As you can see in question, a lot of things were checked and a lot of debugging was performed, but the most elemental thing was not checked. The user in question had simply visual editor disabled in user configuration: After enabling this issue become solved. This is dumb and underlines my ignorance. The only explanation … Read more
Why User_login key doesn’t work with wp_update_user()
Cannot update newly added User field using wp_update_user
In addition to the code piece in the question, 1. To display only the author roles in the user list page of editor: add_action(‘pre_user_query’,’editors_edit_author_list’); function editors_edit_author_list($user_search) { $user = wp_get_current_user(); if($user->ID != 1) { $user_meta=get_userdata($user->ID); //$user_roles= $user_meta->roles; global $wpdb; if(in_array(‘editor’, $user_meta->roles)) { $user_search->query_where = str_replace( ‘WHERE 1=1’, “WHERE 1=1 AND {$wpdb->users}.ID IN ( SELECT {$wpdb->usermeta}.user_id … Read more
You probably don’t need to use ajax, you just need to check for user role and screen and output your required fields / metaboxes . How to check if a user is in a specific role? https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/get_current_screen/
Figured out the SQL query that can be used to reset the display_name to first_name + last_name. And it’s simpler than the JOINs that I was trying when I posted the question. UPDATE wp_users SET display_name = Concat( (SELECT meta_value FROM wp_usermeta WHERE meta_key = ‘first_name’ AND user_id = id ), ‘ ‘, (SELECT meta_value … Read more
i’m using this answer as a playground for helping you out here. better, than in the comment section. for anybody else stumbling about the same question: i recommended ACF as a plugin for custom fields, as it is well maintained and can add custom fields to anything inside wordpress (posts, pages, attachments, taxonomies…) to get … Read more
How to display extra fields for user
First change password function to MD5 in wp_users table in database. <?php /* * Template Name: Login Template Page */ get_header(); ?> <div class=”login-branding”> <p class=”login-desc” style=””>Login</p> <div class=”login-form”> <?php $args = array( ‘redirect’ => home_url(‘/wix/dss’), ‘id_username’ => ‘user_login’, ‘id_password’ => ‘user_pass’, ); ?> <?php wp_login_form( $args ); ?> </div> </div>
Easily adding multiple existing users to a multisite site