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User Switching
Become any user in a click and stop the logout dance.
HealthyGrowing
96/100
This reliable utility lets developers and support staff test user roles without constant logouts.
Active installs
~250,000
our estimate · wp.org shows 200k+
Rating
4.9★
238 ratings
Trend · vs a year ago
+43%
Growing fast
517 → 738 installs/day
Downloads over time
real new installs per day · release spikes shown separately from the trend2025-04-302025-08-082025-11-162026-02-232026-06-03
organicrelease spikerelease tailorganic trend · 14d rolling median
Growing fast · +43% in the last year
517/day a year ago→738/day today
Reviews
what people actually sayUser Switching is a well-regarded developer utility plugin for impersonating WordPress users across roles, praised for reliability and simplicity, with no significant complaints surfacing across reviews.
What people like
- +Eliminates the need to manage multiple test accounts or repeatedly log in and out when testing different user roles×4
- +Reliable and works consistently over long periods with no reported glitches×5
- +Considered a must-install on every WordPress site that has users×3
- +Useful for real-world support scenarios, such as seeing exactly what a customer sees during a phone call×2
- +Particularly valuable for testing custom user roles and capabilities×2
- +Perceived as well-built from a security standpoint after basic penetration testing found no vulnerabilities
Common complaints
- −At least one user noted the plugin lacks activity logging for user-switching events
Review trustReviews look organic
- 4.87★Verified rating — holds steady vs the raw 4.90★
- 1%One-shot reviewers — most reviewers are active community members
Reviews per month · 5★ vs lower
2023-07-202025-01-102026-06-04
5★ reviews1–4★ reviews
All-time ratings · 238 total
Latest reviews · 90 analyzed
- 2025-12-16★★★★★Wonderful!CJW
- 2025-08-12★★★★★Great timesaving pluginZrenjaninac
- 2025-06-27★★★★★Super Useful for sites with Members/Portal/etcBrandon Hubbard
- 2025-06-03★★★★★Exactly as expected!phantasmix
- 2024-12-06★★★★★Perfect simple user switch pluginIvijan-Stefan Stipic
- 2024-11-10★★★★★Super helperAlex Gor
- 2024-11-10★★★★★Excellent Plugin – Smooth and Reliable Performance!amingor
- 2024-10-21★★★★★Easy to use and well writtenMark Wilkinson
- 2024-09-19★★★★★Simple and EffectiveSSVapes
- 2024-08-15★★★★★I use this plugin on every sitegelform
Releases
recent versions from WordPress.org SVNFor developers & the curious
the raw signals behind the grade — none of this is on the friendly summary aboveDownload signals
Baselines are computed on organic days only — release spikes and their tails are excluded, so they're not inflated by the auto-update wave.
659
Baseline · median of last 7 organic days
686
Prior 7-day baseline
2,393
Floor · 25th percentile over 14 days
10,851
Mean release-day peak (30d)
4,506
Latest day · 2026-06-03(tail)
-3.9%
Week-over-week organic trend
Review signals
Concentration and drive-by metrics drive the review-burst and fake-review flags. 30–40% solo reviewers is normal; we only flag the extremes.
16%
Max month share · biggest single 30-day window
1.26
Distribution CV · <0.6 even, >1.5 bursty
97%
5★ share in analyzed sample
1%
Solo reviewers · only this one wp.org activity
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Volume velocity · last 6mo vs prior 6mo
4.87 → 4.87★
Sample avg · raw → solo-filtered