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Function Reference/get usermeta

This function returns the value of a specific metakey pertaining to the user whose ID is passed via the userid parameter.

<?php get_usermeta( $userid, $metakey ); ?>

$userid

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

Default: None

$metakey

(string) (required) The metakey value to be returned.

'metakey' The meta_key in the wp_usermeta table for the meta_value to be returned.

Default: None

This example returns and then displays the last name for user id 9.

<?php $user_last = get_usermeta(9,'last_name'); ?>
<?php echo('User ID 9's last name: ' . $user_last . '\n'); ?>

User ID 9's last name: Jones

Since: 2.0.0

get_usermeta() is located in wp-includes/user.php.