Category · recomputed daily

users plugins

350 plugins in the directory carry the users tag. This page leads with what has moved in the last 90 days, because a ranked list of the biggest ones is available anywhere.

350
plugins
637,710+
combined reach
72
released in 90 days
68%
quiet 18 months+
9
movements in 90 days

What moved

Ownership changes, closures and long-silent plugins that shipped again, over a rolling 90-day window recomputed daily. Events older than 90 days drop off as new ones arrive. The part of this category that a directory listing cannot show. Nothing here says anything about intent.

DatePluginInstallsWhat happened
29 Oct 2026WP Mechanic10+released after a long silence
29 Oct 2026Sync Sage 100fewer than 10released after a long silence
15 Oct 2026HM Multiple Roles1,000+released after a long silence
29 Sep 2026Hidden Price For Unregistred Usersfewer than 10released after a long silence
10 Sep 2026View Admin As9,000+released after a long silence
08 Sep 2026WordPass30+released after a long silence
02 Sep 2026Property Permissions For RealHomes10+released after a long silence
21 Aug 2026Simple Membership Form Shortcode2,000+released after a long silence
14 Aug 2026SMNTCS Disable REST API User Endpoints8,000+released after a long silence

Most installed

The 50 most installed plugins carrying this tag, ordered by install band, which WordPress.org rounds to one significant digit. Ordering is adoption only. Nothing here is a recommendation, and no link on this page earns anything. The full directory, all categories together, is in the master list.

