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# Adding additional user profile fields in WordPress

> Learn how to add custom user profile fields in WordPress to store Twitter and Facebook information.

The [WordPress](https://hosting.com/hosting/platforms/wordpress-hosting/managed-wordpress-hosting/) profile has some useful fields for storing user information out of the box, but it is fairly limited in terms of what options (fields) are available.

If you have a multi-author (or multi-user) website where users interact with one another and post content, they may want to link their social media profile pages to their Wordpress Profile. However, these fields are not available by default in [WordPress](https://hosting.com/hosting/platforms/wordpress-hosting/managed-wordpress-hosting/). This article will show you how to use how to add custom user profile fields in WordPress to store Twitter and Facebook information.

## Adding  custom user profile fields in WordPress

To add custom user profile fields in WordPress, follow these steps:

1. Log in to WordPress as the administrator.

2. On the **Dashboard** in the left sidebar, click **Appearance**, and then click **Editor**:\
   ![](https://static.hosting.com/kb/kb_wp_themeeditor.jpg)

3. On the **Theme Editor**, select the **Theme** you want to edit from the dropdown:\
   ![](https://static.hosting.com/kb/kb_wp_selecttheme.png)

4. The files for this selected theme are listed on the right column under **Theme Files**. Click on the file named "functions.php":\
   ![](https://static.hosting.com/kb/kb_wp_theme_fucntions_functionsfile.png)

5. Insert the following code to the end of functions.php file and click Update File Button to save the changes:

```javascript theme={null}
function add_new_contactmethods( $contactmethods ) {
// Add Twitter Field $contactmethods['twitter'] = 'Twitter'; 
//add Facebook Field $contactmethods['facebook'] = 'Facebook'; return $contactmethods; } 
add_filter('user_contactmethods','add_new_contactmethods',10,1);
```

6. The new fields displayed on the user profile page:\
   ![](https://static.hosting.com/kb/kb_wp_additional_userprofile_field.jpg)

## More information

For more information about user\_contactmethods, please visit: [https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/user\_contactmethods/](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/user_contactmethods/)

## Related articles

* [Add author profile fields in WordPress](/docs/custom-field-forms-for-user-profile-in-wordpress)