WordPress Member Directory Plugin (CMED) - Expert Page - Additional Links and Fields

Additional Links & Fields

Note: features covered in this guide are available since the version 2.5.0.

What Are Them

Custom links and fields can be added across all the expert which appear in the directory. Once setting the custom link and field label it will also show in the input field once editing the expert and also in the output field once displaying the expert.

Leaving them blank will not show them in both places.

All custom links are presented in the email and social links sections and can be used as an example to add additional social links such as RedIt profile or Vimeo or anything else you desire.

Settings

To configure custom links and fields in the WordPress Member Directory plugin, navigate to Admin Dashboard → CM Expert Directory Pro → Expert Page tab.

Additional Links

Find the section Additional Links for Expert. Choose Yes in the option Show additional custom links to enable the feature.

Below you can see a form builder, where you can drag-and-drop new link to the builder area. For each link you can configure its label, placeholder, icon, metakey and if this field should be required. You can also easily change the order of links by dragging-and-dropping them.

Expert information settings - WP Member Directory Plugin — Expert information settings

You can add any amount of custom links:

Example of created custom links - WordPress Employee Directory — Example of created custom links

After saving the settings, relevant fields will be available for filling on the expert edit page:

Additional custom links on the back-end - WordPress Members Directory — Additional custom links on the back-end

Additional Fields

Find the section Additional Fields for Expert. Choose Yes in the option Show additional custom fields to enable the feature.

Below you can see the similar drag-and-drop builder, but with a set of different field types:

Additional fields settings - WordPress Staff Directory Plugin — Additional fields settings

All field types have some generic fields, and there are also some fields that are used only in some specific field type. For example, for Text Area you can define maximum text length and amount of rows in the field. Available field types are:

Text Input
Text Area
Number
Select
Date Field

Additional information settings - WordPress Plugin for Member Directory — Additional information settings

For each custom field you can choose where it should be displayed:

Inside Information Section
Below Information Section

Choosing position - WP Member Directory Plugin — Choosing position

You can add any amount of custom fields:

Example of created custom fields - WordPress Employee Directory — Example of created custom fields

After saving the settings, relevant fields will be available for filling on the expert edit page:

Additional custom fields on the back-end - WordPress Members Directory — Additional custom fields on the back-end

Front-end Example

Below you can see the example of displaying custom links and fields on the expert page:

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