Title: Multifunction userprofile
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# Multifunction userprofile

 *  [MonMidt](https://wordpress.org/support/users/monmidt/)
 * (@monmidt)
 * [12 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multifunction-userprofile/)
 * Hi.
    I really hope someone with greater skills than me will take the time to 
   read this, and maybe give me some pointers on how to solve the following:
 * 1. I want to create a custom userprofile which will appear as a static area on
   my sites pages. I guess this is what is called a “widget”?? ( I don’t want ALL
   of the register-form fields to appear on the visible profile-area, only some)
 * 2. The user profile will preferably be searchable as the rest of my content. 
   By this I mean that some of the custom form-fields will automatically appear 
   on the “profile-widget”, such as the job-title, and if visitors search for a 
   spesific job-title in my site, the profiles which match the search-term will 
   then appear at the result-page. How do I do this?
 * 3. The userprofile will also need a profile pic/avatar which ppl upload themselves.
   How?
 * 4. I also want users to have the ability to upload, images, video and/or photos
   to a “profile-gallery”. Ex: If a visitor to my site wants to take a closer look
   at someones profile and portfolio, they can enter this users profile page where
   this gallery is included. How can I resolve this?
 * 5. I also want a like-button integrated in this portfolio, so other users can
   like/rate the profile-holders gallery-items. Is this possible? And is there a
   way to gather the top ten “liked items” into a separate mediaplayer/gallery?
 * 6. I’d also like to have certain icons of tools and/or actions integrated in 
   the user profiles. These icons will link to functions like upload/download, mail
   and so on. OR link to the edit-profile page or the membership-page.

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 *  [shadez](https://wordpress.org/support/users/shadez/)
 * (@shadez)
 * [12 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multifunction-userprofile/#post-4230094)
 * greater skills not but i think..
 * check buddypress if you havent already.. easiest way out.. job title etc can 
   be made to user groups and then made searchable..
 * otherwise its a LOT of work:
    customize author pages.. then add function() to
   functions.php say: add_action( ‘edit_user_profile’, ‘my_fields’ ); and then do
   function my_fields( $user ) {… remove existing junk using unset($contactmethods[‘
   aim’]); and use add_filter.. and the list goes on… basically functions.php and
   filters is your playground.
 *  Thread Starter [MonMidt](https://wordpress.org/support/users/monmidt/)
 * (@monmidt)
 * [12 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multifunction-userprofile/#post-4230157)
 * Thx for the reply 🙂
    I’m new to this, so when u say customize author pages, 
   what do u mean by that? When it comes to the function statements, I’m clueless.
   I’ve yet to understand how and when to use them, and where…
 * Do I add a function in function.php and then call them in the template I want
   them to appear? That is kind of ok, but what I don’t understand is how to use
   the call-statement.
    U type: add_action(‘edit_user_profile’, ‘my_fields’) Does
   this mean: I want to do something in the user profile, more spesificly the fields
   I’ve added my self?
 * > function my_fields( $user ) {…
   >  remove existing junk using unset($contactmethods[‘
   > aim’]); and use add_filter.. and the list goes on… basically functions.php 
   > and filters is your playground.
 * And this is where u lost me 😛 I got that I have to add stuff in functions.php(
   I think 😛 ) but what do u mean by filters?
 * Again, thx for your time and reply 😀

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 * Last activity: [12 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multifunction-userprofile/#post-4230157)
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