John Davidson

Message:

Im trying to create a new user programmatically trough a form but Im having problem with getting the phone numer and country set trough wp_create_user - why wont it take the values? First and last name works as expected.

Relevant code:

$user_id = wp_create_user( $username, $random_password, $user_email ); 

    wp_update_user([

    'ID' => $user_id,

     'first_name' => rgar( $entry, '20.3' ),

     'last_name'  => rgar( $entry, '20.6' ),

     'phone'      => rgar( $entry, '16' ),

     'country'  => rgar( $entry, '24.6' )

    ]);

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My Answer:
$user_id,
'first_name' => $first_name,
'last_name' => $last_name,
'phone_number' => $phone_number,
'country' => $country
]);

The issue here is that the wp_update_user function does not have built-in support for updating custom user meta fields like phone number and country. You will need to use the update_user_meta function to update these custom fields.

Here is how you can update the phone number and country fields for the user:

php
update_user_meta( $user_id, 'phone_number', $phone_number );
update_user_meta( $user_id, 'country', $country );


Make sure to replace 'phone_number' and 'country' with the actual meta keys you are using for these fields in your WordPress installation.

By using the update_user_meta function, you can update any custom user meta fields for the user created programmatically.