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

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# show_user_form( string $user_name, string $user_email, WP_Error|string $errors )

## In this article

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

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Displays the fields for the new user account registration form.

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

 `$user_name`stringrequired

The entered username.

`$user_email`stringrequired

The entered email address.

`$errors`[WP_Error](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_error/)
|stringrequired

A [WP_Error](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_error/) object
containing existing errors. Defaults to empty string.

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

    ```php
    function show_user_form( $user_name = '', $user_email = '', $errors = '' ) {
    	if ( ! is_wp_error( $errors ) ) {
    		$errors = new WP_Error();
    	}

    	// Username.
    	echo '<label for="user_name">' . __( 'Username:' ) . '</label>';
    	$errmsg_username      = $errors->get_error_message( 'user_name' );
    	$errmsg_username_aria = '';
    	if ( $errmsg_username ) {
    		$errmsg_username_aria = 'wp-signup-username-error ';
    		echo '<p class="error" id="wp-signup-username-error">' . $errmsg_username . '</p>';
    	}
    	?>
    	<input name="user_name" type="text" id="user_name" value="<?php echo esc_attr( $user_name ); ?>" autocapitalize="none" autocorrect="off" maxlength="60" autocomplete="username" required="required" aria-describedby="<?php echo $errmsg_username_aria; ?>wp-signup-username-description" />
    	<p id="wp-signup-username-description"><?php _e( '(Must be at least 4 characters, lowercase letters and numbers only.)' ); ?></p>

    	<?php
    	// Email address.
    	echo '<label for="user_email">' . __( 'Email&nbsp;Address:' ) . '</label>';
    	$errmsg_email      = $errors->get_error_message( 'user_email' );
    	$errmsg_email_aria = '';
    	if ( $errmsg_email ) {
    		$errmsg_email_aria = 'wp-signup-email-error ';
    		echo '<p class="error" id="wp-signup-email-error">' . $errmsg_email . '</p>';
    	}
    	?>
    	<input name="user_email" type="email" id="user_email" value="<?php echo esc_attr( $user_email ); ?>" maxlength="200" autocomplete="email" required="required" aria-describedby="<?php echo $errmsg_email_aria; ?>wp-signup-email-description" />
    	<p id="wp-signup-email-description"><?php _e( 'Your registration email is sent to this address. (Double-check your email address before continuing.)' ); ?></p>

    	<?php
    	// Extra fields.
    	$errmsg_generic = $errors->get_error_message( 'generic' );
    	if ( $errmsg_generic ) {
    		echo '<p class="error" id="wp-signup-generic-error">' . $errmsg_generic . '</p>';
    	}
    	/**
    	 * Fires at the end of the new user account registration form.
    	 *
    	 * @since 3.0.0
    	 *
    	 * @param WP_Error $errors A WP_Error object containing 'user_name' or 'user_email' errors.
    	 */
    	do_action( 'signup_extra_fields', $errors );
    }
    ```

[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#L272)
[View on GitHub](https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/blob/6.9.4/src/wp-signup.php#L272-L316)

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

 [do_action( ‘signup_extra_fields’, WP_Error $errors )](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/signup_extra_fields/)

Fires at the end of the new user account registration form.

## 󠀁[Related](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/show_user_form/?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.

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

Escaping for HTML attributes.

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| [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.

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

Checks whether the given variable is a WordPress Error.

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| [WP_Error::__construct()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_error/__construct/)`wp-includes/class-wp-error.php` |

Initializes the error.

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

Shows a form for a visitor to sign up for a new user account.

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## 󠀁[Changelog](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/show_user_form/?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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