update-user

update-user

Modify WordPress user details such as username, email, password, and roles. Specify the user ID or 'me' for the current user. Requires site URL and authentication credentials.

Instructions

Update an existing WordPress user

Input Schema

Name	Required	Description
`description`	No	New description of the user
`email`	No	New email address for the user
`firstName`	No	New first name for the user
`lastName`	No	New last name for the user
`locale`	No	New locale for the user
`name`	No	New display name for the user
`newPassword`	No	New password for the user
`newUsername`	No	New login name for the user
`nickname`	No	New nickname for the user
`password`	Yes	WordPress application password
`roles`	No	New roles assigned to the user
`siteUrl`	Yes	WordPress site URL
`slug`	No	New alphanumeric identifier for the user
`url`	No	New URL of the user
`userId`	Yes	User ID or 'me' for current user
`username`	Yes	WordPress username

Input Schema (JSON Schema)

{
  "$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#",
  "additionalProperties": false,
  "properties": {
    "description": {
      "description": "New description of the user",
      "type": "string"
    },
    "email": {
      "description": "New email address for the user",
      "format": "email",
      "type": "string"
    },
    "firstName": {
      "description": "New first name for the user",
      "type": "string"
    },
    "lastName": {
      "description": "New last name for the user",
      "type": "string"
    },
    "locale": {
      "description": "New locale for the user",
      "enum": [
        "",
        "en_US"
      ],
      "type": "string"
    },
    "name": {
      "description": "New display name for the user",
      "type": "string"
    },
    "newPassword": {
      "description": "New password for the user",
      "type": "string"
    },
    "newUsername": {
      "description": "New login name for the user",
      "type": "string"
    },
    "nickname": {
      "description": "New nickname for the user",
      "type": "string"
    },
    "password": {
      "description": "WordPress application password",
      "type": "string"
    },
    "roles": {
      "description": "New roles assigned to the user",
      "items": {
        "type": "string"
      },
      "type": "array"
    },
    "siteUrl": {
      "description": "WordPress site URL",
      "format": "uri",
      "type": "string"
    },
    "slug": {
      "description": "New alphanumeric identifier for the user",
      "type": "string"
    },
    "url": {
      "description": "New URL of the user",
      "format": "uri",
      "type": "string"
    },
    "userId": {
      "anyOf": [
        {
          "type": "string"
        },
        {
          "type": "number"
        },
        {
          "const": "me",
          "type": "string"
        }
      ],
      "description": "User ID or 'me' for current user"
    },
    "username": {
      "description": "WordPress username",
      "type": "string"
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "siteUrl",
    "username",
    "password",
    "userId"
  ],
  "type": "object"
}

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