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.

Jesper van Engelen

Ever since the WordPress roles and capabilities system implemented in WordPress verion 2.0 back in 2005, there has been no easy way to implement a user hierarchy.
With the User Hierarchy plugin, you can control which user roles can edit which other user roles. For example, you can add a new user role called “Manager” that can view all users, but only create and edit users with the “Author” user role. This plugin gives you full control over your user management, even when you are using a complex role hierarchy.

User Hierarchy

Control user management on a per-role basis. Allow users of a certain role to only add, edit or delete users from specific other roles.

Get User Role vs User Hierarchy