MB User Meta

MB User Meta helps you to add custom fields to user profile.

The extension works only on the back end. If you want to edit user profile on the front end, please see MB User Profile.

Adding fields to user profile

Registering custom fields for users is similar to posts. The only difference here is you need to specify a parameter 'type' => 'user':

add_action( 'rwmb_meta_boxes', function( $meta_boxes ) {
    $meta_boxes[] = array(
        'title' => 'Contact Info',
        'type'  => 'user', // THIS: Specifically for user

        'fields' => array(
            array(
                'name' => 'Mobile phone',
                'id'   => 'mobile',
                'type' => 'tel',
            ),
            array(
                'name' => 'Work phone',
                'id'   => 'work',
                'type' => 'tel',
            ),
            array(
                'name' => 'Address',
                'id'   => 'address',
                'type' => 'textarea',
            ),
            array(
                'name'    => 'City',
                'id'      => 'city',
                'type'    => 'select_advanced',
                'options' => array(
                    'hanoi' => 'Hanoi',
                    'hcm'   => 'Ho Chi Minh City'
                ),
            ),
        ),
    );
    $meta_boxes[] = array(
        'title' => 'Custom avatar',
        'type'  => 'user', // THIS: Specifically for user

        'fields' => array(
            array(
                'name'            => 'Upload avatar',
                'id'              => 'avatar',
                'type'            => 'image_advanced',
                'max_file_uploads' => 1,
            ),
        ),
    );

    return $meta_boxes;
} );

Result:

Data

WordPress provides an identical way to store values in the meta tables for post / term / user. This extension utilizes that API and stores field value in the user meta exactly like post meta.

Getting field value

You're able to use helper function rwmb_meta() to get field value:

$value = rwmb_meta( $field_id, ['object_type' => 'user'], $user_id );
echo $value;

The code is very similar to getting post meta. The differences are:

• In the 2nd parameter, you need to pass 'object_type' => 'user', and
• In the last parameter, you need to pass the user ID

Other parameters are the same as for posts. Please see this documentation for details.

caution

It requires the extension version 1.1+ to use the helper function. If you're using an older version, please update now.