Custom profile fields

Once a user creates an account, they will have access to their WordPress profile on the backend. The default user profile includes basic built-in fields commonly used to identify the user. However, web applications often require advanced field and field types to capture data related to different user roles. For example, the profile of a doctor will have additional fields related to medical data, and the profile of a web developer will have additional fields related to projects and skills. Since WordPress doesn't provide features for additional fields by default, we have to implement this with custom coding or use a user management plugin that offers custom field management features.

We can capture the basic profile details of users with the support of basic HTML field types such as text, radio buttons, checkboxes, drop-down menus, text areas, passwords, and files. We have to use custom field types in situations where we can't capture the advanced user data with these basic field types. There are many plugins that offer advanced custom field types such as videos, date pickers, numeric ranges, and galleries. Planning application user fields and identifying field types to capture these details is essential in building a successful application.