8.3 Built-in Form Fields

Built-in Form Fields

Every field available in the Profile Edit Form's field picker. "Saves to" shows where the value lands: the WordPress user record (the standard profile fields visible in the admin user editor) or user meta.

Field	Input type	Saves to	Notes
First name	Text	User record	—
Last name	Text	User record	—
Nickname	Text	User record	Always required (WordPress requirement).
Display Name	Select	User record	Options are WordPress's standard display-name variants built from the user's names.
Email	Email	User record	Always required (WordPress requirement).
Current password	Password	—	Verification only, nothing is saved. When present, the form refuses to save unless it matches the user's current password.
Change Password	Password	User record	Blank leaves the password unchanged. Optional strength indicator with minimum level, and optional confirmation field.
Website	Text	User record	—
Twitter	Text	User meta	—
Facebook	Text	User meta	—
Biography	Textarea	User record	The standard "Biographical Info" profile field.
Custom field	Configurable	User meta	Saves under the meta key you set. Type is Text by default; more types via the bpb_custom_field_types filter. See the Developer Reference.
Title	—	—	A layout element: renders a heading and can wrap the following fields in a fieldset until the next title or the end of the form.

Custom field types

When enabled by a developer, the Custom field supports these additional input types, each with its own options in the field settings:

Type	Extra options
Date Picker	Date format, optional calendar icon with position and color.
Time Picker	Time format, minute step, optional clock icon with position and color.
Select	Options list (value|||Label per row), optional multiselect.
Radio	Options list, inline display, label placement, column count.
Multi Checkbox	Options list, optional Select All control, inline display, column count.
Checkbox	Single checkbox with label placement options.
Other HTML input types	Email, URL, Tel, Number, Date, Month, Time, Week, and Datetime inputs rendered with the browser's native controls.