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get_profile( string $field, false|int $user = false ): string

Retrieve user data based on field.

Description

See also

Parameters

$fieldstringrequired
User meta field.
$userfalse|intoptional
User ID to retrieve the field for. Default false (current user).

Default:false

Return

string The author’s field from the current author’s DB object.

Source

function get_profile( $field, $user = false ) {
	_deprecated_function( __FUNCTION__, '3.0.0', 'get_the_author_meta()' );
	if ( $user ) {
		$user = get_user_by( 'login', $user );
		$user = $user->ID;
	}
	return get_the_author_meta( $field, $user );
}

Changelog

Version Description
3.0.0 Use get_the_author_meta()
1.5.0 Introduced.

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https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/get_profile