View Admin As
View the WordPress admin as a different role or visitor, switch between users, temporarily change your capabilities, set screen settings for roles.
4.9(48 reviews)
·9.0K+ active installs·Updated 1 year agoAs of April 2026, View Admin As is a WordPress view plugin with 9.0K+ active installations and a 4.9/5 rating from 48 reviews. It has been downloaded 123K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 4.1+ and PHP 5.2.4+. Available on WordPress.org since 2015. Last updated 1 year ago — may have compatibility concerns. Downloads are up 25% this week. Support resolution rate: 67%. Top alternative: Post View Count.
4.9/548 reviews
9.0K+active installs
67%resolved
11 yearssince 2015
Overview
The ultimate User switcher and Role manager
This plugin will add a menu item to your admin bar where you can change your view in the WordPress admin.
Switch to other users without the need to login as that user or even switch roles and temporarily change your own capabilities.
When you’re viewing as a different user, you can also change this user’s preferences; like screen settings on various admin pages.
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.
It also features a “Role manager” module to add, edit or remove roles and grant or deny them capabilities.
Overview / Features
- Switch between user accounts
- Edit this user’s screen preferences…
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Ratings & Reviews
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Recent Reviews
Big Time Savings
by maxhandmade·1 year ago
As a WordPress and YouTube content producer, thank you for the plugin you have prepared. I will definitely use your plugin in my WordPress work from now on. It gave me incredible use of time and authority. I wish you success in your work.
Kind regards
MHM
A truly impressive plugin
by shytiger·1 year ago
Its usefulness and ease of use are impressive! Saves testing time and increases productivity.
It works like a charm. Fast and without any errors
by hwuser·1 year ago
It works like a charm. Fast and without any errors. Essential if you use multiple roles and want to see how each user views the web page immediately. Thank you!!
Funciona de maravilla, rápido y sin ningún fallo. Imprescindible si usas varios roles y quieres ver como cada usuario ve la página web de forma inmediata. Gracias!!
Exactly what I needed
by Kenny·1 year ago
Works immediately. Works as I would expect. 100% Perfect. Huge thank you to the dev.
Powerful, fully-featured, excellent UI
by James Joseph Finn·3 years ago·1 reply
I’ve installed this plugin on a woocommerce build, to help me with setting capabilites and access for the client. This plugin does it all, and is meticulously designed. Thank you to the developer. I can only imagine the herculean effort that went into this. I will donate towards continued development as soon as I’m able. Happy devving!
Download Trends
Today: 39Yesterday: 37This week: 228Period total: 12K
Compatibility
| WordPress | 4.1+ requiredTested up to 6.7.5 |
| PHP | 5.2.4+ required |
Version Adoption
v1.8
100.0%
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Frequently Asked Questions
Changelog
1.8.10
- Compatibility: Move label initialization to fix
_load_textdomain_just_in_timenotice since WP 6.7. - Fix: Clear view in current session when resetting manually.
- Fix: URE Integration: Fix the level at which the View Admin As group appears. #135 (credits @pbiron)
- Tests: Fix unit tests.
Detailed info: PR on GitHub
Contributors
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