dylanjameswagner
8/1/2017 - 8:19 PM

WordPress: create administrator account from functions.php

WordPress: create administrator account from functions.php

create-admin-account.php
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<?php 
add_action('init', function () {
	$username = 'username';
	$password = 'password';
	$email    = 'email@example.com';
 
	if (!username_exists($username) && !email_exists($email)) {
		$user = new WP_User(wp_create_user($username, $password, $email));
		$user->set_role('administrator');
	}
});