Changelog for the Login as a User - WordPress plugin | Web357
Changelog for the Login as a User - WordPress plugin
v1.6.625-Oct-2025
* New: Simple setting to control which roles can edit users. We also made role handling consistent so the plugin always uses the correct list of roles. Read more here https://docs.web357.com/article/167-use-case-granting-shop-manager-role-access-to-login-as-user
* Improved: More reliable multi-select on the settings page when choosing roles. We cleaned up how these selections are saved to avoid issues.
* Updated: New Web357 logo on the settings page.
v1.6.503-Oct-2025
* Bug Fixed: The "Go back to admin..." is not displayed after logging in as a user.
* Manually clear WordPress authentication cookies without triggering clear_auth_cookie action. This prevents conflicts with other plugins (e.g. WP Activity Log) that hook into the action.
v1.6.417-Sep-2025
* By default, set the Message Display Position to the bottom instead of top, but you can always change it from the Settings > Login as User > Appearance > Message > Message Display Position > Top or Bottom.
v1.6.312-Sep-2025
* Remove debug logging for WooCommerce cart preservation.
v1.6.208-Sep-2025
* Added WooCommerce Cart Preservation, ensuring customer carts remain intact when admins log in as users — preventing lost items and improving checkout support. More: https://docs.web357.com/article/161-woocommerce-cart-preservation-keep-customer-carts-intact
* Fixed invalid HTML output by moving the filter_login_message hook from wp_head to wp_footer, preventing layout issues caused by injected markup inside the head element.
* Minor fixes and improvements
v1.6.127-May-2025
* Feature: Add Column Position Settings for "Login as User" buttons in WooCommerce Orders, Subscriptions, and Users lists. Allows display in default or last column.
* Feature: Add CSS Editor Settings for Frontend and Backend. Allows custom CSS overrides for the login button and toolbar without editing plugin files.
* Feature: Integrate "Login as User" with Surecart. Adds login button support in Surecart Orders and Customers views.
* Feature: Replace verbose login status messages with icons and tooltips in WooCommerce Orders Table. Enhances layout and improves readability.
* Feature: Add custom redirect URL after logging out from "Login as User" session. Allows admins to define where to be redirected post-impersonation.
* Refactor: Improve Role-Based Login Permissions Logic. Enforces stricter permission checks and prevents unauthorized role impersonation.
* Fix: Improve Compatibility with Tutor LMS Login Flow. Prevents forced logout and broken redirects when logging in as users with limited roles under Tutor LMS.
* Fix: Prevent conflict when both free and pro versions are active. Displays admin notice and avoids critical functionality issues.
* Fix: Resolve conflict with LoginWP plugin in Login as User (WordPress). Ensures session does not revert to admin after impersonation.
* Fix: Conflict with ASE plugin on redirect after using "Login as User". Resolves broken login redirection when ASE is active.
* Bug: Fix column width behavior for "Login as User" in WooCommerce Orders Table. Ensures layout is responsive and doesn't break with more columns or smaller screens.
v1.6.002-Apr-2025
* Added: New setting "Enable Attention Animation" to allow turning off the pulsing (ping) effect on the admin button after logging in as a user. Disabled by default for a cleaner interface. [Docs »](https://docs.web357.com/article/144-how-to-enable-or-disable-the-attention-animation-in-the-admin-button)
v1.5.825-Jan-2025
* Added: Improved integrations architecture by moving integrations to separate files.
* Added: Full integration with MemberPress plugin. Now you can login as any MemberPress user. The buttons are displayed in the Members, Subscriptions and Transactions pages in WordPress Admin panel.
* Minify Existing *.min.css and *.min.js Files for Free and Pro Versions.
* Minor fixes and improvements.
v1.5.704-Jan-2025
* Fully compatible with WordPress v6.7.x
* Fully compatible with WooCommerce v9.5.x
* Introduce the new demo site: https://login-as-user-wordpress-demo.web357.com/wp-admin
v1.5.617-Oct-2024
* Fixed: PHP notices due to accessing properties of a non-object in certain cases when there is no logged-in user. Improved validation of the current user object before accessing display_name and user_login properties.
