Adding a custom form fields for user profiles in WordPress

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Adding author profile fields  in WordPress

1. Log in to your WordPress site with an administrator account.
2. On the Dashboard in the left sidebar, click Appearance, and then click Theme Editor:
   
3. On the Theme Editor, select the Theme you want to edit from the dropdown:
   
4. The files for this selected theme is listed on the right column under Theme Files. Click on the file named functions.php:
   
5. Insert the following code to the end of functions.php file.

function wp_add_twitter_field( $contactmethods ) {

// Add Twitter

$contactmethods['twitter'] = 'Twitter';

return $contactmethods;

}

add_filter('user_contactmethods','wp_add_twitter_field',10,1);

6. The delete and spam link is added to the comments section.
7. Before:
   
8. After:
   

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