BuddyPress Profile Fields Set Up

There are several special fields displayed on the user’s BuddyPress profile page such as 

1. Education
2. Achievements
3. Profile
4. Email
5. Residence
6. Facebook Profile link
7. Twitter Profile link
8. Youtube Profile link

These fields are special because they are shown in a unique prefixed location on the profile page when enabled.

To configure this for your users, you need to follow these two steps:

1. Create the fields.
2. Map them to the locations in the Profile page.

Create BuddyPress Profile Fields

• To create the BuddyPress fields navigate to Dashboard > Users > Profile Fields menu page.
• Click on the “Add New Field” button.
• Create the above mentioned 8 fields (only those you wish to use).

Map Profile Fields

• Navigate to Dashboard > Users > Map Profile Fields admin page.
• Select the fields corresponding to the options available.
• There are two “special” qualification fields shown on the profile page.
• By default, those are “Education” & “Achievements”.
• You can change the label displayed on the profile page using the text input fields available against each of these fields.
• You can also change the icons shown against those fields by clicking on the “Change Image” button.
• Now click the Save button.

Now, each user will be able to set up their profile from the front-end. They just need to visit their BuddyPress profile page and click on edit.