Title: User Profile Fields
Last modified: February 9, 2018

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# User Profile Fields

 *  [G](https://wordpress.org/support/users/glienhard/)
 * (@glienhard)
 * [8 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/user-profile-fields-2/)
 * I have hit a frustrating thing with user profile fields. I have several fields
   that I want as part of the user’s profile but don’t want visible to the user,
   both in the registration form and when they edit their profile. I use custom 
   css to hide the fields in the registration form and that works great. There is
   the option on each field to either show/hide it in the user profile. Thinking
   that I don’t want the user to see the field, I chose “No” in the “Show in User
   Profile” option. When set this way, if a user edit’s their profile, when they
   save it removes the value for the field. Likewise, if you have the box unchecked
   for that field under the options for a level, it also removes the value for the
   field.
 * I also found other settings that kinda relate to this but add to the confusion
   of what was causing the field to be cleared. There is all of the custom css that
   can hide fields. Then there is the omit_fields option in the edit-fields shortcode.
   There is the option in the field settings “Show in User Profile”. Also, there
   is check boxes in each level. Since all of these can act alone or against each
   other, it has taken much trial and effort to track down which one does what and
   how they all work.
 * If I could recommend that no matter what option you have set, if a field is not
   able to be modified then it’s value should be left to whatever it is set to.

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 *  Plugin Contributor [etoilewebdesign](https://wordpress.org/support/users/etoilewebdesign/)
 * (@etoilewebdesign)
 * [8 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/user-profile-fields-2/#post-9957874)
 * Hi Garry,
 * Sorry that it can get a bit confusing like that. I understand that it can be 
   unclear as to which settings affect what and where the crossover is. Thanks for
   pointing it out.

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