Updating Wordpress User

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We manage a lot of administrative tasks in Airtable. Some of the tasks we manage require us to update a user account in Wordpress.

I looked at the wordpress actions and I don’t see anything for “Update User” the closest I found was “Create User” if I use this option will it create a duplicate user or will it update the user instead. I guess I’m asking is the “Create User” action actually “Create/Update User”? If not is there a way to update user information from Airtable to Wordpress?

Troy Tessalone · Accepted Answer

Hi @CGCSYou’d likely have to use the WordPress API to update a User: https://developer.wordpress.org/rest-api/reference/users/#update-a-userApp APIs can be used in Code step or Webhook steps.Code: https://zapier.com/apps/code/helpWebhook: https://zapier.com/apps/webhook/integrations

CGCS · Answer

Thanks for the quick reply. I’ll check out the tutorials.

I’ve never used the code step before, but looking at the API I see there are only predefined fields; would custom fields fall under “Meta”?

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