{"id":1372,"date":"2009-12-28T15:46:19","date_gmt":"2009-12-28T13:46:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/planetozh.com\/blog\/?p=1372"},"modified":"2009-12-28T15:49:12","modified_gmt":"2009-12-28T13:49:12","slug":"how-to-per-user-options-in-wordpress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/planetozh.com\/blog\/2009\/12\/how-to-per-user-options-in-wordpress\/","title":{"rendered":"How To: Per User Options in WordPress"},"content":{"rendered":"

The essence of plugins is giving to WordPress users more control over their blog, that is, most of the time, more options<\/strong>. Typically, a plugin adds a page under the Settings menu, where you can modify the options (see this article on register_setting()<\/a> for best practices).<\/p>\n

But if you think about multi user blogs, it can make sense to implement per user options<\/strong> instead of "global" settings. And guess what? It's dead easy.
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First, a few theory, then a complete example. Scroll down if you're the kind of guy who likes code, not explanations :)<\/p>\n

Modify the "Profile" page<\/h2>\n

What we are going to do is play with the action hooks provided by file wp-admin\/user-edit.php<\/tt> to add some fields to the profile page, then save them.<\/p>\n

To add content (ie fields, checkboxes, texareas…) to the profile page, you can use any of the 3 actions:<\/p>\n