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

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# validate_user_form(): array

## In this article

 * [Return](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/validate_user_form/?output_format=md#return)
 * [Source](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/validate_user_form/?output_format=md#source)
 * [Related](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/validate_user_form/?output_format=md#related)
 * [Changelog](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/validate_user_form/?output_format=md#changelog)

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Validates user sign-up name and email.

## 󠀁[Return](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/validate_user_form/?output_format=md#return)󠁿

 array Contains username, email, and error messages.
 See [wpmu_validate_user_signup()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/wpmu_validate_user_signup/)
for details.

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

    ```php
    function validate_user_form() {
    	return wpmu_validate_user_signup( $_POST['user_name'], $_POST['user_email'] );
    }
    ```

[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#L326)
[View on GitHub](https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/blob/6.9.4/src/wp-signup.php#L326-L328)

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

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

Sanitizes and validates data required for a user sign-up.

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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/validate_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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