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Description

This hook allows you to access data for a user immediately after their database information is updated. Two arguments are passed to functions using this hook: "user_id" (int) and "old_user_data" (object).

Usage

<?php

    add_action( 'profile_update', 'my_profile_update', 10, 2 );

    function my_profile_update( $user_id, $old_user_data ) {
        // Do something
    }
?>

Parameters

$user_id

(integer) (optional) The user ID of the user being edited.

Default: None

$old_user_data

(object) (optional) The WP_User object of the user before it was edited.

Default: None

Location

This hook is located in `/wp-includes/user.php`

Related

Action Hooks

• register_form
• register_post
• user_register

Filter Hooks

• registration_errors

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