How to use personal_options_update action in WordPress

personal_options_update Action

The personal_options_update action fires only if the current user is editing their own profile. To use the personal_options_update action, first, you have to register it using add_action. You can write this code into the 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 execute_on_personal_options_update_event which takes 1 parameter, and we registered it using add_action. The first parameter personal_options_update is the name of the hook, the second parameter execute_on_personal_options_update_event is the name of the function 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_action to remove the personal_options_update action.

Example 1: Updating Extra Profile Fields

Here’s how you can update extra profile fields using the personal_options_update action.

    add_action('personal_options_update', 'weplugins_update_extra_profile_fields');
    function weplugins_update_extra_profile_fields($user_id) {
        if (current_user_can('edit_user', $user_id)) {
            update_user_meta($user_id, 'my_custom_field', sanitize_text_field($_POST['your_field']));
        }
    }
    

Example 2: Implementing Custom Functionality

Below is an example of how you can use this hook to execute custom functionality.

    function weplugins_execute_on_personal_options_update_event($user_id) {
        // Code to be executed when this action occurs in WordPress.
        // Use the parameters received in the function arguments & implement the required additional custom functionality according to your website requirements.
    }
    // add the action
    add_action("personal_options_update", "weplugins_execute_on_personal_options_update_event", 10, 1);
    

Example 3: Removing a Hook Callback

To remove a hook callback, use the example below.

    remove_action("personal_options_update", "weplugins_execute_on_personal_options_update_event", 10, 1);
    

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

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