register_new_user

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Summery Summery

Handles registering a new user.

Syntax Syntax

register_new_user( string $user_login, string $user_email )

Parameters Parameters

$user_login

(Required) User's username for logging in

$user_email

(Required) User's email address to send password and add

Return Return

(int|WP_Error) Either user's ID or error on failure.

Source Source

File: wp-includes/user.php

	 *
	 * @param WP_User $user     The user.
	 * @param string  $new_pass New user password.
	 */
	do_action( 'after_password_reset', $user, $new_pass );
}

/**
 * Handles registering a new user.
 *
 * @since 2.5.0
 *
 * @param string $user_login User's username for logging in
 * @param string $user_email User's email address to send password and add
 * @return int|WP_Error Either user's ID or error on failure.
 */
function register_new_user( $user_login, $user_email ) {
	$errors = new WP_Error();

	$sanitized_user_login = sanitize_user( $user_login );
	/**
	 * Filters the email address of a user being registered.
	 *
	 * @since 2.1.0
	 *
	 * @param string $user_email The email address of the new user.
	 */
	$user_email = apply_filters( 'user_registration_email', $user_email );

	// Check the username.
	if ( '' === $sanitized_user_login ) {
		$errors->add( 'empty_username', __( '<strong>Error</strong>: Please enter a username.' ) );
	} elseif ( ! validate_username( $user_login ) ) {
		$errors->add( 'invalid_username', __( '<strong>Error</strong>: This username is invalid because it uses illegal characters. Please enter a valid username.' ) );
		$sanitized_user_login = '';
	} elseif ( username_exists( $sanitized_user_login ) ) {
		$errors->add( 'username_exists', __( '<strong>Error</strong>: This username is already registered. Please choose another one.' ) );

	} else {
		/** This filter is documented in wp-includes/user.php */
		$illegal_user_logins = (array) apply_filters( 'illegal_user_logins', array() );
		if ( in_array( strtolower( $sanitized_user_login ), array_map( 'strtolower', $illegal_user_logins ), true ) ) {
			$errors->add( 'invalid_username', __( '<strong>Error</strong>: Sorry, that username is not allowed.' ) );
		}
	}

	// Check the email address.
	if ( '' === $user_email ) {
		$errors->add( 'empty_email', __( '<strong>Error</strong>: Please type your email address.' ) );
	} elseif ( ! is_email( $user_email ) ) {
		$errors->add( 'invalid_email', __( '<strong>Error</strong>: The email address isn&#8217;t correct.' ) );
		$user_email = '';
	} elseif ( email_exists( $user_email ) ) {
		$errors->add( 'email_exists', __( '<strong>Error</strong>: This email is already registered. Please choose another one.' ) );
	}

	/**
	 * Fires when submitting registration form data, before the user is created.
	 *
	 * @since 2.1.0
	 *
	 * @param string   $sanitized_user_login The submitted username after being sanitized.
	 * @param string   $user_email           The submitted email.
	 * @param WP_Error $errors               Contains any errors with submitted username and email,
	 *                                       e.g., an empty field, an invalid username or email,
	 *                                       or an existing username or email.
	 */
	do_action( 'register_post', $sanitized_user_login, $user_email, $errors );

	/**
	 * Filters the errors encountered when a new user is being registered.
	 *
	 * The filtered WP_Error object may, for example, contain errors for an invalid
	 * or existing username or email address. A WP_Error object should always be returned,
	 * but may or may not contain errors.
	 *
	 * If any errors are present in $errors, this will abort the user's registration.
	 *
	 * @since 2.1.0
	 *
	 * @param WP_Error $errors               A WP_Error object containing any errors encountered
	 *                                       during registration.
	 * @param string   $sanitized_user_login User's username after it has been sanitized.
	 * @param string   $user_email           User's email.
	 */
	$errors = apply_filters( 'registration_errors', $errors, $sanitized_user_login, $user_email );

	if ( $errors->has_errors() ) {
		return $errors;
	}

	$user_pass = wp_generate_password( 12, false );
	$user_id   = wp_create_user( $sanitized_user_login, $user_pass, $user_email );
	if ( ! $user_id || is_wp_error( $user_id ) ) {
		$errors->add(
			'registerfail',
			sprintf(
				/* translators: %s: Admin email address. */
				__( '<strong>Error</strong>: Couldn&#8217;t register you&hellip; please contact the <a href="mailto:%s">site admin</a>!' ),
				get_option( 'admin_email' )
			)
		);

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Version Description
2.5.0 Introduced.

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