Skeleton Key
Gives administrators a skeleton key (their own password) to login as any user they'd like.
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·40 active installs·Updated 16 years agoAs of April 2026, Skeleton Key is a WordPress admin plugin with 40 active installations and a 0/5 rating0. It has been downloaded 3.8K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 2.8+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2009. Last updated 16 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Top alternative: Loginizer.
0/5Rating
40active installs
3.8K+total downloads
17 yearssince 2009
Overview
As an administrator of a WordPress site with many users, it is often useful to login to a user’s account to troubleshoot something. Asking for their password is tacky and having to reset it is amateurish. Thankfully, you don’t have to do either when you’re armed with this plugin. You can login to the site with any user’s account by providing admin username followed by a “+” followed by their username and your administrative password. All other user authentication is passed on to WordPress core. Handy, huh?
To login as user joeblow you’d provide:
Username = admin+joeblow
Password = [the admin's password]
New In This Version
- WordPress 2.9 compatibility
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Ratings & Reviews
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Compatibility
| WordPress | 2.8+ requiredTested up to 2.9.2 |
| PHP | false+ required |
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Changelog
1.1.1
- WordPress 2.9 compatibility
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