Get User Custom Field Values
Use widgets, shortcodes, and/or template tags to easily retrieve and display custom field values for users.
3.7(3 reviews)
·80 active installs·Updated 4 years agoAs of April 2026, Get User Custom Field Values is a WordPress user plugin with 80 active installations and a 3.7/5 rating from 3 reviews. It has been downloaded 13K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 4.6+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2011. Last updated 4 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Top alternative: User Role Editor.
3.7/53 reviews
80active installs
13K+total downloads
15 yearssince 2011
Overview
This plugin provides a powerful widget, shortcode (with shortcode builder tool), and template tags for easily retrieving and displaying custom field values for the currently logged in user or any specified user.
This plugin provides functionality similar to the Get Custom Field Values plugin, but for user custom fields (which WordPress manages in a separate database table).
This plugin does NOT help you in setting user custom field values, nor does it provide an interface to list or otherwise manage user custom fields.
The list of useful user custom field values that are provided by default in WordPress are:
- first_name
- last_name
- nickname
- description
- aim
- yim
- jabber
It is up to other plugins or custom code to add additional user custom fields that you may then be able to retrieve with thi…
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Ratings & Reviews
3.73 reviews
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Compatibility
| WordPress | 4.6+ requiredTested up to 5.8.13 |
| PHP | false+ required |
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Changelog
3.3 (2021-11-09)
Highlights:
This recommended release prevents users who can’t post unfiltered HTML from using the shortcode in posts (security hardening), adds some new filters, adds DEVELOPER-DOCS.md, notes compatibility through WP 5.8+, and reorganizes and improves unit tests.
Details:
- Change: Prevent users who cannot post unfiltered HTML from using the shortcode in posts. Props Francesco Carlucci and Erwan.
- Hardens security to prevent potentail information disclosure or XSS by authors with limited privileges
- New: Add shortcode class function
can_author_use_shortcodes() - New: Add filter
'get_user_custom_field_values/can_author_use_shortcodes' - Change: Prevent shortcodes created by users who cannot publish unfiltered HTML from being evaulated
…and 20 more changes
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