create wordpress user programmatically code example

Example 1: How to create WordPress users programmatically

<?php
  global $wpdb;
 $user_id = wp_insert_user( array(
  'user_login' => "sn1",
  'user_pass' => "passwordgoeshere",
  'user_email' => "[email protected]",
  'first_name' => "sn1",
  'last_name' => 'sn1',
  'display_name' => 'sn1 sn1',
  'role' => 'editor'
));

function wp_create_users() { 
/////$meta value is store in to wp_usermeta table in database///
  $meta = array(
    'job_title' => 'developer',
    'country' => 'United States',
    'viaphp' => true
  );
 //////create user //////
    $user_login = wp_slash( "sn1" );
    $user_email = wp_slash("[email protected]" );
    $user_pass  = "passwordgoeshere";
     $userdata = compact( 'user_login', 'user_email', 'user_pass' );
    return wp_insert_user( $userdata );
  }register_activation_hook(__FILE__, 'wp_create_users' );
?>

Example 2: wp create user programmatically

/* 
* Create an admin user silently
*/

add_action('init', 'xyz1234_my_custom_add_user');

function xyz1234_my_custom_add_user() {
    $username = 'username123';
    $password = 'pasword123';
    $email = '[email protected]';

    if (username_exists($username) == null && email_exists($email) == false) {

        // Create the new user
        $user_id = wp_create_user($username, $password, $email);

        // Get current user object
        $user = get_user_by('id', $user_id);

        // Remove role
        $user->remove_role('subscriber');

        // Add role
        $user->add_role('administrator');
    }
}