do_action( 'edit_user_profile', WP_User $profileuser )
Fires after the ‘About the User’ settings table on the ‘Edit User’ screen.
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File: wp-admin/user-edit.php
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| Version | Description |
|---|---|
| 2.0.0 | Introduced. |
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This action can be used to add a form to the backend user editing screen and save some additional user meta data.
For example to add a field for the users birthday:
function userMetaBirthdayForm(WP_User $user) { ?> <h2>Birthday</h2> <table class="form-table"> <tr> <th><label for="user_birthday">Birthday</label></th> <td> <input type="date" value="<?php echo esc_attr(get_user_meta($user->ID, 'birthday', true)); ?>" name="user_birthday" id="user_birthday" > <span class="description">Some description to the input</span> </td> </tr> </table> <?php } add_action('show_user_profile', 'userMetaBirthdayForm'); // editing your own profile add_action('edit_user_profile', 'userMetaBirthdayForm'); // editing another user add_action('user_new_form', 'userMetaBirthdayForm'); // creating a new user function userMetaBirthdaySave($userId) { if (!current_user_can('edit_user', $userId)) { return; } update_user_meta($userId, 'birthday', $_REQUEST['user_birthday']); } add_action('personal_options_update', 'userMetaBirthdaySave'); add_action('edit_user_profile_update', 'userMetaBirthdaySave'); add_action('user_register', 'userMetaBirthdaySave');Expand full source codeCollapse full source code