Title: Creating a WordPress plugin that will modify wp_users?
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Creating a WordPress plugin that will modify wp_users?

 *  [JsonB123](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jsonb123/)
 * (@jsonb123)
 * [17 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/creating-a-wordpress-plugin-that-will-modify-wp_users/)
 * Is it ever OK to create a plug-in that will add a new data column to a core table
   like wp_users? I’ve never created a WordPress plug-in before and I’m feeling 
   the need to make one for BuddyPress. This plug-in would need to tie a specific
   bit of data to specific users on the site…so if modifying wp_users is not OK,
   then should I just create a new table that will store the user’s ID and the data
   that I want attached to it instead?

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 *  [MichaelH](https://wordpress.org/support/users/michaelh/)
 * (@michaelh)
 * [17 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/creating-a-wordpress-plugin-that-will-modify-wp_users/#post-1087882)
 * Why not just use the ‘usermeta’ table. Look at how a plugin such as Cimy Extra
   User Fields does that.
 * [http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/cimy-user-extra-fields/](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/cimy-user-extra-fields/)

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 * Last activity: [17 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/creating-a-wordpress-plugin-that-will-modify-wp_users/#post-1087882)
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