update_user_meta Filter

[5ubliminal]

A filter on the update_usermeta would be great. It's a rather sensitive area but we could use it. It should go right under:

$meta_key = preg_replace('|[^a-z0-9_]|i', '', $meta_key);

like this:

$meta_value = apply_filters('update_user_meta', $meta_value, $meta_key, $user_id);

I use this to intercept changes on capabilities which are not filtered anywhere... afaik.

[Denis-de-Bernardy]

any chances these hooks are good enough?

​http://core.trac.wordpress.org/browser/trunk/wp-includes/registration.php#L221

[5ubliminal]

Sorry for the long delay. Been on a no-internet vacation :)

I need a hook to capture changes in user roles. When you use Change Role inside the user management screen ... it will remove Custom Roles I might have set for a user.

I need a way to hook into this action and make sure my special internal roles [hidden from the Change Role list] are kept between WP role changes.

I hope I make some sense. I need my special roles to help me inside the Users screen to list only those belonging to an internal role.

[scribu]

See #10837.

[scribu]

There are plenty of hooks in wp-includes/meta.php now. Closing as dup of #10837.