# What's New in Login as User 1.7.6: A Redesigned Admin for WordPress

> Login as User 1.7.6 moves everything into its own Login as User menu, with a searchable Users screen, a Settings screen with one Save button, and an Audit Log in PRO. Your settings and buttons stay as they were.

- URL: https://www.web357.com/blog/whats-new-in-login-as-user-1-7-6-for-wordpress
- Published: 2026-11-14
- Categories: [announcements](https://www.web357.com/blog/category/announcements), [wordpress](https://www.web357.com/blog/category/wordpress)
- Tags: [login-as-user](https://www.web357.com/tag/login-as-user), [user-switching](https://www.web357.com/tag/user-switching), [wordpress-plugins](https://www.web357.com/tag/wordpress-plugins), [wordpress](https://www.web357.com/tag/wordpress), [admin](https://www.web357.com/tag/admin)
- Image: https://www.web357.com/content/images/login-as-user-1-7-6-redesigned-admin.webp

A customer writes in. You open WordPress and need two things: find that person, and see the site as they see it. Until now, **[Login as User](https://www.web357.com/login-as-user-wordpress-plugin)** kept its options under **Settings → Login as User**, and you looked for people in **Users → All Users**.

Version 1.7.6 changes how the plugin looks in your admin. It now has its own **Login as User** menu in the sidebar, with three screens: **Users**, **Audit Log** and **Settings**.

Your saved settings are kept. The buttons you already use work as before.

👉 [See how the new admin panel is organized](https://docs.web357.com/login-as-a-user-wordpress-plugin/intro/#how-the-admin-panel-is-organized)

## What changed at a glance

| Before 1.7.6                                   | From 1.7.6                                                 |
| :--------------------------------------------- | :--------------------------------------------------------- |
| Options under **Settings → Login as User**     | A **Login as User** menu of its own in the sidebar         |
| You found people in **Users → All Users** only | A new **Users** screen with search, filters and last login |
| Settings and Appearance were separate tabs     | One **Settings** screen with six sections and one Save     |
| No record of who logged in as whom             | An **Audit Log** of every switch (PRO)                     |
| You had to remember on which tab an option was | **Search** (⌘K) finds any screen or setting by name        |

## The new Users screen

Go to **Login as User → Users**. Every user of your site is in one list, and each row has a **Login as** button.

- ✅ **Search users** matches the name, username or email as you type.
- ✅ The **Role** filter shows only one role, for example Customer or Shop manager.
- ✅ The **Source** filter shows only WooCommerce customers, WooCommerce Subscriptions subscribers, MemberPress members or SureCart customers. Each source appears while its plugin is active.
- ✅ **Last login** shows when the person last signed in themselves. Logging in as them does not change it.

![The new Login as User Users screen with search, Role and Source filters, a Last login column and a Login as button on each row](https://www.web357.com/content/images/login-as-user-users-screen.png)

When a row has no button, it tells you why: **This is your own account.** or **You are not allowed to log in as this user.**

Click **Login as**, and you land on the front end of the site as that person. Click **Go back to admin** in the bar to return to your own account.

👉 [Read the Users screen guide](https://docs.web357.com/login-as-a-user-wordpress-plugin/getting-started/users-screen/)

## Settings, in one screen

Go to **Login as User → Settings**. The sections are listed on the left:

- **General**: where you land after switching and after switching back, WooCommerce cart preservation, and role permissions (PRO).
- **Button**: the text on the **Login as** button, and List Appearance (PRO).
- **Message**: the bar people see on the front end while switched.
- **Custom CSS** (PRO).
- **Audit Log** (PRO): what the log stores and for how long.
- **License** (PRO): your license key for automatic updates.

Change what you need in several sections, then click **Save settings** at the top right once. All sections save together.

Cannot find an option? Click **Search** in the top bar, or press ⌘K on a Mac (Ctrl+K on Windows), and type its name. It opens the right section.

![The Login as User Settings screen with the General section open, showing the Redirects and Role permissions cards](https://www.web357.com/content/images/login-as-user-settings-general.png)

Do you have the old **Settings → Login as User** page bookmarked? It still works. It sends you to the new Settings screen, with your values in place.

