Finally, I’ve figured out a way to do it using WP_user Class. Snippet to add/remove capability to/from specific user – //to remove capability from user $user = new WP_User( $user_id ); $user->remove_cap( ‘can_email’); //to add capability to user $user = new WP_User( $user_id ); $user->add_cap( ‘can_email’); There is special function in capabilities.php in the wp_user … Read more
There is a simpler, faster method than the one by @Warface. This is an extention to @SyHolloway The concept here is to wrap get_users() in a new function in which you can sort the result from get_users() by the include parameter using usort and then return the resulted array sorted by include This function does … Read more
By using this you can get your result in ascending order for sort_order custom field $users = get_users( array( ‘meta_key’=> ‘sort_order’, ‘orderby’ => ‘meta_value_num’, ‘order’ => ‘ASC’ ) ); foreach( $users as $user ) { echo ‘<h4>’ . $user_info-> user_firstname . ‘ ‘ . $user_info-> user_lastname . ‘</h4>’; }
Parts of WordPress use (s)FTP to transfer files. Updates, for example, use (s)FTP. Media uploads do not, at least not unless something has changed in 3.7. If you are connecting to an (s)FTP server you have to provide the credentials that that server needs. Your file permissions won’t come into play until after that connection … Read more
Why not make a new account for this user which will generate a new database ID. Then delete the user with the ID of 1 and attribute all posts / content to the new user you created for them? Then you don’t have to worry about queries or messing up your database. Also, as said … Read more
Answering this question is, by design, a multi-part process. There are several things you (or a plugin/library) need to do to make User Taxonomies behave similarly to Post Taxonomies, even after you have (successfully) registered it. This answer is a work-in-progress to some degree. Please add other answers with solutions to any aspects that are … Read more
The edit_themes capability is what allows access to Appearance > Theme Editor: function wpse243341_modify_editor_role() { $role = get_role( ‘editor’ ); $role->add_cap( ‘edit_themes’ ); } add_action( ‘admin_init’, ‘wpse243341_modify_editor_role’);
Yes, you can use wp_update_user(): wp_update_user( array( ‘ID’ => 123, ‘user_nicename’ => ‘value’ ) ); Just replace 123 with the proper user ID, and value with the preferred user_nicename value. The function also enables you to change the value of other fields in the WordPress users table (wp_users).
Sometimes people who run these bots or do this manual are paid for the amount of accounts they create. So the more accounts they create the more rewards they get. Only after such a run the list goes to the original client who then uses the list of accounts to perform (comment) spam runs or … Read more
Here is a function I wrote that hooks into the gravity forms create user form but it can be added to whatever action hook your wp_create_user function is attached to. function my_auto_login( $user_id ) { wp_set_auth_cookie( $user_id, false, is_ssl() ); wp_redirect( admin_url( ‘profile.php’ ) ); exit; } The important part is wp_set_auth_cookie. This has to … Read more