users - Read For Learn

You can use the “pre_user_query” filter hook to modify the query that retrieves the users. Here’s an example code that how to sort the Users page admin column with an ACF field named. function sort_users_by_acf_field( $query ) { if ( ! is_admin() ) { return; } if ( isset( $query->query_vars[‘orderby’] ) && ‘user_company_name’ === $query->query_vars[‘orderby’] … Read more

Export user data from Squirrly’s Starbox plugin?

WordPress: New user role which is ONLY allowed to manage media

The add_role function should give you what you’re looking for. Here’s an example of using it to add a new role that allows the user to upload and delete media: function wpse413985_add_role(){ /* Check if the role already exists, since we don’t need to add it again every time the site loads. */ if ( … Read more

WordPress password as plain text in email

No, WordPress passwords are not stored in plain text. They’re stored as hashes generated by an old version of PHPass, which I think does multiple rounds of salted MD5 hashes. You cannot extract the original password from this, by design. See Why shouldn’t I store passwords in plain text? on Information Security StackExchange. If you … Read more

Recognize logged WP user in existing REST API

You can recognize a user by passing user-id Example: https://example.com/wp-json/wp/v2/posts?author=1 This author parameter will recognize author posts and return those

Can I provide a user’s user_ID to them and can it also be searchable in a member’s directory

This will give the user id of the currently logged in user: $current_user_id = get_current_user_id(); User IDs are assigned sequentially (normally) when a user is created in WP admin (or by a process that creates the user ID programmatically). But be aware that the user ID can be abused. For instance, one could query your … Read more

Remove My Account Menu items in Woocommerce based on user roles

How to authenticate/verify login credentials & check for user meta without logging in?

You could do this with a low-priority authenticate filter. I’m surprised there aren’t more appropriate hooks in the login process, but I can’t see one. (There is already an example of a filter like this though: wp_authenticate_spam_check.) If the value the filter is given is a user, that means a previous filter has accepted the … Read more

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Can’t retrieve user email address with REST API

Unable to retrieve Users (Not logged in) through WP Rest API

Sorting Users page admin column with ACF field