PluginInstallsRatingLast release
User Switching
Instant switching between user accounts in WordPress and WooCommerce.
200,000+4.9★2 months ago
One User Avatar | User Profile Picture
Use any image from your WordPress Media Library as a custom user avatar or user profile picture. Add your own Default Avatar.
100,000+4.7★2 months ago
Simple Local Avatars
Adds an avatar upload field to user profiles. Generates requested sizes on demand just like Gravatar!
100,000+4.6★3 months ago
User Profile Picture
Set a custom profile image (avatar) for a user using the standard WordPress media upload tool.
40,000+4.6★4 months ago
Basic User Avatars
Add an avatar upload field on frontend pages and Edit Profile screen so users can add a custom profile picture.
20,000+4.7★1.5 years ago · quiet
Co-Authors Plus
Assign multiple bylines to posts, pages, and custom post types with a search-as-you-type input box.
20,000+3.5★7 days ago
New User Approve
WordPress user approval plugin to moderate registrations. Approve or deny real users and prevent fake signups to control who registers on site.
20,000+4.3★1 month ago
Import Users from CSV
Import users from a CSV into WordPress
10,000+4.1★3 months ago
Starbox – the Author Box for Humans
Starbox is the Author Box for Humans. Professional Themes to choose from, HTML5, Social Media Profiles, Google Authorship
10,000+4.5★18 months ago · quiet
Password Strength Settings for WooCommerce
Help secure your WooCommerce site by enforcing stronger passwords and taking additional control of your strength requirements.
10,000+4.5★3 years ago · quiet
Posts 2 Posts
Efficient many-to-many connections between posts, pages, custom post types, users.
9,000+4.8★1 month ago
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.
9,000+4.9★17 days ago
SMNTCS Disable REST API User Endpoints
Hides the list of user accounts that the WordPress REST API shows to visitors who are not logged in, which helps prevent user enumeration.
8,000+5.0★1 month ago
Simple Membership Custom Messages
Simple Membership Addon to customize various content protection messages.
7,000+5.0★3 months ago
Disable User Login
Disable user accounts without deleting them. One-click enable/disable, bulk actions, force logout, and customizable disabled message.
6,000+5.0★7 months ago
Avatar Manager
Avatar Manager for WordPress is a sweet and simple plugin for storing avatars locally and more. Easily.
5,000+4.9★5.5 years ago · quiet
BP Profile Search
Member search and member directories for BuddyPress and the BuddyBoss Platform.
5,000+5.0★27 days ago
Simple Login Log
This plugin keeps a log of WordPress user logins. Offers user and date filtering, and export features.
5,000+4.5★3 months ago
Change Username
Change WordPress usernames from the user edit screen, with validation for existing users, illegal logins, and Multisite admins.
4,000+4.6★3 months ago
Simple Membership WP user Import
An addon for importing existing WordPress users to the Simple Membership plugin as members
4,000+5.0★3 months ago
WP All Import – User Import Add-On
Easily import users from any XML, CSV or Excel file into WordPress with the User Import Add-On for WP All Import.
4,000+—24 days ago
Expire User Passwords
Require certain users to change their passwords on a regular basis.
3,000+4.2★13 days ago
JSM Show User Metadata
Show user metadata in a metabox when editing users - a great tool for debugging issues with user metadata.
3,000+5.0★8 days ago
User Photo
Allows a user to associate a photo with their account and for this photo to be displayed in their posts and comments.
3,000+4.3★8.5 years ago · quiet
Users Registration Date – Sortable Users Column
Sort and filter users by registration date on the Users page: a sortable "Registered" column and a date range picker, in your site timezone.
3,000+5.0★26 days ago
Admin Bar User Switching
Extends the excellent User Switching plugin by John Blackbourn by adding a User Switching to the admin bar for quick and easy user switching.
2,000+4.8★4 years ago · quiet
Restrict Media Library Access
Restricts access for Authors and Contributors so they can only see their own Media Library uploads.
2,000+5.0★3 years ago · quiet
Simple Membership Form Shortcode
Simple Membership Addon to generate registration form shortcode for specific membership access level.
2,000+5.0★3 months ago
Export Users With Meta
Export Users to CSV file (with their meta data).
2,000+5.0★3.5 years ago · quiet
Bulk Edit and Create User Profiles – WP Sheet Editor
Modern Bulk Editor for Users and Profiles, create and edit hundreds of users in a spreadsheet inside wp-admin. Quick edits.
1,000+5.0★17 days ago
Fast User Switching
Fast user switching between users and roles directly from the admin bar - switch from a list or search for users/roles by id, username, email, etc.
1,000+4.1★21 months ago · quiet
HM Multiple Roles
It hides the default role dropdown list and displays a list of role checkboxes to select multiple roles for a user.
1,000+3.6★22 days ago
Index WP Users For Speed
Do you have thousands of users on your WordPress site? Look them up fast. Find authors more easily. Speed up your laggy dashboard.
1,000+5.0★2 months ago
Manage User Columns
This plugin allows you to manage columns under the users page in the WordPress admin area.
1,000+4.2★5 months ago
Post Notification by Email
Send an email to all users whenever a new post is published on your WordPress.
1,000+4.8★7 years ago · quiet
Resend Welcome Email
Quickly send a new welcome email and password reset link for a user through the user's profile edit area.
1,000+3.7★8.5 years ago · quiet
User Access Shortcodes
The simplest way of controlling who sees what in your posts/pages. Restrict content to logged in users only (or guests, or by roles) with simple short …
1,000+4.9★9 months ago
Users by Date Registered
Allows you to see the dates users registered on and filter the users by date.
1,000+5.0★7 years ago · quiet
User Spam Remover
Automatically removes spam user registrations and other old, unused user accounts. Blocks annoying e-mail to administrator after new registrations.
1,000+4.1★2.5 years ago · quiet
Simple User Listing
A shortcode for displaying paginated lists of users.
900+5.0★20 months ago · quiet
Prevent Concurrent Logins
Prevents users from staying logged into the same account from multiple places.
800+5.0★10 years ago · quiet
Support Me
Allows you to generate expireable user accounts for support purposes.
800+5.0★2.5 years ago · quiet
Better User Search
Better User Search is a must have plugin if you're running WooCommerce. Without it, you're stuck trying to remember every
600+5.0★10 years ago · quiet
Email as Username for WP-Members
Requires WP-Members to be in use. Uses members' emails as their usernames. Removes the need to create a username (if wp-members is in use).
600+5.0★11 years ago · quiet
User Session Control
View and manage all active user sessions in a custom admin screen.
600+4.7★9.5 years ago · quiet
Force Password Change
Require users to change their password on first login.
400+4.0★6 years ago · quiet
Products Restricted Users for WooCommerce
Restrict product visibility by user or role. Enable per product.
400+4.3★28 days ago
BuddyPress Default Data
Plugin will create lots of users, messages, friends connections, groups, topics, activity items, profile data - useful for testing purpose.
300+3.9★23 months ago · quiet
LH User Taxonomies
Simplify the process of adding support for custom taxonomies for Users. Just use register_taxonomy and everything else is taken care of.
300+5.0★5.5 years ago · quiet
Site Announcements
Site Announcements allows you to broadcast site-wide messages to your visitors, as well as set custom parameters for the messages, such as the backgro …
300+4.5★7.5 years ago · quiet

Nobody at wordpress.org assigns these. A plugin is in this category because its author typed the tag, and it is missing from it for the same reason. All categories