wp-includes/rest-api/endpoints/class-wp-rest-users-controller.php:763Updates a single user.
$requestWP_REST_RequestWP_REST_Response|WP_Error2 hooks fire while WP_REST_Users_Controller::update_item() runs, in this order:
Fires immediately after a user is created or updated via the REST API.
Fires after a user is completely created or updated via the REST API.
public function update_item( $request ) { $user = $this->get_user( $request['id'] ); if ( is_wp_error( $user ) ) { return $user; } $id = $user->ID; $owner_id = false; if ( is_string( $request['email'] ) ) { $owner_id = email_exists( $request['email'] ); } if ( $owner_id && $owner_id !== $id ) { return new WP_Error( 'rest_user_invalid_email', __( 'Invalid email address.' ), array( 'status' => 400 ) ); } if ( ! empty( $request['username'] ) && $request['username'] !== $user->user_login ) { return new WP_Error( 'rest_user_invalid_argument', __( 'Username is not editable.' ), array( 'status' => 400 ) ); } if ( ! empty( $request['slug'] ) && $request['slug'] !== $user->user_nicename && get_user_by( 'slug', $request['slug'] ) ) { return new WP_Error( 'rest_user_invalid_slug', __( 'Invalid slug.' ), array( 'status' => 400 ) ); } if ( ! empty( $request['roles'] ) ) { $check_permission = $this->check_role_update( $id, $request['roles'] ); if ( is_wp_error( $check_permission ) ) { return $check_permission; } } $user = $this->prepare_item_for_database( $request ); // Ensure we're operating on the same user we already checked. $user->ID = $id; $user_id = wp_update_user( wp_slash( (array) $user ) ); if ( is_wp_error( $user_id ) ) { return $user_id; } $user = get_user_by( 'id', $user_id ); /** This action is documented in wp-includes/rest-api/endpoints/class-wp-rest-users-controller.php */ do_action( 'rest_insert_user', $user, $request, false ); if ( ! empty( $request['roles'] ) ) { array_map( array( $user, 'add_role' ), $request['roles'] ); } $schema = $this->get_item_schema(); if ( ! empty( $schema['properties']['meta'] ) && isset( $request['meta'] ) ) { $meta_update = $this->meta->update_value( $request['meta'], $id ); if ( is_wp_error( $meta_update ) ) { return $meta_update; } } $user = get_user_by( 'id', $user_id ); $fields_update = $this->update_additional_fields_for_object( $user, $request ); if ( is_wp_error( $fields_update ) ) { return $fields_update;Introduced in 4.7.0. Unchanged from 6.7.7 through 7.1.0.
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