Title: Masquerade
Author: jrking4
Published: <strong>18 Sgiugn 2012</strong>
Last modified: 18 Sgiugn 2012

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This plugin **hasn’t been tested with the latest 3 major releases of WordPress**.
It may no longer be maintained or supported and may have compatibility issues when
used with more recent versions of WordPress.

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# Masquerade

 By [jrking4](https://profiles.wordpress.org/jrking4/)

[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/masquerade.1.01.zip)

 * [Details](https://lmo.wordpress.org/plugins/masquerade/#description)
 * [Reviews](https://lmo.wordpress.org/plugins/masquerade/#reviews)
 *  [Installation](https://lmo.wordpress.org/plugins/masquerade/#installation)
 * [Development](https://lmo.wordpress.org/plugins/masquerade/#developers)

 [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/masquerade/)

## Description

This plugin adds an option to the User List in the admin area where you can click“
Masquerade as User”, you will be automatically logged in as that user and redirected
to the home page.

## Screenshots

 * [[
 * Showing the Masquerade Link in the User List

## Installation

 1. Download the plugin and extract the files
 2. Upload `masquerade` directory to your WordPress Plugin directory
 3. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress
 4. Goto the ‘Users’ menu in WordPress to see Masquerade Link.

## FAQ

Q: Why doesn’t the Masquerade as User” link appear in the user list?
 A: For security
reasons, the link only appears to users that have the ‘delete_users’ capability.

## Reviews

There are no reviews for this plugin.

## Contributors & Developers

“Masquerade” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this
plugin.

Contributors

 *   [ jrking4 ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/jrking4/)

[Translate “Masquerade” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/masquerade)

### Interested in development?

[Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/masquerade/), check
out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/masquerade/), or subscribe
to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/masquerade/) by 
[RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/masquerade/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss).

## Changelog

#### 1.01

 * Added nonce security check to POST request

#### 1.0

 * First stable release

## Meta

 *  Version **1.01**
 *  Last updated **14 years ago**
 *  Active installations **70+**
 *  WordPress version ** 2.8 or higher **
 *  Tested up to **3.3.2**
 *  Language
 * [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/masquerade/)
 * Tags
 * [admin login](https://lmo.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/admin-login/)[admin login as user](https://lmo.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/admin-login-as-user/)
   [login as user](https://lmo.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/login-as-user/)[masquerade as user](https://lmo.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/masquerade-as-user/)
   [user login](https://lmo.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/user-login/)
 *  [Advanced View](https://lmo.wordpress.org/plugins/masquerade/advanced/)

## Ratings

 5 out of 5 stars.

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## Contributors

 *   [ jrking4 ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/jrking4/)

## Support

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