To retrieve the current user’s role, use below code
if ( current_user_can( ‘manage_options’ ) ) {
$user = wp_get_current_user();
if ( $user->ID ) {
$roles = (array) $user->roles;
$role = array_shift( $roles );
echo ‘Current User Role: ‘. translate_user_role( $wp_roles->roles[ $role ][‘name’] ) . ”;
}
}