[Plugin: Register Plus] Can’t update Website in user profile

Ok, this seems to work (use at your own risk, but I think it’s fine…).

open register-plus.php

around line 1756 you should find this:

if( $regplus['website'] && $_POST['website'] )
		update_usermeta( $user_id, 'user_url', $wpdb->prepare($_POST['website']));

change that to this:

if( $regplus['website'] && $_POST['website'] )
$new_website = $wpdb->prepare($_POST['website']);
 $credentials=(array ( 'ID'=>$user_id,'user_url'=>$new_website ) );
wp_update_user ($credentials);

I’ve tested it a few times and it correctly writes the user_url (website) to the wp_user table. If you edit the user profile, you’ll find the website correctly in the field, AND it can now be updated, because it is being stored in the correct table….

Was it with a user account that was already created before you made the edit on the plugin? Because if so, it already put the website in the wrong table.

Try registering a new user and see if it works.

I’ll test it out too and let you know…

There may be another fix involved, too — discovered my fix doesn’t work when you try to put in a new user from the Author and Users panel…

I think I know how to fix it, but haven’t tested yet… more soon…

Any ideas on a quick way to import already existing users’ website fields from the wp_usermeta table into the wp_user table without re-registering all of the existing users?

Yes, I would like to know that, too. Is there a way to do it easily from myPHPadmin?

Ok, I think I’ve got it now. I made a small mistake in the code I posted above (missing curly brackets for the IF statement) and that’s why it wasn’t working right.

It’s basically the same fix — Khandu, I would really appreciate it if you tried this out and let me know if it works for you. I’ve tried it under various conditions (logging in as user, as admin, etc.) and it seems to work fine, and works for creating new users under Author and Users Panel.

SO…

open register-plus.php

around line 1756 change this:

if( $regplus['website'] && $_POST['website'] )
		update_usermeta( $user_id, 'user_url', $wpdb->prepare($_POST['website']));

to this:

if( $regplus['website'] && $_POST['website'] )	{
	$credentials = array('ID'=>$user_id,'user_url'=>$wpdb->prepare($_POST['website'])));
	wp_update_user ($credentials);
		}

Please let me know if it works for you.

still does not work.. did not update for a editor level user..

just want to tell u this user was already created before applying the above fix.. i have not created a new user

It will only work for new users, because for users entered before the fix, the user_url is already in the usermeta table instead of the users table.

So you can either delete and re-register the old user’s account once you’ve made the fix, or you can manually go into your MySQL database and delete the user_url row for that user in the usersmeta table and put the data (the website url) in the user_url slot for that user in the users table.

If it’s only one user you have to change it’s not a big deal.

But what I really wanted to know is if it works for you for NEWLY registered users….