How To Add Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, And Google Plus To WordPress User Profiles (Custom Contact Info)

by Sean Doyle · Published August 8, 2012 · Updated February 29, 2024

Add Relevant Social Media To WordPress User Profiles

By default the contact info in WordPress user profiles only gives the options to include AIM, Yahoo IM, and Jabber/Google Talk to registered WordPress users, as well as your own website and required email address information. But… the truth is, with some exceptions AOL Instant Messenger (AIM), Yahoo, and Jabber are not as popular these days as much as Facebook, Twitter, Google Plus, and LinkedIn are.

As the internet evolves other social media websites become relevant. Removing the AIM, Yahoo IM, and Jabber/Google Talk options and replacing them with updated social media accounts Facebook, Twitter, Google+, and LinkedIn makes a lot more sense. After all, Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, and Google Plus are in the top 5 most used social networks right now (Myspace being #4, people still use it).

How To Add Facebook, Twitter, Google+, And LinkedIn To User Profiles With PHP

Below we outline an easy PHP snippet to change AIM, Yahoo IM, and Jabber/Google Talk to Facebook, Twitter, Google Plus, and LinkedIn to the WordPress user profile contact info.

Copy and paste the PHP snippet below into your functions.php file.

function extra_contact_info($contactmethods) {

unset($contactmethods['aim']);

unset($contactmethods['yim']);

unset($contactmethods['jabber']);

$contactmethods['facebook'] = 'Facebook';

$contactmethods['twitter'] = 'Twitter';

$contactmethods['linkedin'] = 'LinkedIn';

$contactmethods['googleplus'] = 'Google+';

 

return $contactmethods;

}

add_filter('user_contactmethods', 'extra_contact_info');