trying to use wp_update_user in plugin – not working

  • I am trying to write a plugin which will update a user field. I can use the update user meta function OK, but when I try the wp_update_user it doesnt work.

    wp_update_user($user_ID, ‘user_nicename’, ‘test’);

    That crashes the plugin. Do I need to include something for this function to work??
    By crashes, I mean that anything which I process/output after trying the wp_update_user function just doesnt show.

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  • You need to pass it an array of userdata.

    So instead of your wp_update_user($user_ID, 'user_nicename', 'test');

    give it

    wp_update_user(array(‘ID’ => $user_ID, ‘user_nicename’ => ‘test’));

    and you may also have to include the registration.php file from /wp-includes, as the function might not yet exist.

    require_once( ABSPATH . WPINC . '/registration.php');

    before you call wp_update_user.

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