Title: Creating wp users without usermeta data
Last modified: August 22, 2016

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# Creating wp users without usermeta data

 *  [voiceafx](https://wordpress.org/support/users/voiceafx/)
 * (@voiceafx)
 * [11 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/creating-wp-users-without-usermeta-data/)
 * I’m working on a plugin that creates users in the wp_user table, with the option
   to do batch imports of users from another location. User-specific data is stored
   in a non-WP table in the same database (so, not in the wp_usermeta table).
 * I notice that WordPress automatically creates a wp_capabilities entry in the 
   wp_usermeta table for new users that defines permissions. How will WordPress 
   handle user’s who login, but who do not have a wp_capabilities entry in wp_usermeta?
   Does anyone know?
 * Thanks!

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