Álvaro Franz

<p>There are a few hundred plugins out there which intend to solve the same problem: How to get user profiles, login and registration features outside the Admin area.</p>
<p>Many of them are amazing, but I did not yet find a solution that just provides the basics and allows me to do the rest.</p>
<p>I created this plugin as a solid base to use in the different websites I work on and let the appearance and custom stuff be handled by the theme or even a complementary self-made plugin.</p>


Banana User Profiles

Clean user profile functionality with no bloat.

Jory Hogeveen

<h4>The ultimate User switcher and Role manager</h4>
<p>This plugin will add a menu item to your admin bar where you can change your view in the WordPress admin.<br />
Switch to other users without the need to login as that user or even switch roles and temporarily change your own capabilities.</p>
<p>When you’re viewing as a different user, you can also change this user’s preferences; like screen settings on various admin pages.</p>
<p>With the “Role defaults” module you can set default screen settings and metabox locations for roles and apply them to users through various bulk actions.</p>
<p>It also features a “Role manager” module to add, edit or remove roles and grant or deny them capabilities.</p>
<h4>Overview / Features</h4>
<ul>
<li>Switch between user accounts
<ul>
<li>Edit this user’s screen preferences and settings</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Switch between roles</li>
<li>Temporarily change your own capabilities (non-destructively)</li>
<li>View your site as an unregistered visitor</li>
<li>Switch language/locale on backend and frontend</li>
<li>Make combinations of the above view types</li>
<li>Easily switch back anytime</li>
<li>Completely secure (see <em>Security</em> below)</li>
<li>Do all the above without logging out!</li>
</ul>
<h4>Module: Role defaults (screen settings)</h4>
<ul>
<li>Set default screen settings for roles</li>
<li>Apply defaults to a user</li>
<li>Apply defaults to all users of a role</li>
<li>Apply defaults when registering a new user (in a multisite this is done when a user is added to its first blog)</li>
<li>Copy defaults from one role to another (or multiple)</li>
<li>Import/Export role defaults, can also download (and upload) setting files</li>
<li>Disable the “screen settings” option and/or lock the meta boxes for all users that don’t have access to this plugin</li>
</ul>
<p><a href="https://github.com/JoryHogeveen/view-admin-as/wiki/Role-Defaults" rel="nofollow ugc">Click here for Role Defaults documentation</a></p>
<h4>Module: Role manager (role editor)</h4>
<p><em>Note: Changes made with the Role Manager are permanent!</em></p>
<ul>
<li>Add, edit or delete roles</li>
<li>Grant and/or add capabilities to roles</li>
<li>Rename roles</li>
<li>Clone roles</li>
<li>Import/Export roles, can also download (and upload) setting files</li>
<li>Update role capabilities from current view</li>
<li>Automatically migrate users to another role after deleting a role</li>
</ul>
<p><a href="https://github.com/JoryHogeveen/view-admin-as/wiki/Role-Manager" rel="nofollow ugc">Click here for Role Manager documentation</a></p>
<h4>Compatibility & Integrations</h4>
<p>This plugin will work with most other plugins but these are tested:</p>
<ul>
<li><strong>Advanced Access Manager</strong> <em>(Pro version not verified)</em></li>
<li><strong>bbPress</strong></li>
<li><strong>BuddyPress</strong></li>
<li><strong>Genesis Framework</strong> <em>(and probably other theme frameworks)</em></li>
<li><strong>Google Site Kit</strong></li>
<li><strong>Gravity Forms</strong></li>
<li><strong>Groups 2.1+</strong> <em>(Custom integration: adds a view type for groups. Pro version not tested)</em></li>
<li><strong>Pods Framework 2.0+</strong></li>
<li><strong>Members</strong></li>
<li><strong>Restrict User Access 0.13+</strong> <em>(Custom integration: adds a view type for access levels)</em></li>
<li><strong>User Roles and Capabilities</strong></li>
<li><strong>User Role Editor</strong> <em>(Pro version not verified)</em></li>
<li><strong>User Switching</strong> <em>(Not sure why you’d want this but yes, switch-ception is possible!)</em></li>
<li><strong>WPFront User Role Editor</strong></li>
<li><strong>WP Admin UI Customize 1.5.11+</strong></li>
<li><strong>Yoast SEO</strong></li>
</ul>
<p>Full list of tested plugins and details: <a href="https://github.com/JoryHogeveen/view-admin-as/wiki/Compatibility-&-Integrations" rel="nofollow ugc">Compatibility & Integrations</a></p>
<h4>I can’t switch back!</h4>
<p>See item <strong>3</strong> at <a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/view-admin-as/faq/" rel="ugc">FAQ</a>.</p>
<h4>It’s not working! / I found a bug!</h4>
<p>Please let me know through the support and add a plugins and themes list! 🙂</p>
<h4>Security</h4>
<p>This plugin is completely safe and will keep your users, passwords and data secure.<br />
For more info see item <strong>7</strong> at <a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/view-admin-as/faq/" rel="ugc">FAQ</a>!</p>
<h4>Developer notes</h4>
<p>This plugin will only be useful for admins (network super admins or regular admins). It will not add functionalities for other roles unless you specifically apply custom capabilities for those users.<br />
Also keep in mind that switching to users that have equal roles is disabled. (regular admins to regular admins + super admins to super admins)</p>
<p>I’ve created this at first for myself since I’m a developer and often need to see the outcome on roles which my clients use.</p>
<p>So, when you are developing a plugin or theme that does anything with roles or capabilities you can use this plugin to easily check if everything works.<br />
No more hassle of creating test users and constantly logging out and in anymore!</p>
<p>This plugin is also useful to support your clients and/or users. For example; make screen display presets of the edit and overview pages before you let them log in.</p>
<h4>You can find me here:</h4>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://www.keraweb.nl/" rel="nofollow ugc">Keraweb</a></li>
<li><a href="https://github.com/JoryHogeveen/view-admin-as/" rel="nofollow ugc">GitHub</a></li>
<li><a href="https://nl.linkedin.com/in/joryhogeveen" rel="nofollow ugc">LinkedIn</a></li>
</ul>
<h4>Translations</h4>
<p>Please help translating this plugin on <a href="https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/view-admin-as" rel="nofollow ugc">translate.wordpress.org</a>!</p>
<h4>Actions & Filters</h4>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://github.com/JoryHogeveen/view-admin-as/wiki/Actions" rel="nofollow ugc">Click here for Action documentation</a></li>
<li><a href="https://github.com/JoryHogeveen/view-admin-as/wiki/Filters" rel="nofollow ugc">Click here for Filter documentation</a></li>
</ul>
<h4>Plugin capabilities</h4>
<p><a href="https://github.com/JoryHogeveen/view-admin-as/wiki/Custom-capabilities" rel="nofollow ugc">Click here for documentation</a></p>
<h4>Ideas?</h4>
<p>Please let me know on <a href="https://github.com/JoryHogeveen/view-admin-as/issues/new" rel="nofollow ugc">GitHub</a>!</p>


View Admin As

Great plugin, trying to debug user issues getting the usual level of information from a user, found this plugin and boom there it is. 

User error.

As I thought it would be, but now I KNOW it is.

Cheers!

Awe. Some.

Super useful, does what it says and does it well. 
Thank you for your work on this.
Marc.

Great plugin!

View the WordPress admin as a different role or visitor, switch between users, temporarily change your capabilities, set screen settings for roles.

Banana User Profiles vs View Admin As