What are the differences between the wp_users and wp_usermeta tables?
I use the Email Login plugin and I just noticed that if a user changes his email in the profile page, it is saved in the wp_usermeta table and not in the wp_users table,
This is a problem because the user has to use the first email to login successfully, and if he used the new (changed) email he can’t get access.
Can anyone explain why and how I can save the user email in the wp_users table?
wp_usersis the primary table, with a fixed list of columns.wp_usermetais an additional table for storing arbitrary information (custom fields).The
wp_userstable already has a user_email column, so I don’t know why the plugin useswp_usermeta. The best person to ask would be the plugin author himself.