{"id":124,"date":"2025-02-06T12:40:04","date_gmt":"2025-02-06T12:40:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/documentation.userswp.io\/article\/how-to-display-ip-address-of-users-during-registration\/"},"modified":"2025-03-26T15:39:37","modified_gmt":"2025-03-26T15:39:37","slug":"how-to-display-ip-address-of-users-during-registration","status":"publish","type":"gd_place","link":"https:\/\/userswp.io\/documentation\/article\/code-snippets\/how-to-display-ip-address-of-users-during-registration\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Display IP Address of Users During Registration?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

At times, you might want to display the IP address of your users as and when they register on your website. This can be helpful in eliminating spam registrations. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/span>By default, UsersWP does capture the IP address of all users, in its own meta table as user_ip <\/strong>— however, this information is not displayed or output anywhere.<\/span><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Code Snippet to Store IP Address of Users Upon Registration<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

You can use the following code snippet to capture and display user’s IP address when they register a new account: <\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/span>We recommend using the Code Snippets<\/a> plugin to add snippets to your site.<\/span><\/div>\n\n\n\n
function uwp_show_ip_column( $column ) {\n$column['user_ip'] = __('IP Address', 'userswp');\n\treturn $column;\n}\nadd_filter( 'manage_users_columns', 'uwp_show_ip_column' );\n\nfunction uwp_show_ip_column_value( $val, $column_name, $user_id ) {\n\tswitch ($column_name) {\n\t\tcase 'user_ip' :\n\t\treturn uwp_get_usermeta($user_id, 'user_ip', 'N\/A');\n\t\tdefault:\n\t}\n\treturn $val;\n}\n\nadd_filter( 'manage_users_custom_column', 'uwp_show_ip_column_value', 10, 3 );<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n
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The above code will display the user’s IP address in the users’ list on the backend. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
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