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create_user()

create_user( string $username, string $password, string $email ): int

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This function has been deprecated. Use wp_create_user() instead.

An alias of wp_create_user() .

Description

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Parameters

$usernamestringrequired
The user’s username.
$passwordstringrequired
The user’s password.
$emailstringrequired
The user’s email.

Return

int The new user’s ID.

Source

function create_user($username, $password, $email) {
	_deprecated_function( __FUNCTION__, '2.0.0', 'wp_create_user()' );
	return wp_create_user($username, $password, $email);
}

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UsesDescription
wp_create_user()wp-includes/user.php

Provides a simpler way of inserting a user into the database.

_deprecated_function()wp-includes/functions.php

Marks a function as deprecated and inform when it has been used.

Changelog

VersionDescription
2.0.0Introduced.

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