How To Add Custom WordPress User Profile Fields
Ever wondered how to add that piece of extra information about the users in your WordPress site? Fear no more! Bellow is a very easy code to implement in your functions.php file that will allow you to add any and every type of information you want to save about your users.
// CUSTOM USER PROFILE FIELDS
function my_custom_userfields( $contactmethods ) {
// ADD CONTACT CUSTOM FIELDS
$contactmethods['contact_phone_office'] = 'Office Phone';
$contactmethods['contact_phone_mobile'] = 'Mobile Phone';
$contactmethods['contact_office_fax'] = 'Office Fax';
// ADD ADDRESS CUSTOM FIELDS
$contactmethods['address_line_1'] = 'Address Line 1';
$contactmethods['address_line_2'] = 'Address Line 2 (optional)';
$contactmethods['address_city'] = 'City';
$contactmethods['address_state'] = 'State';
$contactmethods['address_zipcode'] = 'Zipcode';
return $contactmethods;
}
add_filter('user_contactmethods','my_custom_userfields',10,1);
Now in order to display those newly added custom filds there are 2 possible methods:
Option 1:
the_author_meta('facebook', $current_author->ID)
Option 2:
<?php $current_author = get_userdata(get_query_var('author')); ?>
<p><a href="<?php echo esc_url($current_author->contact_phone_office);?>" title="office_phone"> Office Phone</a></p>