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

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# apply_filters( ‘pre_user_last_name’, string $last_name )

## In this article

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

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Filters a user’s last name before the user is created or updated.

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

 `$last_name`string

The user’s last name.

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

    ```php
    $meta['last_name'] = apply_filters( 'pre_user_last_name', $last_name );
    ```

[View all references](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/files/wp-includes/user.php/)
[View on Trac](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tags/6.9.4/src/wp-includes/user.php#L2411)
[View on GitHub](https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/blob/6.9.4/src/wp-includes/user.php#L2411-L2411)

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

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

Inserts a user into the database.

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

| Version | Description | 
| [2.0.3](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/since/2.0.3/) | Introduced. |

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