Best way to create a user programatically

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Best way to create a user programatically

user3185563

2017年4月29日 22:46

I want to create a user via a standalone script. I want an activation email to be sent out, in the same way that it is when a user is created from the Add User screen. An email is set out with a link to create the password. There is no password in the email.

There seem to be various functions for creating new users.

wp_insert_user
wp_create_user
[register_new_user][3]

There's also

wp-admin/user-new.php

Below is the code I have. It creates a new user, but it isn't the notification email. I've checked that wp-mail() and php mail() are working correctly.

I'm not sure that this is the right direction. I feel there might be an easier way to do it. If this is the right direction, any pointers on why the notification is not being sent?

Thanks.

?php
define( 'SHORTINIT', true );
require_once( '/var/www/html/mysite/wp-load.php' );
require_once ('/var/www/html/mysite/wp-includes/user.php');
require_once ('/var/www/html/mysite/wp-includes/formatting.php');
require_once ('/var/www/html/mysite/wp-includes/capabilities.php');
require_once ('/var/www/html/mysite/wp-includes/pluggable.php');
require_once ('/var/www/html/mysite/wp-includes/kses.php');
require_once ('/var/www/html/mysite/wp-includes/meta.php');
function __() {}
wp_create_user ( 'testuser8', 'apsswd', '[email protected]' );
wp_new_user_notification ( testuser8,null,'both' );
?

Topic wp-create-user scripts php email user-registration Wordpress

Category Web

jgraup · Accepted Answer · 2016年11月8日 22:08

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jgraup answered at 2016年11月8日 22:08

Use WP-CLI's User Create and put in a script.

wp user create - Create a user.

$ wp user create testuser8 [email protected] --user_pass=apsswd--role=author --send-email
Success: Created user 3.

shanebp · Accepted Answer · 2015年10月24日 18:17

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:

$user_id = wp_create_user ( 'testuser8', 'apsswd', '[email protected]' );
if( is_wp_error( $user_id ) ) 
    var_dump( $user_id );
else
    wp_new_user_notification ( $user_id, null,'both' );

Best way to create a user programatically

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