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Query users by capability - uninstall/deactivate callback

The situation Running on MU, I'm writing an open source/publically and freely available plugin. As I used add_screen_option() to allow users to easily setup the admin page to their likings, I'm left ...
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Show User Their Password

I've got a few automated scripts that run to notify users of certain updates to the application, etc... and for one in particular, I need to be able to display the users user_login and their password. ...
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Extend the wp_users table

I'd like to to extend the wp_users table in my WordPress' database. Why? I want people to add more information about themselves when they sing up at my website. I know how to extend it, but I'm ...
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Distinguish profile user and admin user IDs / get ID of user being edited

On the user-profile page of my site I want to allow admin role users to be able to edit specific user-meta fields of subscriber role users. How can I distinguish between the two user IDs. The ...
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Update 1 specific field wrapped in shortcodes on frontend?

I am working on a page template where users can update their profile fields on the front end. I am using profile builder pro and it works fine however I am trying to recreate a specific field so I can ...
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get_user_meta() doesn't include user email?

I simply wonder why <?php var_dump(get_user_meta(4)); ?> doesn't contain an email address of the user. Instead I have to use get_userdata(4)->user_email; to query the email of the user. ...
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Problem with update_user_meta() meta_value

I am trying to insert a large number of user in to the wordpress db using wp_insert_user(). After inserting each user, I am trying to add an user meta for each user. I am doing like this: $meta_value ...
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Getting list of top 10 users and sort on last name

I would like to display a list of the top 10 authors based on the amount of posts that they have, and then sort them on last name. To my knowledge, this is not trivial since the last name of a user ...
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How we can get the user id by its display_name

I have user display_name and with this I want to get the id of that user. So, how can I get the user id?
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How to relate the Category to user?

I am developing one new plugin, In that i had a section to create new category, and having the field Created By(listing all the users in this field). I am storing the category name in WP_terms and ...
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cap_key problem when sharing users and usermeta tables with two installation

I'm following this Custom User and Usermeta Tables to share users and usermeta tables with two installation. define('CUSTOM_USER_TABLE', 'bloga_users'); define('CUSTOM_USER_META_TABLE', ...
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Memory usage for scalable usermeta queries

Problem Some time ago I posted a question about the scalability of wp_usermeta architecture: my concern, as my client's database of users is growing fast, is now the memory usage of querying the ...
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How to use hyperdb to separate and share a user dataset between wordpress installs?

I'm looking for a way to separate my users and usermeta table to be in a different database than my main WP install. The end goal is sharing these table over a number of WP installs. From what I ...
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Using and saving custom dropdown boxes on user profiles

Okay, so I'm creating a website and am in need of help for some custom meta fields for user profiles. Currently I have the following in my functions.php file: //hooks add_action( ...
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How to build a fool proof AdSense revenue sharing model?

I have 5 author levels in my WordPress site. Levels are calculated using points - level 1 - level 2 - level 3 - level 4 - level 5 Authors getting impressions based on author levels like this. ...
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Show Biographical Info while creating new user

Is it possible to show the Biographical Info textfield while creating a new user? I know it's possible to add user bio by editing a user AFTER it has been created. But I would like to do this while ...
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get random users each time based on the meta key

I have many users on my website, out of some has status "elite". I am saving this status in meta key/value for each user ('meta_key' => 'elite_member', 'meta_value' => '1'). I want to display ...
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Wp_User_Query not sorting by meta key

I'm trying to list users sorted by a meta value. I store a score for each user in their user meta which is just a number but the loop isn't sorting. I include the score in the loop so that I can see ...
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Echo text if field under user_meta is empty with get_users()

With get_users() I am listing users and their information. I've a custom field in the database, people_lists_class. <?php $blogusers = get_users('role=contributor&orderby=display_name'); ...
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How to get the user description with get_users?

