This plugin allows you to quickly swap between user accounts in WordPress at the click of a button. You'll be instantly logged out and logged in as your desired user. This is handy for test environments where you regularly log out and in between different accounts, or for adminstrators of sites who need to switch between multiple accounts.
Features
- Switch users: Instantly switch to any user account from the Users screen.
- Switch back: Instantly switch back to your originating account.
- Switch off: Log out of your account but retain the ability to instantly switch back in again.
- It's completely secure (see the Security section below).
- Compatible with WordPress, WordPress Multisite and BuddyPress.
Security
- Only users with the ability to edit other users can switch user accounts (by default this is only Administrators on single site installs, and Super Admins on Multisite installs). Lower level users cannot switch accounts.
- User switching is protected with WordPress' nonce security system, meaning only those who intend to switch users can switch.
- Full support for administration over SSL (if applicable).
- Passwords are not (and cannot be) revealed.
- Originating user information is stored in the same secure manner as authentication cookies.
Translations Included
- Chinese Simplified by Tunghsiao Liu (Sparanoid)
- German by Ralph Stenzel
- Farsi (Persian) by Amin Ab
- Slovak by Max Samael
- Polish by Bartosz Arendt
- Lithuanian by Tommixoft
- Arabic by Hassan Hisham