Member Meta Fields

The Member Meta Fields tab under Meta Membership > Settings defines the custom fields you can collect from members — things like phone number, address, or any organisation-specific information. As the page notes, fields defined here are available to be added to the profile and registration pages for each membership type.

This is a two-step model: you define fields here, once, site-wide; then each membership type chooses which of them to show on its profile and registration forms, and how. Defining a field here doesn’t put it on any form — it just makes it available. Assigning happens on the membership type’s [Meta Fields] tab.

Fields defined here are always available to the [Member Edit Profile] admin page.

The list shows every field you’ve defined:

• Label — the field’s display name (e.g. Phone Number). Click it to edit the field.
• Type — the field’s input type (text, date, phone, url, multi_select, and so on).
• Required — ticked if the field must be filled in wherever it appears.
• Use On — shows where the field is currently assigned, or NOT ASSIGNED if no membership type uses it yet. A field can be defined but unassigned.

Bulk actions let you act on several fields at once via the checkboxes and the Apply button.

To add a field, click the button for the type you want — Text, Text area, Select, Multi Select, Checkbox group, Radio button group, Phone, URL, or Date. This opens the field editor with the type pre-set.

Each field has the following options. The exact set varies slightly by type — for example, only choice-based types (Select, Multi Select, Checkbox group, Radio button group) show a choices box.

Slug — the field’s internal identifier (e.g. phone_number). This is the key the field is stored and referenced by.

👉 The slug cannot be changed once the field is saved. You can enter it freely when creating a new field, but after saving it’s fixed. Choose it deliberately. If you’re aligning fields with another plugin.

Type — the field’s input type, set when you create the field and shown here for reference.

Label — the display name members see on the form (e.g. Phone Number).

Placeholder — the faint hint text shown inside an empty field (e.g. Select …).

Tooltip — optional hint text shown when a member hovers over the field, for extra guidance.

Required — when ticked, the field must be filled in wherever it appears. This is set on the field definition, so it applies everywhere the field is used.

Select Choices — for choice-based types only. Enter one option per line; these become the selectable values. Not shown for simple types like text or date.

Click Save Field when done.

• Assign these fields to a membership type and control how they appear: [Meta Fields] (on the membership type edit screen)
• See how types and fields fit together: [Membership Types List]