Fields to user page – _fieldname

• vasik

• January 30, 2014 at 9:22 am

Hi, I would like to add some fields to user profile pages.

I checked how the data is saved, and in the wp_usermeta table I get the info saved as I need id, like fieldname | value , but for some reason another entry is saved, _fieldname | field_52e97c2b8f149

As I will have a lot of users, I would like to keep the wp_usermeta table as clean as possible. Is there any reason the _fieldname is saved?

Thanks

• Elliot

• January 30, 2014 at 2:33 pm

Hi @vasik

This is a reference field and is explained in the update_field docs:
http://www.advancedcustomfields.com/resources/functions/update_field/

Thanks
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