This hook is used to modify the fields on the user profile in wordpress. you can remove a field by using unset(), change name of field and adding new field.
/**
* Add / delete new user profile fields
*
*/
if ( ! function_exists( 'ld_modify_contact_methods' ) ) :
function ld_modify_contact_methods( $contactmethods ) {
$contactmethods['linkedin'] = __( 'Linked In' );
$contactmethods['youtube'] = __( 'YouTube' );
$contactmethods['instagram'] = __( 'Instagram' );
unset($contactmethods['facebook']);
unset($contactmethods['twitter']);
unset($contactmethods['googleplus']);
return $contactmethods;
}
add_filter('user_contactmethods','ld_modify_contact_methods', 10, 1);
endif;
If you want to use the added fields you may use the the_author_meta() function to get the data.
