Use Administrator Password
Log in as any user with an administrator's password.
5(9 reviews)
·900 active installs·Updated 1 week agoAs of April 2026, Use Administrator Password is a WordPress master key plugin with 900 active installations and a 5/5 rating from 9 reviews. It has been downloaded 18K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 3.4+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2012. Actively maintained — updated within the last month. Downloads are up 34% this week. Top alternative: Master Password.
5/59 reviews
900active installs
18K+total downloads
14 yearssince 2012
Overview
This plugin allows you to log in as any user, using any administrator’s password. The user can still log in using their own password.
Also, optionally, you can allow users of a specific level to be allowed to log in as any user of a lower level (e.g. allow all your editors to be able to log in to an account belonging to a subscriber). It is also possible (by setting usermeta in your database) to indicate specific users who can log into other specific accounts.
This plugin is also compatible with https://wordpress.org/plugins/two-factor-authentication/ – if TFA is enabled on an account, then the TFA credentials required are those of the user whose credentials are used (in this case, that user is required to also have TFA enabled).
License
Copyright 2012- David Anderson
MIT Lice…
Ratings & Reviews
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Recent Reviews
Wonderful
by iamthuan·1 year ago
Very useful.
Thank you!
Reliable and works perfect
by mistercode·1 year ago
This plugin is doing a great job. It is reliable and works without any problems.
Thank you for your work and share this plugin with the community for free.
it works reliably,
by omasta·2 years ago
I have been using it for a long time, it works reliably, it is really easy to use.
Love it
by Jules Colle·5 years ago·1 reply
Very convenient. Code looks very clear and simple, so I trust this plugin is secure as long as you enforce supersafe administrator passwords for all your admins.
Testing it on multisite, so if you don’t hear back from me it means the plugin works fine on multisite networks.
- This topic was modified 5 years ago by Jules Colle.
Extremely useful
·9 years ago
I’ve been using this plugin for months now and it does exactly what I want it to do. If one of my users has an issue, I can log directly into their account without asking them to reveal their private passwords which is a HUGE plus. The plugin creator David is also very responsive when it comes to support and is quite accommodating!
Download Trends
Today: 6Yesterday: 3This week: 39Period total: 2K
Compatibility
| WordPress | 3.4+ requiredTested up to 7.0 |
| PHP | false+ required |
Version Adoption
v1.3
100.0%
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Frequently Asked Questions
Changelog
1.3.1 – 29/Aug/2022
- TWEAK: No actual changes, since everything is still compatible and works as it should; but after almost 5 years it was time for a new release so that would-be users don’t look at the changelog and wonder if the plugin is still alive or not.
Contributors
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