Title: Test User Role Author: mitcho (Michael Yoshitaka Erlewine) Published: December 9, 2014 Last modified: December 9, 2014 --- Search plugins This plugin **hasn’t been tested with the latest 3 major releases of WordPress**. It may no longer be maintained or supported and may have compatibility issues when used with more recent versions of WordPress. ![](https://s.w.org/plugins/geopattern-icon/test-user-role.svg) # Test User Role By [mitcho (Michael Yoshitaka Erlewine)](https://profiles.wordpress.org/mitchoyoshitaka/) [Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/test-user-role.1.0.zip) * [Details](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/test-user-role/#description) * [Reviews](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/test-user-role/#reviews) * [Development](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/test-user-role/#developers) [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/test-user-role/) ## Description This plugin lets super admins quickly test other user roles, to see what other users experience. * Super admins get a Test User Role menu under the Howdy menu. * Roles being tested will be reset on user login or logout. **Warning:** When a role is being tested, the user role in the database is actually modified. Note also that the `set_user_role` action is fired when going in and out of testing. [Contribute to development on GitHub.](https://github.com/mitcho/test-user-role) ## Screenshots * [[ * Test User Role menu ## Reviews ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/d69ded7ff395fe086c58984188d0dc79a5d492aa212b038805caffbb4b89bf7c? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Just what I needed](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/just-what-i-needed-512/)󠁿 [Joe Fusco](https://profiles.wordpress.org/joefusco/) September 3, 2016 Great time saver for testing what other users have access to. Well done. Thank you Mitcho! [ Read all 4 reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/test-user-role/reviews/) ## Contributors & Developers “Test User Role” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin. Contributors * [ mitcho (Michael Yoshitaka Erlewine) ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/mitchoyoshitaka/) [Translate “Test User Role” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/test-user-role) ### Interested in development? [Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/test-user-role/), check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/test-user-role/), or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/test-user-role/) by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/test-user-role/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss). ## Changelog #### Version 1.0: * Initial release ## Meta * Version **1.0** * Last updated **11 years ago** * Active installations **50+** * WordPress version ** 3.3 or higher ** * Tested up to **4.0.38** * Language * [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/test-user-role/) * Tags * [admin](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/admin/)[admin bar](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/admin-bar/) [test](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/test/)[toolbar](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/toolbar/) [user role](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/user-role/) * [Advanced View](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/test-user-role/advanced/) ## Ratings 5 out of 5 stars. * [ 4 5-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/test-user-role/reviews/?filter=5) * [ 0 4-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/test-user-role/reviews/?filter=4) * [ 0 3-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/test-user-role/reviews/?filter=3) * [ 0 2-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/test-user-role/reviews/?filter=2) * [ 0 1-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/test-user-role/reviews/?filter=1) [Add my review](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/test-user-role/reviews/#new-post) [See all reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/test-user-role/reviews/) ## Contributors * [ mitcho (Michael Yoshitaka Erlewine) ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/mitchoyoshitaka/) ## Support Got something to say? Need help? [View support forum](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/test-user-role/) ## Donate Would you like to support the advancement of this plugin? [ Donate to this plugin ](http://tinyurl.com/donatetomitcho)