* Minor stability and performance improvements.
v1.5.503-Oct-2024
* PHP message: PHP Warning: Undefined variable in /wp-content/plugins/login-as-user/includes/class-w357-login-as-user.php on line 667
* Other Minor fixes and improvements.
v1.5.402-Oct-2024
* Optimized Asset Loading: Prevent CSS and JavaScript files from being enqueued when no user is logged into the site, improving performance. (Thanks to "ss88_uk" for the suggestion!)
* Update: Removed the includes/plugin-update-checker folder from the free version.
* Fully compatible with WooCommerce v9.3.x.
* Role-Based Login Management: Added functionality to define which user roles have the ability to log in as users of other roles. For example, Administrators can be configured to log in as any user with the roles of Customer or Shop Manager, while Office Managers can log in as users with the Author role. [Pro version]
* Minor stability and performance improvements.
v1.5.319-Aug-2024
* Fully compatible with WordPress v6.6.x
* Fully compatible with WooCommerce v9.1.x
v1.5.201-Jul-2024
* [Bug Fixed] PHP Fatal error: Uncaught Error: Call to undefined method WP_Post::get_customer_id() in /wp-content/plugins/login-as-user-pro/includes/class-w357-login-as-user.php:796
v1.5.128-Jun-2024
* Fully compatible with WooCommerce v9.0.x and WooCommerce Subscriptions v6.4.x
* [New Feature]: Role Management Permissions in Login as User Plugin. Define which roles can log in as users of other roles, enhancing security and control by limiting this capability to specific roles. Learn more https://docs.web357.com/article/118-role-management-permissions-in-login-as-user-plugin-pro-only
* [New Feature]: Added option to display the admin link in the topbar.
* Fixed 'Login as User' column compatibility with WooCommerce Subscriptions 6.4.
* [Bug Fix] Enhanced order column compatibility using WooCommerce's get_customer_id method.
* [UI] Implemented minor fixes and improvements for a smoother user experience, including a go-back link in the WordPress top navbar.
* Added button_name parameter to [login_as_user] shortcode for customizable button text, including support for dynamic user type placeholder (e.g., [ login_as_user user_id="357" redirect_to="/my-account" button_name="Login as "]). [Thank you, Giorgos Iordanidis] Documentation updated: https://docs.web357.com/article/102-shortcode-login-as-user
* [Improvement] The default value for the message_display_position should be "bottom", not "top".
* Minor fixes and Improvements.
v1.5.026-Apr-2024
* Improved handling of user_id and redirect_to parameters in the [login_as_user] shortcode for enhanced functionality. Documentation updated: https://docs.web357.com/article/102-shortcode-login-as-user
v1.4.918-Apr-2024
* Fully compatible with WordPress v6.5.x and WooCommerce v8.8.x
* CSS Bug fixed: The "Login as User" button is currently overflowing its column within the table. [Thank you, Anthony Grullon]
* Bug fixed: After clicking the button “go back to admin as..” a 404 error occurred. It does not give the correct URL. It mostly happens when the WordPress is in a subdirectory [Many thanks to )]
* Introduced a new attribute for the [login_as_user] shortcode, enabling administrators to redirect users to a specific page after logging in. Example usage: [login_as_user user_id="1" redirect_to="/my-account"].
* Now supports WooCommerce High-Performance Order Storage (HPOS) [Thank you, Rein Ridder]
* Ensured functionality remains intact when WordPress is given its own directory, following the guidelines provided https://wordpress.org/documentation/article/giving-wordpress-its-own-directory/ [Thanks, James]
* Implemented minor fixes and improvements for a smoother user experience.
v1.4.823-Oct-2023
* Fully compatible with WordPress v6.3.x and WooCommerce v8.2.x
* Minor fixes and improvements
v1.4.727-Jul-2023
* Added PHP 8.2 Compatibility to the Plugin Update Checker and fix deprecation notices regarding PHP 8.2.x.
