As noted at the codex page for get_user_meta(): NOTE If the meta value does not exist and $single is true the function will return an empty string. If $single is false an empty array is returned. So I would suggest to do the check like this: ! empty( $themeta ) Regrading your other question, you … Read more
There’s no built-in functionality to append meta values you’ll need to do it manually. If you plan on adding multiple values I would suggest saving it as an array but it will serialize it in the database which will make it harder to run WP_Meta_Query on. $user_id = fav_authors_get_user_id(); $fav_author_id = 2; $author_list = get_user_meta( … Read more
The ‘special’ authors have in usermeta a meta key called ‘werksortgodmodus’ with meta value ‘yes’. The ‘rest’ of the authors have ‘werksortgodmodus’ = no . You could e.g. order by the meta value with (PHP versions 5.4+): $blogusers = get_users( [ ‘role’ => ‘author’, ‘meta_key’ => ‘werksortgodmodus’, ‘orderby’ => [ ‘meta_value’ => ‘DESC’, ‘display_name’ => … Read more
There are few ways to accomplish what you want. I won’t give you any use-ready solution but just an idea. First idea You could set up cron job to replace authentication keys in wp-config.php, you can get them over here https://api.wordpress.org/secret-key/1.1/salt/ This way you will force all of the users to log in again. Second … Read more
Combining a meta query with a search for a keyword will return posts which match both the search query and the result of the meta query (even if you’re using relation => OR in the meta query). This answer covers a way to achieve your expected outcome for posts, which – you need to modify … Read more
Check the docs. wp_delete_user( $id, $reassign ); If the $reassign parameter is not assigned to a User ID, then all posts will be deleted of that user. The action ‘delete_user’ that is passed the User ID being deleted will be run after the posts are either reassigned or deleted. The user meta will also be … Read more
Normalizing data is more efficient, and storing serialized data in a table field that you want to search / work with on DB level isn’t something for Non-Nosql RDBMS like MySQL/MariaDB. Searching those fields is inefficient, you can’t use indexes on it, can’t join on it, and it’s generally painful to develop imho. If you’ve … Read more
The user_status field isn’t used by core, so you could use it for your own purposes. Although there may be side effects if WP ever decides to reuse it in the future. The authenticate filter fires before the user is authenticated. You can hook into that filter and return a WP_Error object to prevent the … Read more
I figured out the answer. I needed to use the insert_user_meta filter, not an action hook. And then I ALSO needed a combo of get_user_meta (to get the old data) and $_POST to get the value being changed to. Putting it all together, here is my final code to find when a particular user_meta field … Read more
You are using the wrong meta key: update_user_meta( $user_id, ‘Save Posts’, $_POST[‘save_post_external’] ); update_user_meta( $user_id, ‘Save Posts’, $_POST[‘save_post_internal’] ); And that should be: update_user_meta( $user_id, ‘save_post_external’, $_POST[‘save_post_external’] ); update_user_meta( $user_id, ‘save_post_internal’, $_POST[‘save_post_internal’] );