Title: Ultimate Member Custom Fields
Last modified: November 25, 2020

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# Ultimate Member Custom Fields

 *  Resolved [mcarpinter](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mcarpinter/)
 * (@mcarpinter)
 * [5 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/ultimate-member-custom-fields-3/)
 * Hi,
 * I created a custom shortcode which returns checkboxes and added that into the
   Profile data for an user.
 * Thing is when editing the profile, even though the list is well displayed, when
   clicking on update it does not update that info.
 * How should I add those checkboxes to be recognized when updating? Or what hook
   should I use to get the fields updated?
    -  This topic was modified 5 years, 8 months ago by [mcarpinter](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mcarpinter/).

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 *  Plugin Contributor [Champ Camba](https://wordpress.org/support/users/champsupertramp/)
 * (@champsupertramp)
 * [5 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/ultimate-member-custom-fields-3/#post-13711130)
 * Hi [@mcarpinter](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mcarpinter/)
 * Could you please provide the code here so we can review it?
 * Regards,
 *  Thread Starter [mcarpinter](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mcarpinter/)
 * (@mcarpinter)
 * [5 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/ultimate-member-custom-fields-3/#post-13717564)
 * Hi
 * Here are some screenshots of the code. It gets some posts from a CPT created 
   and display it as a checkbox
 * [https://pasteboard.co/JCk21Up.png](https://pasteboard.co/JCk21Up.png)
 * This function is called with a shortcode in the site and displayed when the user
   edits his profile as you can see on this image:
 * [https://pasteboard.co/JCk48Sv.png](https://pasteboard.co/JCk48Sv.png)
 *  Plugin Contributor [Champ Camba](https://wordpress.org/support/users/champsupertramp/)
 * (@champsupertramp)
 * [5 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/ultimate-member-custom-fields-3/#post-13724177)
 * Hi [@mcarpinter](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mcarpinter/)
 * You can try adding the checkbox options programmatically. Please see this code
   snippet as your guide:
    [https://gist.github.com/champsupertramp/357b98b5d60b1813a2fa18a384e3dc85](https://gist.github.com/champsupertramp/357b98b5d60b1813a2fa18a384e3dc85)
 * Regards,
 *  Thread Starter [mcarpinter](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mcarpinter/)
 * (@mcarpinter)
 * [5 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/ultimate-member-custom-fields-3/#post-13726771)
 * I will try it and let you know. Thanks!

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## Tags

 * [custom fields](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/custom-fields/)
 * [filter hooks](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/filter-hooks/)

 * 4 replies
 * 2 participants
 * Last reply from: [mcarpinter](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mcarpinter/)
 * Last activity: [5 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/ultimate-member-custom-fields-3/#post-13726771)
 * Status: resolved