Buddypress xProfile Rich Text Field adds a Rich-text Editor custom field type to Extended Profiles in BuddyPress.
As of April 2026, Buddypress xProfile Rich Text Field is a WordPress field plugin with 70 active installations and a 4.5/5 rating from 4 reviews. It has been downloaded 8.1K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 3.5+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2014. Last updated 10 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Top alternative: Smart Custom Fields.
The Buddypress xProfile Rich Text Field plugin adds a Rich-text Editor custom field type to Extended Profiles in BuddyPress.
Please note: this plugin is no longer required because its functionality has been implemented since BuddyPress 2.4. Having said that, if you already have data in xProfile fields of this type, you will need to keep this plugin active. See:
https://buddypress.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/5625
If you are using BuddyPress 2.0+ and your theme does not use compatibility mode (i.e it supplies its own BuddyPress template files) then you will have to update your theme’s members/single/profile/edit.php and registration/register.php (or members/register.php) templates so that they match the new way of displaying xProfile fields. You can refer to the relevant BuddyPress file…
| WordPress | 3.5+ requiredTested up to 4.4.34 |
| PHP | false+ required |
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