Uses for function: wp_update_user
I would use the update_user_meta function instead.
users
How should I change the username of or delete the admin user?
The safest way: Create a second user account, and assign it to the admin user role. Login as the user you just added Modify the original admin account. Delete it, or (my preference, especially if the username is “admin”) change the user role to subscriber
Prevent certain subscribers from seeing specific taxonomies (changes frequently)
How about something like if( in_array( $current_tax, get_user_meta( $user, ‘legal_taxonomies’, true ) ) ) You can get the current taxonomy information using get_term_by(). This operates on the assumption that you’re storing the available taxonomies as an array, but is easily changed for any storage method.
Is there a way to rate users instead of posts?
I would create a custom table that stored a) the user doing the rating b) the user being rated c) the rating d) the time of the rating. Between these 4, you should be able to store, aggregate, and effectively query your data with very little overhead or PHP processing. update note: this is pseudocode … Read more
Use of antispambot with $curauth->email
As the Codex states for the antispambot() function: Return Values (string) Converted email address. You have to do one of the following: echo antispambot( $curauth->publicemail ); // OR… print antispambot( $curauth->publicemail ); So your full example would look like the following: if ( ! empty( $curauth->publicemail ) ) { echo ‘Email <a href=”https://wordpress.stackexchange.com/questions/43732/mailto:”.antispambot( $curauth->publicemail ).’?subject=Webmail”> … Read more
What does “link” refer to when you delete a user?
if said user created any links or not, Which they probably didn’t.
Control Users listed in Users List on dashboard
WordPress doesn’t know which user created which, so first you need to store the creator’s data in the newly created user meta so you can so something like this: add_action( ‘user_register’, ‘Store_creator’ ); function Store_creator($user_id){ $creator = wp_get_current_user(); //only do this when none admin creates the user if ( $creator->roles[0] == ‘administrator’ ) return; update_user_meta($user_id,’_creator’,$creator->ID); … Read more
Want to know who is login Admin/User
is_admin() only checkes if the dashboard page is displayed or not, if you want to tell the role of a user, try current_user_can( $capability )
Cannot Modify Header Info Error on updating User Profile
It is usually because there are spaces, new lines, or other stuff before an opening tag, typically in wp-config.php. This could be true about some other file too, so please check the error message, as it lists the specific file name where the error occurred (see the link below for more info on “Interpreting the … Read more
Filter to remove the default password on “Your Profile” page
By default the password fields should appear “empty” on the “Your Profile” page. Make sure your WordPress installation is up to date and try deactivating any plugins that extend the user profile page and commenting out any code in your functions.php file. There is most likely a conflict with one of these plugins.