* Fix CSS issues regarding z-index on Divi themes.
v1.4.626-Jul-2023
* [PHP 8.2 Deprecated Warning]: Creation of dynamic property LoginAsUser_AdminPro:: is deprecated in /wp-content/plugins/login-as-user-pro/admin/class-admin.php on line 51 on PHP 8.2, and WordPress 6.2.2.
v1.4.507-Jun-2023
* [Compatibility] Fully compatible with WordPress v6.2.x and WooCommerce v7.7.x
* Compatible with the WooCommerce Mobile App
* After login as a user, in the notification bar show the email instead of username. Example: "go back to admin as Yiannis Christodoulou (yiannis [@] web357 [.] com)"
* Bug fixed after going back to admin dashboard. Bug message: "The link you followed as expired."
* PHP Warning fixed: Undefined array key "SERVER_NAME" in .../wp-content/plugins/login-as-user-pro/login-as-user-pro.php on line 67
* Minor fixes and improvements
v1.4.414-Jun-2022
* Minor bugfix: The "Login as User" button is missing for specific user roles.
v1.4.314-Jun-2022
* [Compatibility] Fully compatible with WordPress v6.0 and WooCommerce v6.5+
* Minor fixes and improvements
v1.4.211-Feb-2022
* [New Feature] You can use the shortcode [login_as_user user_id="357"] to display the login as user button everywhere, event at the frontend. You just have to specify the user_id. Do not forget to replace the 357 with the user ID you want. (This feature included only in the Premium version)
* [Compatibility] Fully compatible with WordPress v5.9 and WooCommerce v6.2
* Minor fixes and improvements
v1.4.128-Jul-2021
* [Styling improvement] To fix the display of the login as user button when you have a lot of columns in Users/Orders area, we 've created a new option to decrease the width of "Login as User" column. Navigate to: Settings > Login as User > "Login as...«option»" button > None (display only the user icon). [Thank you, Robert]
* [Compatibility] Fully compatible with WordPress v5.8 and WooCommerce v5.5
* Minor fixes and improvements
v1.4.008-Apr-2021
* [Compatibility] Fully compatible with the User Insights WordPress plugin.
* [Compatibility] Fully compatible with WordPress v5.7 and WooCommerce v5.1.x
* Minor fixes and improvements
v1.3.009-Jan-2021
* [Compatibility] Fully compatible with Loco Translate plugin.
* [New feature] Validate website license key in the plugin settings (only for the premium version).
* [Compatibility] Fully compatible with WordPress v5.6 and WooCommerce v4.8.
v1.2.219-Oct-2020
* [New option] You can now choose the position of the "Login as user" toolbar. There are two available positions, the TOP and the BOTTOM.
* [Compatibility] Fully compatible with WordPress 5.5 and WooCommerce 4.6.
v1.2.115-Apr-2020
* [Bug Fixed] Error with the redirection URL after a successful login attempt. Admin is redirected to a URL that contains twice the value of the function "home_url()", and gives a 404 error.
v1.2.030-Mar-2020
* [Style Improvement] Remove any margin of the button that displayed on the toolbar at frontend.
* [Bug Fixed] The "login as user" button is not displayed. There was a filter conflict because a 3rd plugin calls the "manage_users_custom_column" filter too. We have change the priority and the issue has been resolved. [Many thanks to Michael Kuhlman for his help]
* [Bug Fixed] Error with the redirection URL. Admin is not redirected to the correct page from settings, after logged in as a user.
v1.1.014-Feb-2020
* [New feature] You can now choose from the settings, which string will be displayed on the "Login as User" button. You can choose one from the following, nickname, or first name, or last name, or full name. For example Login as «Yiannis», or log in as «Christodoulou», or log in as «Johnathan99», or log in as «Yiannis Christodoulou».
* [New Feature] Show only the first X characters of the username, or first/last name, or full name, on the "Login as...«option»" button. For example, if you choose 5, the button will be displayed like this: Login as «Yiann...», or Login as «Chris...», or Login as «Johna...», or Login as «Yiann...».
* [Bug Fixed] Do not load the files "public.min.css" and "public.min.js" if the Login as User functionality is not enabled.
* Minor bug fixes and improvements.
v1.0.129-Jul-2019
* If an admin is already logged in, a short message replaces the button. Example: "Already logged in" instead of "---".
* The language files have been updated with new strings.
