theslink2000

This plugin doesn’t do anything on the surface but if you call the get_user_role() function then you can achieve one of two results.
Function
Returns the role of the specified user.
Usage
Parameters
$user_id 
(string)(optional) ‘username’
Return Values
(string) If no $user_id is specified in the function call the function will return the role of the currently logged in user, otherwise the role of the specified user will be returned.
Examples
$role = get_user_role(“admin”);
This will return “administrator”.
Notes
This plugin may call the following global variables:
$current_user 
$wp_roles 
$wpdb
This plugin is designed to work with any correctly made custom roles.

Get User Role

A simple plugin that add's the get_user_role() function to your site.

Raul Illana

Adds a new Widget in your Dashboard and your Theme to show a list of online/offline registered users by some display options.
<h4>Features</h4>
<ul>
<li>Show only selected roles users (none and all are the same thing, empty are not displayed)</li>
<li>Categorize the view per roles (prints role title and a list of it’s users)</li>
<li>Show author links (prints the user_nicename as a link to each users author page)</li>
<li>Show author gravatars (new design format!)</li>
<li>Dashboard widget!</li>
</ul>

Awebsome! Online Registered Users Widget

Shows your online/offline registered users by some display options.

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