Title: Feature Request – Missing Function "get_role_name"
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Feature Request – Missing Function "get_role_name"

 *  [Blackbam](https://wordpress.org/support/users/blackbam/)
 * (@blackbam)
 * [15 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/feature-request-missing-function-get_role_name/)
 * Searching the function reference, I was not able to find a function for getting
   the role name (display name) of a user role.
 * I finally figured out a way how to get it, which took me half an hour to find
   out:
 *     ```
       $roles = new WP_Roles();
       $allroles = $roles->get_names();
       echo $allroles[$role]; // $role like 'administrator','author','custom',...
       ```
   
 * There should be a function for this in the Function Reference. Please correct
   me if I am wrong or there is a better way.

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 *  Moderator [Ipstenu (Mika Epstein)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ipstenu/)
 * (@ipstenu)
 * 🏳️‍🌈 Advisor and Activist
 * [15 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/feature-request-missing-function-get_role_name/#post-2063669)
 * Maybe you’ll find help in this older post: [http://wordpress.org/support/topic/get-a-users-role-by-user-id?replies=20](http://wordpress.org/support/topic/get-a-users-role-by-user-id?replies=20)

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 * Last reply from: [Ipstenu (Mika Epstein)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ipstenu/)
 * Last activity: [15 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/feature-request-missing-function-get_role_name/#post-2063669)
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