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Function Reference/get userdata

Description

Returns an object with the information pertaining to the user whose ID is passed to it. Properties map directly to wp_users table in the database (see Database Description).

Usage

<?php get_userdata(userid); ?>

Examples

Default Usage

The call to get_userdata() returns the user's data, where it can be retrieved using member variables.

<?php $user_info = get_userdata(1);

      echo('Username: ' . $user_info->user_login . "\n");
      echo('User level: ' . $user_info->user_level . "\n");
      echo('User ID: ' . $user_info->ID . "\n");
?>

Username: admin
User level: 10
User ID: 1

Accessing Usermeta Data

<?php $user_info = get_userdata(1);

      echo($user_info->last_name .  ", " . $user_info->first_name . "\n");
?>

Blow, Joe

Parameters

$userid

(integer) (required) The ID of the user whose data should be retrieved.

Default: None

Values in users & user_meta table

Here are the values in the users table you can access via this function:

users

ID
user_login
user_pass
user_nicename
user_email
user_url
user_registered
user_activation_key
user_status
display_name

useful in user_meta

first_name
last_name
nickname
description
user_level
admin_color (Theme of your admin page. Default is fresh.)
closedpostboxes_page
nickname
primary_blog
rich_editing
source_domain

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