Wordpress: Create a new usermeta field for users

Question

How do I create a new usermeta field with a drop down selection values?

Im want to create a conditional statement for all users with a certain value of the new custom field I want.

For example,

The new field would be: Approved The drop down values are: Yes and No

The conditional statement will recognize all users with the Approved field value of Yes. Then it will post a code.

Im working with the wp_get_current_user function(), which does exactly what I need, but I just need a new custom usermeta field. In the example the new usermeta field would be "artwork_approved."

Example:

wp_get_current_user();
if ($current_user->artwork_approved == 'Yes'){
    echo 'Thank you for approving your artwork!';
}

There seems to be no plugin for this and I really need this feature. I would really appreciate some advice on creating a new usermeta with drop down options.

*UPDATE:

I used the Register Plus Redux to create a new usermeta field, called "Artwork Approved." I made it a drop down option, with options "No" and "Yes." The No option is set as default.

This created the "Artwork Approved" usermeta field. I manage user accounts and choose either Yes or No. Now with this new usermeta field, Im using a function that should check if the current user has the Artwork Approved with value of Yes. Then it is supposed show a certain code.

Here is the if statement Im using with the new usermeta field:

<?php global $current_user; get_currentuserinfo(); if ($current_user->artwork_approved == 'Yes') { ?>

echo 'Your artwork is approved';

<?php } else { ?>         

echo 'Your artwork is not approved';

<?php } ?> 

But what's happening is it's not recognizing the first part of the if statement. If I log into any account with the artwork approved, the if statement only shows the "else" part even if I have the option "Yes" for Artwork Approved.

I don't know why it isn't recognizing the Yes Option as I have it in the statement.

Thanks

Answer 1

Shouldn't the second block of code read:

add_action('personal_options_update', 'my_user_profile_update_action');
add_action('edit_user_profile_update', 'my_user_profile_update_action');
function my_user_profile_update_action($user_id) {
  update_user_meta($user_id, 'artwork_approved', $_POST['artwork_approved']);
}

The value saved by update_user_meta is $_POST['artwork_approved'] not isset($_POST['artwork_approved']).

Answer 2

You can create a simple plugin to hook into the user profile actions and add a new field.

To add the field to the form you can hook into the show_user_profile and edit_user_profile actions and output the form field HTML. The below uses a checkbox rather than a drop-down.

add_action('show_user_profile', 'my_user_profile_edit_action');
add_action('edit_user_profile', 'my_user_profile_edit_action');
function my_user_profile_edit_action($user) {
  $checked = (isset($user->artwork_approved) && $user->artwork_approved) ? ' checked="checked"' : '';
?>
  <h3>Other</h3>
  <label for="artwork_approved">
    <input name="artwork_approved" type="checkbox" id="artwork_approved" value="1"<?php echo $checked; ?>>
    Artwork approved
  </label>
<?php 
}

Then you need to hook into the personal_options_update and edit_user_profile_update actions, get the value of your field and save this as user meta.

add_action('personal_options_update', 'my_user_profile_update_action');
add_action('edit_user_profile_update', 'my_user_profile_update_action');
function my_user_profile_update_action($user_id) {
  update_user_meta($user_id, 'artwork_approved', isset($_POST['artwork_approved']));
}

Your condition would then be as below.

if (get_user_meta($current_user->ID, 'artwork_approved', true)) {