How to use edit_profile_url filter in WordPress

edit_profile_url filter

Filters the URL for a user’s profile editor.

To use the edit_profile_url filter, first you need to register it using add_filter. You can write this code into functions.php of your activated theme or in a custom WordPress Plugin.

At WePlugins, we always prefer to create a custom WordPress Plugin while using hooks so nothing breaks when you update your WordPress Theme in the future.

In the below live example, we have defined a function weplugins_modify_edit_profile_url_defaults which takes 3 parameters and we registered using add_filter. The first parameter edit_profile_url is the name of the hook, the second parameter weplugins_modify_edit_profile_url_defaults is the name of the function which needs to be called, the third parameter is the priority of calling the hook if the same hook is used multiple times, and the last parameter is the number of arguments (if any) to be passed in the registered function.

Sometimes, you have to remove a registered hook so you can use remove_filter to remove edit_profile_url filter.

Parameters

Below are the 3 parameters required to use this hook.

• $url: (string) The complete URL including scheme and path.
• $user_id: (int) The user ID.
• $scheme: (string) Scheme to give the URL context. Accepts ‘http’, ‘https’, ‘login’, ‘login_post’, ‘admin’, ‘relative’ or null.

Live Examples

Example 1: Simple URL Modification

This example shows how to modify the user profile URL using the edit_profile_url filter.

    function weplugins_modify_edit_profile_url_defaults($url, $user_id, $scheme) { 
        // Update the $url variable according to your website requirements and return this variable.
        return $url; 
    }
    // add the filter
    add_filter("edit_profile_url", "weplugins_modify_edit_profile_url_defaults", 10, 3);
    

Example 2: Conditional URL Modification

This example demonstrates how to modify the URL conditionally based on user ID.

    function weplugins_modify_edit_profile_url_defaults($url, $user_id, $scheme) { 
        if ($user_id == 1) { // Check if user ID is 1
            $url = 'https://example.com/special-profile';
        }
        return $url; 
    }
    // add the filter
    add_filter("edit_profile_url", "weplugins_modify_edit_profile_url_defaults", 10, 3);
    

Example 3: Removing the Hook

To remove a hook callback, use the example below.

    // remove the filter
    remove_filter("edit_profile_url", "weplugins_modify_edit_profile_url_defaults", 10, 3);
    

Please make sure to provide the same callback function name, priority, and number of arguments while removing the hook callback.

If you’re having any trouble using this hook, please Contact Us and we’d be happy to assist you.