👉 [Read where each setting lives now](https://docs.web357.com/login-as-a-user-wordpress-plugin/getting-started/accessing-the-settings/)

## New in PRO: the Audit Log

"Who logged in as this customer last week?" Until now, the plugin could not answer that.

Go to **Login as User → Audit Log**. Every switch, every switch back and every refused attempt is recorded, with the date, both users and their roles, and the IP address.

- ✅ Filter by event, outcome and date, or search a user or an IP address.
- ✅ Click **Details** to see every field of an entry, including the browser.
- ✅ **Export CSV** downloads the entries that match your filters.
- ✅ Old entries are deleted after 90 days. You can change that, or keep them forever, under **Settings → Audit Log**.
- ✅ You can stop storing IP addresses, or keep only part of each one.

![The Login as User Audit Log with filters, an Export CSV button and entries for switched, switched back and denied attempts](https://www.web357.com/content/images/login-as-user-audit-log.png)

👉 [Read the Audit Log guide](https://docs.web357.com/login-as-a-user-wordpress-plugin/audit-log/)

## What stays the same

Apart from the settings page, nothing you used before has moved:

- The **Login as User** column on **Users → All Users**.
- The **Login as** button at the top of the **Edit User** screen.
- The buttons on MemberPress lists, and in PRO on WooCommerce orders, WooCommerce Subscriptions and SureCart.
- The bar on the front end while you are switched. Its button now reads **Go back to admin** in both the full bar and the small corner view.

![The front-end bar reading Viewing the site as John Doe, with a Go back to admin button](https://www.web357.com/content/images/login-as-user-message-bar.png)

1.7.6 also fixes the **Login as User** column on the latest SureCart, where the Customers and Orders lists were rebuilt (PRO). And [Preserve WooCommerce cart on switch](https://www.web357.com/blog/keep-the-woocommerce-cart-when-you-login-as-a-customer) works as before. You find it under **Settings → General**.

## Who sees which screen

Administrators see all three screens: **Users**, **Audit Log** and **Settings**.

Other roles that you allow to use Login as User, for example a Shop manager, see only the **Users** screen. They can help customers without seeing your settings or the log. In PRO you choose those roles, and which roles they may log in as, under [Role Management and Permissions](https://docs.web357.com/login-as-a-user-wordpress-plugin/configuration/#role-management-and-permissions).

## Free or PRO?

The new **Users** screen, the redirect, cart, button and message settings, and all switching are **Free**.

**PRO** adds the Audit Log, role permissions, List Appearance, Custom CSS, the **Registered** column on the Users screen, and the buttons on WooCommerce, WooCommerce Subscriptions and SureCart. In the free version, PRO cards show as a locked preview, so you can see what each one does before you upgrade.

On the free Users screen, SureCart customers and WooCommerce Subscriptions subscribers show a PRO label instead of **Login as**. You can still log in as them from **Users → All Users**.

👉 [Compare Free and PRO](https://www.web357.com/login-as-user-wordpress-plugin/pricing)

## How to update

- **Free version:** go to **Dashboard → Updates**, or click **Update now** under Login as User in **Plugins → Installed Plugins**.
- **PRO version:** with your license key saved under **Login as User → Settings → License**, the update shows in the same places. You can also download the latest zip from [your Web357 account](https://app.web357.com/my-account/).

Every change in this release is listed in the [Login as User changelog](https://www.web357.com/login-as-user-wordpress-plugin/changelog).

Open **Login as User → Users** after you update and log in as your first user from the new screen. New to the plugin? [Start with Login as User](https://www.web357.com/login-as-user-wordpress-plugin).

## Products in this post

- [Login as Any User](https://www.web357.com/login-as-user-wordpress-plugin): Log in as any WordPress or WooCommerce user with one click to see the site as they see it, then switch straight back, without asking for their password. ([pricing](https://www.web357.com/login-as-user-wordpress-plugin/pricing), [documentation](https://docs.web357.com/login-as-a-user-wordpress-plugin/intro/))

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