So I am running the following to update user meta on regsitration:

function set_user_rcp_default_subscriber($user_id) {
    update_user_meta( $user_id, 'wp_user_level', '0' );
    update_user_meta( $user_id, 'rcp_subscription_level', '1' );
    update_user_meta( $user_id, 'rcp_status', 'active' );
    update_user_meta( $user_id, 'rcp_expiration', '2014-06-30' );
}

add_action("user_register", "set_user_rcp_default_subscriber", 10, 1);

However, I only want this to apply to users that are registered as the default type (subscriber in my case).

Users that are registered with a different role type I dont want to update with these meta values.

Any help very much appreciated.

Many thanks.

So I am running the following to update user meta on regsitration:

function set_user_rcp_default_subscriber($user_id) {
    update_user_meta( $user_id, 'wp_user_level', '0' );
    update_user_meta( $user_id, 'rcp_subscription_level', '1' );
    update_user_meta( $user_id, 'rcp_status', 'active' );
    update_user_meta( $user_id, 'rcp_expiration', '2014-06-30' );
}

add_action("user_register", "set_user_rcp_default_subscriber", 10, 1);

However, I only want this to apply to users that are registered as the default type (subscriber in my case).

Users that are registered with a different role type I dont want to update with these meta values.

Any help very much appreciated.

Many thanks.

• user-roles
• user-meta

2 Answers 2

Here is what you need to do:

function set_user_rcp_default_subscriber($user_id) {
    $user = new WP_User( $user_id );  

    foreach( $user->roles as $role ) { 
         if ( $role === 'subscriber' ) {
              update_user_meta( $user_id, 'wp_user_level', '0' );
              update_user_meta( $user_id, 'rcp_subscription_level', '1' );
              update_user_meta( $user_id, 'rcp_status', 'active' );
              update_user_meta( $user_id, 'rcp_expiration', '2014-06-30' );
         }
    }
}

add_action("user_register", "set_user_rcp_default_subscriber", 10, 1);

We need to loop through it because potentially a user can have multiple roles.

You can achieve this by checking whether user role is subscribe or not by using user_can function and checking it in the user_register action hook function as following.

function set_user_rcp_default_subscriber($user_id) {
   if ( !user_can( $user_id, 'edit_post') ) {
    update_user_meta( $user_id, 'wp_user_level', '0' );
    update_user_meta( $user_id, 'rcp_subscription_level', '1' );
    update_user_meta( $user_id, 'rcp_status', 'active' );
    update_user_meta( $user_id, 'rcp_expiration', '2014-06-30' );
   }
}

add_action("user_register", "set_user_rcp_default_subscriber", 10, 1);