There are actually two actions: One when the profile is updated and one when the user is registered. # Fires immediately after an existing user is updated. do_action( ‘profile_update’, $user_id, $old_user_data ); # Fires immediately after a new user is registered. do_action( ‘user_register’, $user_id ); So as long as the user login is not empty … Read more
You should read the codex page re wp_create_user. You don’t describe the context in which your code runs. You shouldn’t need all those require_once calls. Anyhow, in this line wp_new_user_notification ( testuser8,null,’both’ ); what is testuser8 ? It’s not a variable, it’s not a string, it’s just some text that probably throws an error. Try: … Read more
There was an associated post to this one that shed light on this answer. When registering the post type, I was not setting enough fields in the ‘supports’ array of the register_post_type. Adding author, whatdayaknow, gives me the data I’m looking for. Thanks to @milo for being on the right path! register_post_type(self::POST_TYPE, array( ‘labels’ => … Read more
1. Insert user data into wp_users table. Create a page called “Activation” or similar to it and get the ID of that page. An activation email will be sent with the activation link to the user. function new_user($data) { // Separate Data $default_newuser = array( ‘user_pass’ => wp_hash_password( $data[‘user_pass’]), ‘user_login’ => $data[‘user_login’], ‘user_email’ => $data[‘user_email’], … Read more
You can use this: wp_new_user_notification( $user_id, $random_password);
None. The whole source of wp_create_user() is: function wp_create_user($username, $password, $email=””) { $user_login = esc_sql( $username ); $user_email = esc_sql( $email ); $user_pass = $password; $userdata = compact(‘user_login’, ‘user_email’, ‘user_pass’); return wp_insert_user($userdata); } It just calls insert version almost immediately, basically a shorthand wrapper. As for why it exists – core works in mysterious ways … Read more