I'm using this piece of code to list users and their information. The problem I'm having is that the description isn't showing. Obviously it's because the description lays under "user_meta" and not ...
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Return all users with a specific meta key

I'd like to use get_users() to return all users that have a particular meta_key, but I don't want to specify what the value has to be because it will change for every user. The value is a json string. ...
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Display users in order by an “order” custom meta field

Alright, so here's my current code (which works, displaying the users in order by ID and excluding the admin user): $site_admin = "1"; $order = 'ID'; $user_ids = $wpdb->get_col("SELECT ID FROM ...
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get current user not working

I was trying this code to get current user info, but showing nothing. My WordPress version is 3.3.1 <?php wp_get_current_user(); /** * @example Safe usage: $current_user = ...
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Wordpress User Profile Upload - If page is saved file reset

I have various different extra profile fields which I have set in functions.php however with the upload one if a user uploads an image and saves the form the image is set, however if they go back and ...
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How can I make the user names of commentors clickable links to the user's profile from the admin comment screen?

I've set up my wordpress blog to only allow logged in users to leave comments, but I need a way for the administrator to be able to go to a user's profile from the comment moderation screen. I don't ...
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Extra User Profile Field Upload File / Image

I have been following the following tutorial to try and an upload form to the user profiles. ...
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Drop down list in user profile page

I am having problems finding an answer to this. I need to have a custom user meta field. I can create them which is fine but I need to create a drop down one. For example I want the user meta to ...
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What does “link” refer to when you delete a user?

I'm not sure if this is BuddyPress or not but what does "links" refer to when you delete a user? http://screencast.com/t/ZeMQUG368t
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Plugin that would allow WordPress Authors to “follow” other Authors and query “Activity Info” from that

I have a WordPress blog that is all user based Authors that submit content and such. Currently in the site, you can view other authors profiles but basically just view their content from the ...
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Uses for function: wp_update_user

my theme currently uses the wp_update_user function to update a set of user metas. I created to some new user meta fields that I would like to include in the existing wp_update_user. The function ...
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Front end user meta options for users

I have created user meta options using this tutorial. Now I want to know how to allow users to edit (update) certain custom user meta options that I created. Users already have a template account ...
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Mass Update User Profile Checkbox Options

I created a checkbox option for the user_meta (user profile). They are checkboxes assigning users to categories. The problem is that I need to do a mass update for all of my users 1500+ and going ...
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Authors List page - How to include only those with wp_user_level as Author

At my Authors template page, I want to show a complete list of Authors only (i.e. wp_user_level=2) the code I used is like this: $current = (intval(get_query_var('paged'))) ? ...
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Save custom field types with this function…?

I found this great article (right here) about creating and saving custom fields for user profiles. The problem is that it only saves text fields. I can't save checkboxes, radio, or any other field ...
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Search Users base on meta_value & meta_key

How can i use multiple meta_key and meta_value to search users? For example, i want to search & find user name is "David" & location in "London". I'm using this query, But nothings in ...
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Adding fields to the “Add New User” screen in the dashboard

I'd like to add the field "Company Name" to the add new user page in the admin panel. I've done quite a bit of searching and have been unable to find details on how to do this. I can easily add info ...
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How do you add a custom option to user data?

I would like to add avatars to my users. I have a limited group on a site I'm working. Uploading isn't really a problem we can just put the images on the server and use URL's to set our avatars(Only ...
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get_user_meta Short Profile Section

Ok so i have added a custom field into the users edit profile page where they can add a link to a url of an image they want. I am currently using this for contribitors and above but i also have a ...
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Querying Email Addresses for a List of Users with Same Last Name?

I have a site with many users and many of them have the same last name. I want to get the emails of all the users with the same last name (IE: Smith) that has a post related to a particular taxonomy ...
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LEFT JOIN, INNER OUTER JOIN, LEFT OUTER JOIN is driving me crazy. Please help?

fellow coders! I an having a hard time JOIN(ing) tables. I have a a lot of users on my site and many of them have the same last names. I am trying to get their emails by their last name. WP stores ...
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mysql query two database tables, users and usermeta and sort by custom meta int value

I am trying to get an array of site users sorted by a custom meta value (an int). I can query the users just fine and get them back to use in a foreach. I currently have the query results come back ...
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Allowing an email as the username?

Is it possible to allow people to utilize their email as their username?
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In what part of the Wordpress core does the users table and usermeta table get joined?

I have been trying to work out just where in the massive jungle of Wordpress include classes the usermeta table is joined onto the users table and if so, how does it work? The one confusing thing ...