Add user meta to users on registration

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May 7, 2024 at 5:53 PM #45390

Monden
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How do I insert ANY custom information to user when a new user registers?

Specifically, I want to add a custom ID to new users called 'some-custom-id' upon registration. Not a field they could edit but for the backend functionality.

I tried dozens of ways, ChatGPT, stackoverflow etc and nothing works.

In addition, the documentation for the extension is EXTREMELY POOR. I mean what am I supposed to do with:
$data = apply_filters( 'rwmb_profile_insert_user_data', $data, $config );

I know you know what you meant but I'm not a warlock.

Give an example of actually using this, unless you want to torture us an watch us squirm, it's inhumanely little documentation.

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May 7, 2024 at 10:44 PM #45395
Peter
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Hello,

There are some ways to add a custom field to a user (user meta), here is an example of using the action hook rwmb_profile_after_save_user:
```
add_action( 'rwmb_profile_after_save_user', function( $user ) {
	$user_id = $user->user_id;
	update_user_meta( $user_id, 'custom_field_ID', 'custom_field_value' );
} );
```
Please follow the documentation https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/update_user_meta/
https://docs.metabox.io/extensions/mb-user-profile/#rwmb_profile_after_save_user

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May 7, 2024 at 11:41 PM #45397
Monden
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Thanks, I managed to store the value.

As for the documentation regarding 'rwmb_profile_after_save_user', When it says:

The action accepts 1 parameter: the instance of the MB_User_Profile_User class, which handles the submission. It has the following public properties that you can use:

$user_id: The submitted user ID
$config: The configuration, taken from the shortcode attributes
```
How do I access values from $config when in:
add_action( 'rwmb_profile_after_save_user', function( $user ) {
	$user_id = $user->user_id;
	update_user_meta( $user_id, 'custom_field_ID', 'custom_field_value' );
} );
```
?

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May 8, 2024 at 9:50 PM #45406
Peter
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Hello,

You can follow the sample code to use the config, same as user_id:
```
add_action( 'rwmb_profile_after_save_user', function( $user ) {
	$config = $user->config;
	if ( 'my-meta-box' === $config['id'] ) {
            ...
        }
} );
```
If you want to use the filter hook, you need to have a basic knowledge of coding. If you are not familiar with coding, we offer a customization code for an extra fee. Please contact us here for more details https://metabox.io/contact/.

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May 9, 2024 at 2:09 AM #45412

Monden
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Thank you,

You can just provide an example without the insult. To put it in your wording, if you want to sell "Lifetime support" to your highest-tier customers, you need to have a basic knowledge of customer support.

I didn't ask for customization, I asked for an example in the documentation. You should put those 5 lines of code in the documentation on MB User Profile

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