodes Add a simple list of shortcodes to WordPress in order to display the current user information. | 1,000+ | 5.0★ | 11 years ago · quiet |
| User Spam Remover Automatically removes spam user registrations and other old, unused user accounts. Blocks annoying e-mail to administrator after new registrations. | 1,000+ | 4.1★ | 2.5 years ago · quiet |
| User Login Notifier for WordPress User Login Notifier plugin notifies WordPress site admin and users of the successful and failed login attempts via email. | 1,000+ | 4.2★ | 11 months ago |
| Show User Registration Date This plugin shows the registed date field in the table of the Users section in the WordPress dashboard. | 900+ | 3.8★ | 3.5 years ago · quiet |
| Inactive User Deleter 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 … | 800+ | 4.2★ | 2 years ago · quiet |
| User Notes Keep private notes about each of your users that only Administrators can see. | 800+ | 4.8★ | 13 days ago |
| Better User Search Better User Search is a must have plugin if you're running WooCommerce. Without it, you're stuck trying to remember every | 700+ | 5.0★ | 10 years ago · quiet |
| Show User ID This plugin shows the ID field in the table of the Users section in the WordPress dashboard. | 700+ | 5.0★ | 3.5 years ago · quiet |
| Legal Terms and Conditions Popup for User Login and WooCommerce Checkout Creates a popup with a scrollable window that will show your own custom Terms and Conditions when users logs in to your website. | 700+ | 5.0★ | 6 months ago |
| Logged-in-only A Plugin to lock down the whole site to prevent public access. | 700+ | 5.0★ | 6 days ago |
| User Last Login Displays login datetime in manage users screen and sorts users by last login time. | 600+ | 5.0★ | 9.5 years ago · quiet |
| WP User Groups WP User Groups allows users to be categorized using custom taxonomies & terms. | 600+ | 4.3★ | 5 months ago |
| Allow Cyrillic Usernames Allows users to register with Cyrillic usernames. | 500+ | 5.0★ | 5 years ago · quiet |
| BuddyPress Profile Completion BuddyPress Profile Completion Plugin allows site admins to force BuddyPress site members to fill all required profile fields, upload profile photo and … | 500+ | 4.6★ | 3 years ago · quiet |
| Last Name First Name 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。 | 500+ | 5.0★ | 12 years ago · quiet |
| User Meta Display Ajax powered admin page to show, edit, add, and remove user meta. Choose dropdown list by User Login, ID, or Display Name. | 500+ | 5.0★ | 12 years ago · quiet |
| Extended CRM for Users Insights Extends the CRM functionality of Users Insights - adds new management options to the user groups, user notes and custom user fields features | 400+ | 5.0★ | 4 days ago |
| Force Password Change Require users to change their password on first login. | 400+ | 4.0★ | 6 years ago · quiet |
| Access Areas for WordPress Fine tuning access to your posts. | 400+ | 4.5★ | 9 months ago |
| Birthday Emails Automatically send an email to WordPress or BuddyPress users on their birthday. | 300+ | 5.0★ | 6.5 years ago · quiet |
| GamiPress – Block Users Block users and roles from getting awarded through the GamiPress awards engine | 300+ | 5.0★ | 4 months ago |
| LH User Taxonomies Simplify the process of adding support for custom taxonomies for Users. Just use register_taxonomy and everything else is taken care of. | 300+ | 5.0★ | 5.5 years ago · quiet |
| WP Avatar Allows you to use any photos uploaded into your Media Library as an avatar instead of using Gravatar. | 300+ | 3.7★ | 7 years ago · quiet |
| Export Users Data to CSV Export Users Data and Metadata to a csv file | 200+ | 4.4★ | 11 years ago · quiet |
| Improved user search in backend Improves the search for users in the backend significantly: Search for first name, last, email and more of users instead of only nicename. | 200+ | 5.0★ | 12 years ago · quiet |
| Smart Custom Display Name Allows you to change the value of "Display name publicly as" in user profiles to any string | 200+ | 5.0★ | 2 years ago · quiet |
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