do_action( ‘profile_update’, int $user_id, WP_User $old_user_data, array $userdata )

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   Collins Mbaka 5 years ago

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   Basic Usage

       add_action( 'profile_update', 'my_profile_update', 10, 2 );
   
       function my_profile_update( $user_id, $old_user_data ) {
           // Do something
       }
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   Uriahs Victor 5 years ago

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   Finding out if a user email was updated from the admin dashboard, can work for other fields as well if value being checked is changed:

   function wpdocs_check_user_email_updated( $user_id, $old_user_data ) {
   	$old_user_email = $old_user_data->data->user_email;
   
   	$user = get_userdata( $user_id );
   	$new_user_email = $user->user_email;
   
   	if ( $new_user_email !== $old_user_email ) {
   		// Do something if old and new email aren't the same
   	}
   }
   add_action( 'profile_update', 'wpdocs_check_user_email_updated', 10, 2 );

   • Hi, do you know if this fires when the user requests a email update or only AFTER the change is completed (user has confirmed the request thru the link in the email he receives) ?

     Daniele Muscetta 4 years ago
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   wombley 3 years ago

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   Note if you’re using this hook to do a redirect once a user’s set their profile details, it can break the lost password functionality as that sends the email AFTER updating the profile with a new code. Example fix, by checking if user_activation_key has changed:

   add_action( 'profile_update', 'wpdocs_profile_update', 10, 3 );
   function wpdocs_profile_update( $user_id, $oldUserData, $newUserData ) {
       // This is also called on lost password, BEFORE the email is sent - hence breaking it. If that's the case, don't redirect.
       $doRedirect = $oldUserData->data->user_activation_key === $newUserData['user_activation_key'];
   
       if ( $doRedirect && get_option( 'wpdocs-redirect-users-to-on-login', '' ) ) {
           wp_redirect( get_option( 'wpdocs-redirect-users-to-on-login', '' ) );
           die();
       }
   }

   • Notice that `$userdata` doesn’t contain `meta_input`. The parameter doesn’t contain information of custom user meta values.

     Gerard Reches 3 years ago