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Introduction

Backend & Full Access Control, Frontend Access Control, Administration, User Management, Site Access

Shack User Switching allows you to test any user account on your sites, without compromising their passwords. With one click, you can browse your site and see exactly what your users see. This is a safe and useful way to troubleshoot problems for your site's users.

Test accounts on the Joomla frontend

Shack User Switching allows you to access another user's account by using the normal Joomla login form. You enter the username of the person that you want to log in as, then enter your own password.

Test accounts in the Joomla admin area

You can use Shack User Switching to test accounts that have administrator access. Enter the username of the account that you want to test, and then enter your own account password.

Detailed access control

Shack User Switching gives you the ability to decide who can test accounts. You can make this choice based on user groups, user IDs, or IP addresses. You can also control which user groups can not be tested.

Shack User Switching is secure

Normally, to test a user account, you will need to access or change their password. With Shack User Switching, the users' passwords remain private and secure. Also, Shack User Switching uses all the core safety features within the Joomla core login forms, which adds protection against hackers.

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Excellent product and support



Posted on 17 January 2022
Functionality
The plugin does exactly what it should do! Specified users or usergroups are able to login with their pass to other accounts.
Ease of use
Very easy! Installed through normal joomla installation without problems and the setup was a matter of 3 minutes.
Support
Excellent! Our system required a special setting on another component and we got a fix reply a few hours after we submitted a ticket.
Documentation
Actually documentation is not needed as the plugin setup has a juicy explanation for all options that needs to be set.
Value for money
Suggested from us if you need admins or moderators to be able to login and check what users see in the site.
I used this to: Huge online community (about 40.000 users) that have questions and issues that need to be resolved. Sometimes their issue explanation is not accurate enough and we need to login with their account and check.

My new perfect solution



Posted on 22 September 2020
Functionality
The extension does exactly what it should do. There is nothing else to say here ;)
Ease of use
Once you have understood the principle of the rules, it is very easy.
Support
So far I can only report a fast and very competent email support by the staff of Jomlashack.
Documentation
The documentation, which can be found on the developers' website, was easy to understand and also explained very well with screenshots.
Value for money
I have purchased this extension in a bundle. So the price is completely ok.
I used this to: Shack User Switching is for me the ultimate tool to quickly check the configuration of another Joomla user without knowing the password set by the user himself. This is a serious and above all secure variant.

Dirk from Germany
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Shack User Switching

Version:
2.0.3
Developer:
Joomlashack
Last updated:
Oct 18 2023
1 year ago
Date added:
Apr 16 2020
License:
GPLv2 or later
Type:
Paid download
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Compatibility:
J3 J4 J5 (b/c plugin)
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