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Plugin to display user roles' names in a Shortcode

download the zip ( top right ) and rename the file to something sensible line show-user-roles.zip and install in the normal way or

create a folder in your plugins directory , e.g. show-user-roles add the index.php to the folder activate the plugin

use the shortcode [showmyroles] Arguments: delimiter ( default
) e.g. [showmyroles delimiter=' | ']]

index.php

<?php
/*
Plugin Name:  Show User Roles
Plugin URI:   https://fullworks.net/
Description:  Show User Roles
Version:      2.1
Author:       Alan
Author URI:   https://fullworks.net/
License:      GPL2
*
* No warranty or liability accepted as per GPL
*
* Shortcode to display a user's roles' names
*
* Usage:
* [showmyroles  delimiter="<br>"]
*
*/
// If this file is called directly, abort.
if ( ! defined( 'WPINC' ) ) {
	die;
}
add_shortcode( 'showmyroles', function ( $atts ) {
	if ( ! is_user_logged_in() ) {
		return "";
	}
	$a = shortcode_atts( array(
		'delimiter' => '<br>',
	), $atts );
	global $wp_roles;

	$roles            = array_filter( $wp_roles->roles, function ( $key ) {
		$user = get_userdata( get_current_user_id() );
		if ( property_exists( $user, 'roles' ) ) {
			if ( in_array( $key, $user->roles ) ) {
				return true;
			}
		}

		return false;

	}, ARRAY_FILTER_USE_KEY );
	$names            = array_column( $roles, 'name' );
	$translated_names = array();
	foreach ( $names as $name ) {
		$translated_names[] = translate_user_role( $name );
	}

	return implode( $a['delimiter'], $translated_names );
} );