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wp_update_user

Description

Use this tool to edit an existing user's profile on your site. Your AI can change the display name, email address, role, or password by specifying the user ID. It will typically list users first to confirm the correct ID, then apply the requested changes.

See it in action

Claude Desktop — MCP Connection
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Change the role of user 'john_doe' from contributor to author.
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Calling Tool: wp_update_user
Done! I've used wp_update_user to complete that for you. 
{"status": "success"}

Example Use Cases & Sample Prompts

  1. Promoting a user
    • Prompt: “Find the user ‘john_writer’ and change their role from ‘contributor’ to ‘author’.”
  2. Updating an email address
    • Prompt: “The user ‘jane_editor’ changed their email — update it to the new one.”
  3. Demoting after project
    • Prompt: “Now that the guest project is over, find the guest editor account and downgrade it to ‘subscriber’.”
  4. Updating display name
    • Prompt: “Change the display name for user ID found when listing — the author ‘admin’ should show as ‘Editorial Team’ publicly.”
  5. Role audit and fix
    • Prompt: “List all users and promote any with the ‘contributor’ role who have published more than 10 posts to ‘author’.”

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