How to Create New Users Automatically in WordPress

Do you want to create new users automatically with different user roles such as Admin, Editor, Author, Contributor, Subscriber? At times, with WordPress, you might want to create a bridge to other systems that requires automatic user creation. Let’s take a look at how to do it.

Instructions:

All you have to do is add this code to your theme’s functions.php file or in a site-specific plugin:

    function fb_wp_insert_user() {
    $user_data = array(
    'ID' => '',
    'user_pass' => wp_generate_password(),
    'user_login' => 'dummy',
    'user_nicename' => 'Dummy',
    'user_url' => '',
    'user_email' => '[email protected]',
    'display_name' => 'Dummy',
    'nickname' => 'dummy',
    'first_name' => 'Dummy',
    'user_registered' => '2010-05-15 05:55:55',
    'role' => get_option('default_role') // Use default role or another role, e.g. 'editor'
    );
    $user_id = wp_insert_user( $user_data );
    }
    add_action( 'admin_init', 'fb_wp_insert_user' );

Note: If this is your first time adding code snippets in WordPress, then please refer to our guide on how to properly copy / paste code snippets in WordPress, so you don’t accidentally break your site.

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