BuddyPress.org | Hosam Seke | Mentions https://buddypress.org/members/hoseke/activity/mentions/ Activity feed mentioning Hosam Seke. Thu, 09 Apr 2026 10:31:42 +0000 https://buddypress.org/?v= en-US 30 hourly 2 417c7487a47b11ac8c0e8f2b64da2e81 Henry Wright replied to the topic User Role in the forum Creating & Extending https://buddypress.org/support/topic/user-role/#post-238377 Sun, 26 Apr 2015 11:06:01 +0000 Hi @hoseke

Assuming you’re talking about WordPress roles and not BuddyPress member types, then you can do this:

$user = wp_get_current_user();
$user->set_role( 'student' );

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