Title: Adding Custom User Data
Last modified: September 1, 2016

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# Adding Custom User Data

 *  [finaris11](https://wordpress.org/support/users/finaris11/)
 * (@finaris11)
 * [9 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-custom-user-data/)
 * Hello!
 * I’m wondering if there’s way to add new user data variables after account creation.
   For instance, I have a page that only users can access, and wish to create an
   option between two radio buttons, after which a user can submit and the data 
   is stored per user. I’m trying to implement this in-page, but can’t figure out
   the PHP to use or if there exists a plugin to do this.
 * Thank you!

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 *  [clambelet](https://wordpress.org/support/users/clambelet/)
 * (@clambelet)
 * [9 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-custom-user-data/#post-7668878)
 * Hi!
 * To add new user data, you can use the [update_user_meta](https://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/update_user_meta)
   function. You retrieve the data with [get_user_meta](https://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/get_user_meta)
 * You have a step-by-step guide in [Working with user metadata](https://developer.wordpress.org/plugins/users/working-with-user-metadata/)
 * Hope this help

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