Impersonate frontend users from inside the TYPO3 Backend.
This extension gives backend users with administrator privileges the possibility to authenticate as any specific frontend user in the frontend with just a single click from inside the backend. This does not include default backend users.
And remember: With great power comes great responsibility. The purpose of this extension is mainly to allow for a tech support login as a specific user and see potential problems and bugs from the perspective of the user as well as doing tech support actions while impersonating the specified user account.
| Impersonate | TYPO3 | PHP | Support / Development |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.x | 12.4 | 8.1 - 8.3 | features, bugfixes, security updates |
| 2.x | 11.5 | 7.4 - 8.3 | features, bugfixes, security updates |
| 1.1.x | 10.4 | 7.0 - 7.4 | bugfixes, security updates |
| 1.0.x | 8.7 - 9.5 | 7.0 - 7.4 | none |
composer require christianessl/impersonate.
Open the TYPO3 Extension Manager, search for impersonate and install the extension.
- Go to the template module in the backend and include the
Impersonatetemplate to your main TypoScript template. - Now open the Constant Editor, choose
module.tx_impersonateand set the id of the target page to redirect an admin to when logging in a feuser via the backend:module.tx_impersonate.settings.loginRedirectPid = #uid of your target page
- Go to the list module as a backend user with administrator privileges, open a page / sysfolder with frontend user records and click the "Impersonate user" button.
- Voila! You are now logged in as the chosen frontend user.
- See the list of contributors who participated in this project.