Adding Custom Fields to WordPress User Profile and Add New User page

Adding custom profile fields in WordPress made easy through action hooks. .Most of the solutions available on internet tell you about adding custom fields on “Edit User” screen, in this tutorial I will tell you how to add your custom fields to Add New User screen

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First let’s create a custom field, say “Company Name” and show it on both Add/Update user screens.

 function custom_user_profile_fields($user){ if(is_object($user)) $company = esc_attr( get_the_author_meta( 'company', $user->ID ) ); else $company = null; ?> <h3>Extra profile information</h3> <table class="form-table"> <tr> <th><label for="company">Company Name</label></th> <td> <input type="text" class="regular-text" name="company" value="<?php echo $company; ?>" id="company" /><br /> <span class="description">Where are you?</span> </td> </tr> </table> <?php } add_action( 'show_user_profile', 'custom_user_profile_fields' ); add_action( 'edit_user_profile', 'custom_user_profile_fields' ); add_action( "user_new_form", "custom_user_profile_fields" ); 

Above code will add a new field labeled “Company Name”. Notice the third hook “user_new_form”, this hook will display the field on Add New User screen.

Lastly we need to save the custom field in database.

 function save_custom_user_profile_fields($user_id){ # again do this only if you can if(!current_user_can('manage_options')) return false; # save my custom field update_user_meta($user_id, 'company', $_POST['company']); } add_action('user_register', 'save_custom_user_profile_fields'); add_action('profile_update', 'save_custom_user_profile_fields');