Storing user metadata

  • Resolved Anonymous User 18394345

    (@anonymized-18394345)


    5 years, 5 months ago

    Hey,
    I’m planning to use this plugin on my website but I have one concern.
    One of the main website functionality will be to store posts that user already visited. I’m planning to store them as array of ids in user metadata.

    BUT can this be done with your plugin? I’ll have to update user metadata on every post view via WordPress REST API (this can be done, I’ve read about it).

    But does your plugin actually create standard wordpress user in wp_users table when logging in with external login providers like google, facebook etc? I know that wordpress won’t store user facebook or google passwords, but you can make dummy wordpress user for each “external” user and store their email at least.

    So, my question is will I have some trouble when trying to work with created user data standard, “wordpress” way? And is it possible to update metadata of users created with your plugin? Do functions like is_user_logged_in() work correctly?

    Thanks in advance

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  • Plugin Support Laszlo

    (@laszloszalvak)

    5 years, 5 months ago

    Hi there

    Nextend Social Login registers the users the same way as WordPress does and create a link between the social media accounts and these WordPress accounts.
    Basically we register a normal WordPress account with the information coming from the social media account.
    So yes, you should be able to do anything with these accounts, that you can do with traditional WordPress accounts. ( And yes, you will find the registered users in the <wp_preffix>users table and we store user information in the <wp_preffix>usermeta table as well. )

    Best regards,
    Laszlo.

    • This reply was modified 2 years, 6 months ago by jordesign. Reason: Editing to remove deleted user's username on request
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