V4 Extentions Create User Estimated reading: 4 minutes 10 views Turn a signup form into real WordPress accounts. When a visitor fills your form, a new user is created for them by itself. You choose their role, and WordPress can email them. No code needed. EXTENSION Create User WORKS WITH The Form widget PLAN Pro A QUICK LOOK What You Will Build A signup form with first name, last name, email and password. After sending, the visitor sees a thank-you note, and a new Subscriber appears in Users. Fill in the form and send it. A new user is created BEFORE YOU START Requirement ELEMENTOR V4 Atomic ANIMATION ADDONS Free and Pro Note: Create User is a Pro extension. Install and activate both Animation Addons and Animation Addons Pro. Note: It works inside the Form widget. If you have not used it yet, read the Form page first. Note: In the screenshots, the orange boxes and numbers show you exactly where to click. STEP 1 Turn On the Extension Good news: Create User is already on. If you ever need to turn it on again, it only takes a moment. In your WordPress Dashboard, go to Animation Addon > Extensions. Find Create User under Form Extensions and switch it on. Click Save Settings. The Create User card in your dashboard (click to zoom) STEP 2 Build a Signup Form Add a Form widget to your page. It needs two things: an Email field and a Password field. Keep the Email field that comes with the form. Add a Password (AAE) field from the Structure panel, with a Label before it. Keep First name and Last name if you want to save a name for the user. Tip: A single field named Name also works. The first word becomes the first name and the rest becomes the last name. STEP 3 Switch On Create User Select the form and open Actions After Submit in the General tab. Click Manage Actions. Open the Create User tab. Switch Create WordPress User on. Manage Actions (1) (click to zoom) The Create User tab (1) and its switch (2) (click to zoom) STEP 4 Check Your Form and Choose a Role Once it is on, the extension reads your form and shows a checklist, so you know it can find everything. The switch (1), the checklist (2), the Role (3) and the email option (4) (click to zoom) Read the checklist. A green tick means the field was found: Email, Password, Username and Name. Choose the Role of the new user. The default is Subscriber. The other choice is Customer. Choose whether WordPress should email the admin and the new user. Click Save Actions, then update your page. Tip: No username field? No problem. The username is made from the email, like maya.rahman from [email protected]. Add a field called user_name if you want people to pick their own. RESULT Final Result After the form is sent, the new user shows up in Users with the right name, email and role. The new Subscriber in the Users list SETTINGS Options Create WordPress User Default: OffTurns the extension on for this form. Role Default: SubscriberSubscriber or Customer. Email the admin and the new user Default: OnWordPress sends its normal new-user emails. GOOD TO KNOW More Details Safe by design Only Subscriber and Customer roles can be chosen. No one can sign up as an Administrator. The password is not kept It is used to create the account. It is never stored in the form messages, emailed or sent to a webhook. Existing emails are skipped If an account already has that email, nothing is created and nothing is changed. Field names are matched by name Common names such as email, first_name, fname, surname and website all work. HELP Troubleshooting I do not see Create User in Manage Actions Make sure Animation Addons Pro is active. Then go to Animation Addon > Extensions, switch on Create User and click Save Settings. No user was created Check the form has an Email field and a Password (AAE) field. Check the switch is on. Wait 3 seconds after the page opens, because a very fast submit counts as a robot. The email already has an account This is expected. The form is saved, but no new user is made and the old one is not changed. The user has no name Name the fields first_name and last_name, or use one field called name. The new user got no email Your site needs a working mail setup to send emails. The account is still created. You Did It Your visitors can now sign up and get a real account with one form. If you face any problem, please contact our support team. We are happy to help.
