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I want to unpublish profiles of users that doesn't have all extra fields that I've created filled.

I use a custom meta_query in a user taxonomy in order to filter those authors, and that work, but it doesn't in author templates.

function unpublish_not_full_authors( $query ) {
    if ( $query->is_author() && $query->is_main_query() ) {
            // your code to set $current_user_name here
            $query->set( 'meta_query', array(
                'relation' => 'AND',
                array(
                  'key'     => 'descripcion_breve',
                  'compare' => 'EXISTS',
                ),
                array(
                  'key'     => 'titulacion_preparador',
                  'compare' => 'EXISTS',
                ),
              )
            );
    }
}
add_action( 'pre_get_posts', 'unpublish_not_full_authors' );

EDIT TO CLARIFY:

When a users register in my site he/she gets an URL to his website: example.com/author/my_profile.

What I want is to "un-publish" this public profile until the author doesn't have filled a few fields that I've created using ACF.

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    The problem's description is still unclear to me, like: a) To un-publish something usually means to change the post status from 'publish'. b) what do you mean by a user taxonomy here? c) It's not clear what you mean by a meta query in a user taxonomy. d) What do you mean doesn't work? What kind of errors? Please elaborate. Thanks.
    – birgire
    Apr 24, 2016 at 11:18
  • I don't know what you think you're doing but pre_get_posts action has nothing to do with users but posts only. You say you created extra fields, show us how you did that.
    – Z. Zlatev
    Apr 24, 2016 at 13:54

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You're doing something like this tutorial on categorizing wordpress users, correct?

I think you should do your filtering in your theme files, not on a hook. Just add an if statement to your template file (probably author.php) that tests if your custom fields aren't empty strings, and then do whatever (404, redirect elsewhere, throw a notice...)

Unless you need to specifically have a parameter that says whether an author is public or not (e.g. you're planning to write a back-end user management GUI or something like that), hiding users through theme files should be the easiest way to this.

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  • You're right, with an IF statement is easier. Apr 25, 2016 at 17:24

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