How to use edit_user_field filter in WordPress

edit_user_field filter

The dynamic portion of the hook name, $field, refers to the prefixed user field being filtered, such as ‘user_login’, ‘user_email’, ‘first_name’, etc.

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

We at WePlugins, 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_user_field_defaults which takes 2 parameters and we registered using add_filter. The first parameter edit_user_field is the name of the hook, the second parameter weplugins_modify_edit_user_field_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 the edit_user_field filter.

Parameters

Below are the 2 parameters required to use this hook.

• $value: (mixed) Value of the prefixed user field.
• $user_id: (int) User ID.

Live Example

apply_filters( "edit_user_{$field}", mixed $value, int $user_id )

Below is an example of how you can use this hook.

Example 1: Modifying a User Field

This example demonstrates how you can modify the value of a user field.

        function weplugins_modify_edit_user_field_defaults($value, $user_id) { 
        
            // Update the $value variable according to your website requirements and return this variable. You can modify the $value variable conditionally too if you want.
        
            return $value; 
        }
        // add the filter
        add_filter( "edit_user_field", "weplugins_modify_edit_user_field_defaults", 10, 2 );
    

Example 2: Removing a Hook Callback

To remove a hook callback, use the example below.

remove_filter( "edit_user_field", "weplugins_modify_edit_user_field_defaults", 10, 2 );

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

Example 3: Conditional Modification

This example shows how to modify the user field value conditionally.

        function weplugins_modify_edit_user_field_conditionally($value, $user_id) { 
        
            if($user_id == 1) {
                $value = 'Special Value for Admin';
            }
        
            return $value; 
        }
        // add the filter
        add_filter( "edit_user_field", "weplugins_modify_edit_user_field_conditionally", 10, 2 );
    

Contact Us

If you’re having any trouble using this hook, please contact our WordPress Development Team and we’d be happy to assist you.