Creating a matching site using WordPress [HivePress] Adding first and last name fields to the user registration form

We will explain the code introduced in the HivePress code recipe.

Code snippet

Add first and last name fields to user registration form

[ 'required' => true, '_order' => 1, ], 'last_name' => [ 'required' => true, '_order' => 2, ], ] ); return $form; }, 100 ); add_action( 'hivepress/v1/models/user/register', function( $user_id, $values ) { if ( isset( $values['first_name'] ) ) { update_user_meta( $user_id, 'first_name', $values['first_name'] ); } if ( isset( $values['last_name'] ) ) { update_user_meta( $user_id, 'last_name', $values['last_name'] ); } }, 10, 2 );

Implementation results

After adding the code, a first and last name field was added to the user registration form.

Add to function.php

The code is added to function.php.

• Create a child theme and add it to function.php
• Added using the code snippets plugin

Please edit function.php in one of two ways.

This blog post explains the prerequisites you need to know before editing function.php!