Title: confirm_user_signup
Published: April 25, 2014
Last modified: February 24, 2026

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# confirm_user_signup( string $user_name, string $user_email )

## In this article

 * [Parameters](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/confirm_user_signup/?output_format=md#parameters)
 * [Source](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/confirm_user_signup/?output_format=md#source)
 * [Hooks](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/confirm_user_signup/?output_format=md#hooks)
 * [Related](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/confirm_user_signup/?output_format=md#related)
 * [Changelog](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/confirm_user_signup/?output_format=md#changelog)

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Shows a message confirming that the new user has been registered and is awaiting
activation.

## 󠀁[Parameters](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/confirm_user_signup/?output_format=md#parameters)󠁿

 `$user_name`stringrequired

The username.

`$user_email`stringrequired

The user’s email address.

## 󠀁[Source](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/confirm_user_signup/?output_format=md#source)󠁿

    ```php
    function confirm_user_signup( $user_name, $user_email ) {
    	?>
    	<h2>
    	<?php
    	/* translators: %s: Username. */
    	printf( __( '%s is your new username' ), $user_name )
    	?>
    	</h2>
    	<p><?php _e( 'But, before you can start using your new username, <strong>you must activate it</strong>.' ); ?></p>
    	<p>
    	<?php
    	/* translators: %s: The user email address. */
    	printf( __( 'Check your inbox at %s and click on the given link.' ), '<strong>' . $user_email . '</strong>' );
    	?>
    	</p>
    	<p><?php _e( 'If you do not activate your username within two days, you will have to sign up again.' ); ?></p>
    	<?php
    	/** This action is documented in wp-signup.php */
    	do_action( 'signup_finished' );
    }
    ```

[View all references](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/files/wp-signup.php/)
[View on Trac](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tags/6.9.4/src/wp-signup.php#L703)
[View on GitHub](https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/blob/6.9.4/src/wp-signup.php#L703-L722)

## 󠀁[Hooks](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/confirm_user_signup/?output_format=md#hooks)󠁿

 [do_action( ‘signup_finished’ )](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/signup_finished/)

Fires when the site or user sign-up process is complete.

## 󠀁[Related](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/confirm_user_signup/?output_format=md#related)󠁿

| Uses | Description | 
| [__()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/__/)`wp-includes/l10n.php` |

Retrieves the translation of $text.

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| [_e()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/_e/)`wp-includes/l10n.php` |

Displays translated text.

  | 
| [do_action()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/do_action/)`wp-includes/plugin.php` |

Calls the callback functions that have been added to an action hook.

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| Used by | Description | 
| [validate_user_signup()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/validate_user_signup/)`wp-signup.php` |

Validates the new user sign-up.

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## 󠀁[Changelog](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/confirm_user_signup/?output_format=md#changelog)󠁿

| Version | Description | 
| [MU (3.0.0)](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/since/mu.3.0.0/) | Introduced. |

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