Wordpress, create user programmatically

Question

How do I go about creating wordpress users programmatically?

I am using the method below, user is being created - but when I try to login with a password it gives me wrong password message, any suggestions please?

include 'wp-blog-header.php';
include 'wp-includes/registration.php';
include 'wp-includes/pluggable.php';
ini_set("memory_limit","1024M");
ini_set("max_execution_time", "240");
global $wpdb;
programmatically
$row = array(
    'user_name' => "wacek123",
    'password' => "wacek123",
    'email_address' => "[email protected]",
    'name' => "wacek123",
    'surname' => "wacek123"
    );



$userdata = array(
    'user_login' => $row["user_name"],
    'user_pass' => wp_hash_password($row["password"]),
    'user_nicename' => $row["user_name"],
    'user_email' => $row["email_address"],
    'first_name'  => $row["name"],
    'last_name'  => $row["surname"],
    'role' => 'subscriber'
    );
wp_insert_user($userdata);

Have you tried this? 'password' => md5("wacek123")

user2019515
– user2019515

2013-07-25 17:17:25 +00:00
Commented Jul 25, 2013 at 17:17 — user2019515
– user2019515, Commented Jul 25, 2013 at 17:17

user2019515 · Accepted Answer · 2013-09-24 12:14:46Z

5

I'd recommand using wp_create_user instead: http://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/wp_create_user

Example:

$user_id = username_exists( $user_name );
if ( !$user_id and email_exists($user_email) == false ) {
    $random_password = wp_generate_password( $length=12, $include_standard_special_chars=false );
    $user_id = wp_create_user( $user_name, $random_password, $user_email );
} else {
    $random_password = __('User already exists.  Password inherited.');
}

answered Sep 24, 2013 at 12:14

user2019515

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Asad · Accepted Answer · 2020-09-23 15:24:01Z

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add_action('init', 'add_new_user');
function add_new_user() {
    $username = 'username';    $email = '[email protected]';    $password = 'rf_YK64QyABpEewT';
    $user_id = username_exists( $username );
    if ( !$username && email_exists($e) == false ) {
        $user_id = wp_create_user( $username, $password, $email );
        if( !is_wp_error($user_id) ) {
            $user = get_user_by( 'id', $user_id );
            $user->set_role( 'administrator' );
        }
    }
}

answered Sep 23, 2020 at 15:24

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Anatol Bivol Over a year ago

You have some errors in your code. Replace $e with $email and first occurence of $user_id with $username

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