Using WordPress ‘get_edit_profile_url()’ PHP function

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The get_edit_profile_url() WordPress PHP function retrieves the URL to the user’s profile editor.

Usage

get_edit_profile_url($user_id, $scheme);

Parameters

  • $user_id (int) – Optional. User ID. Defaults to the current user.
  • $scheme (string) – Optional. The scheme to use. Default is ‘admin’, which obeys force_ssl_admin() and is_ssl(). ‘http’ or ‘https’ can be passed to force those schemes. Default: ‘admin’.

More information

See WordPress Developer Resources: get_edit_profile_url()

Examples

Get the current user’s profile edit URL

This code retrieves the edit profile URL for the current user and echoes it in an anchor tag.

$current_user_id = get_current_user_id();
$profile_url = get_edit_profile_url($current_user_id);
echo '<a href="' . esc_url($profile_url) . '">Edit Profile</a>';

Get a specific user’s profile edit URL

This code retrieves the edit profile URL for user with ID 5 and echoes it in an anchor tag.

$user_id = 5;
$profile_url = get_edit_profile_url($user_id);
echo '<a href="' . esc_url($profile_url) . '">Edit User 5 Profile</a>';

Force HTTPS scheme

This code retrieves the edit profile URL for the current user with HTTPS and echoes it in an anchor tag.

$current_user_id = get_current_user_id();
$profile_url = get_edit_profile_url($current_user_id, 'https');
echo '<a href="' . esc_url($profile_url) . '">Edit Profile (Secure)</a>';

Force HTTP scheme

This code retrieves the edit profile URL for the current user with HTTP and echoes it in an anchor tag.

$current_user_id = get_current_user_id();
$profile_url = get_edit_profile_url($current_user_id, 'http');
echo '<a href="' . esc_url($profile_url) . '">Edit Profile (Insecure)</a>';

Get edit profile URL for all users

This code retrieves the edit profile URL for all users and echoes them in a list.

$users = get_users();

foreach ($users as $user) {
    $user_id = $user->ID;
    $profile_url = get_edit_profile_url($user_id);
    echo '<li><a href="' . esc_url($profile_url) . '">Edit Profile for ' . esc_html($user->display_name) . '</a></li>';
}