Title: Private Fields
Last modified: February 22, 2017

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# Private Fields

 *  Resolved [linkinspy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/linkinspy/)
 * (@linkinspy)
 * [9 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/private-fields-2/)
 * I’d like to display a unique data field on each user’s profile page that I can
   update in the back-end, but not have it show up on the registration page. For
   example, on the profile page I’d like to show all of their registration data (
   email, address, etc.) but then I’d like to have a unique field such as “Home 
   Runs Batted” which I would update in the back-end while they only see the total
   that I’ve entered on the front-end, again without that specific field showing
   up when they originally register. Hopefully that makes sense. Is that something
   that I can possibly accomplish with this plugin?

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 *  [G](https://wordpress.org/support/users/glienhard/)
 * (@glienhard)
 * [9 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/private-fields-2/#post-8836524)
 * You can completely hide a field from a user’s profile. Then, using the custom
   css option, you can hide that field from the registration page. The trick would
   then be to make it display on the user’s profile page in read-only. One idea 
   would be to create a custom profile page (i.e. not the edit profile page) that
   just displays the user’s info and make tell it to display that field there.
 * I do something similar but I use it for club officers to be displayed on an About
   Us page. The field displays there but is not available for anyone to edit except
   the site admin.
 *  Thread Starter [linkinspy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/linkinspy/)
 * (@linkinspy)
 * [9 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/private-fields-2/#post-8836580)
 * Thanks for the response Garry!
 * I was planning on creating a custom profile page to only display 2-3 of the fields,
   plus the extra hidden field. Do you have a line of CSS code that’s effective 
   in hiding a field on the registration form?
 *  [G](https://wordpress.org/support/users/glienhard/)
 * (@glienhard)
 * [9 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/private-fields-2/#post-8836595)
 * You will need to build your all your fields. Then view the registration form 
   and view it’s source code. Find the ID of the field you want to hide. This is
   what you put in the custom css in the plugin. Below is an example of mine. Here
   I’m hiding the field that has the ID of 14.
 * #ewd-feup-register-input-14, #ewd-feup-register-14 {
    display: none; }
 *  Plugin Contributor [etoilewebdesign](https://wordpress.org/support/users/etoilewebdesign/)
 * (@etoilewebdesign)
 * [9 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/private-fields-2/#post-8836645)
 * Thanks for the suggestion Garry!
 * Hi Spy,
 * You should be able to achieve what you’re after by creating a new custom field
   and setting “Show in User Profile” to “Yes”. This way it will show on their user
   profile page. Then you can add some custom CSS to hide that field from the registration
   form. Each field is given a unique ID, so you can easily isolate it with custom
   CSS. If you’re having trouble finding the correct CSS to apply, you could provide
   a link to your register page and we could take a look and maybe make a suggestion.
 *  [G](https://wordpress.org/support/users/glienhard/)
 * (@glienhard)
 * [9 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/private-fields-2/#post-8836676)
 * Setting the “Show in User Profile” to “Yes” will make the field editable by the
   user, that is why I suggested to do it the way I did. Maybe I mis-understood 
   but I believe he wants it to be completely read-only to the user. To achieve 
   this, it will need to be done the way I suggested.
 * Etoile; This would be something to add to your feature request list. Give admins
   the ability to make a profile field editable/read-only.
 *  Thread Starter [linkinspy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/linkinspy/)
 * (@linkinspy)
 * [9 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/private-fields-2/#post-8836896)
 * Thanks guys, I appreciate your help!

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