Title: signup_user_meta
Published: June 15, 2017
Last modified: May 20, 2026

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# apply_filters( ‘signup_user_meta’, array $meta, string $user, string $user_email, string $key )

## In this article

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

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Filters the metadata for a user signup.

## 󠀁[Description](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/signup_user_meta/?output_format=md#description)󠁿

The metadata will be serialized prior to storing it in the database.

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

 `$meta`array

Signup meta data. Default empty array.

`$user`string

The user’s requested login name.

`$user_email`string

The user’s email address.

`$key`string

The user’s activation key.

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

    ```php
    $meta = apply_filters( 'signup_user_meta', $meta, $user, $user_email, $key );
    ```

[View all references](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/files/wp-includes/ms-functions.php/)
[View on Trac](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tags/7.0/src/wp-includes/ms-functions.php#L887)
[View on GitHub](https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/blob/7.0/src/wp-includes/ms-functions.php#L887-L887)

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

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

Records user signup information for future activation.

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

| Version | Description | 
| [4.8.0](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/since/4.8.0/) | Introduced. |

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