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User Switching

by John Blackbourn · 200,000+ active installs · Checked 3 Nov 2026
Healthy

Healthy: User Switching is maintained, has no open risk signals and no unpatched vulnerabilities.

91/ 100 Canary Score
Sub-scores for User Switching
Ownership100
Maintenance100
Security100
Support70
Reputation70

How the score works

Active signals

Facts we detected, with links to the source.

No open risk signals. Signals appear here when we detect an ownership change, closure, vulnerability or decline.

Ownership timeline

Who commits to the plugin's code on wordpress.org, over time.

Committers and their active periods
johnbillion5 Mar 2009 to 29 Aug 2026, 239 commits

1 committer recorded. No ownership changes recorded since 3 Nov 2026.

Maintenance

Last release
2 months ago
Releases, 24 months
10
Tested up to
7.1 current
Requires PHP
7.4 supported 8.2+
Releases per quarter for User Switching
Q1 20241
Q2 20240
Q3 20241
Q4 20242
Q1 20250
Q2 20251
Q3 20251
Q4 20252
Q1 20261
Q2 20261
Q3 20262
Q4 20260

Last release 29 Aug 2026. Tested with WordPress 7.1 (current).

Support

100% of 1 support threads resolved in the last 2 months.

Security record

No published vulnerabilities on record for this plugin.

Source: Wordfence Intelligence.

Reputation

Average rating per quarter for User Switching
Q4 20235.0
Q1 20245.0
Q2 20245.0
Q3 20245.0
Q4 20245.0
Q2 20255.0
Q3 20255.0
Q4 20255.0

Average rating stayed at 5.0 between Q4 2023 and Q4 2025.

Rating distribution
5 star232
4 star1
3 star1
2 star1
1 star3

Momentum

200,000+ active installs. History builds with each weekly snapshot.

Weekly downloads, last 27 weeks
Weekly downloads for User Switching
4 May 20265,221
11 May 202611,102
18 May 202638,428
25 May 202675,894
1 Jun 202626,160
8 Jun 202619,791
15 Jun 202617,846
22 Jun 202615,582
29 Jun 202613,958
6 Jul 202685,904
13 Jul 202645,994
20 Jul 202626,968
27 Jul 202620,151
3 Aug 202618,969
10 Aug 202617,335
17 Aug 202615,741
24 Aug 202665,324
31 Aug 202663,041
7 Sep 202630,470
14 Sep 202630,496
21 Sep 202624,803
28 Sep 202619,279
5 Oct 202620,119
12 Oct 202617,983
19 Oct 202622,603
26 Oct 202619,670
2 Nov 20263,486

Weekly downloads over the last 4 weeks are 44% below the 27-week average.

Healthier alternatives

Same category, higher Canary Score. Never sponsored.

No healthier plugin in the same category yet.

Facts

Version1.12.2
AuthorJohn Blackbourn
Added5 Mar 2009
Last updated29 Aug 2026
Active installs200,000+
Requires WordPress6.3
Tested up to7.1.4
Requires PHP7.4
CategoryUser Management & Authentication > User Registration & Login
Tagsusers, multisite, woocommerce, user switching, fast user switching

Other plugins by this author: Query Monitor

Questions

Is User Switching still maintained?

User Switching was last updated on 29 Aug 2026. Its Canary status is Healthy.

Is User Switching safe?

User Switching has no open unpatched vulnerabilities on record. 0 vulnerabilities were published in the last 24 months. Its Canary status is Healthy.

Who owns User Switching?

The wordpress.org author is John Blackbourn. Recent committers: johnbillion, plugin-master. We have recorded no ownership change.

What can I use instead of User Switching?

We have no healthier plugin in the same category on record yet.

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