The WordPress Studio Framework (WPSF) can also be used to extend the User Profiles in WordPress.

Arguments for User Profiles

Name	Type	Default	Description
data_type	string	serialize	Database save option type (serialize or unserialize)
defaults	array		Sets all default values from an external array (optional)
class	string		Extra CSS classes (space separated) to apend to the main framework.

Example User Profile Framework

// Check to see if WPSF is loaded
if ( class_exists( 'WPSF' ) ){

  //Unique slug
  $prefix = 'profile_options';

  //Create profile options
  WPSF::createProfileOptions( $prefix, array(
    'data_type' => 'serialize',
  ));

  //Create section
  WPSF::createSection( $prefix, array(
    'fields' => array(
      array(
        'id' => 'example-text',
        'type' => 'text',
        'title' => 'Example Text',
      ),
      array(
        'id' => 'example-textarea',
        'type' => 'textarea',
        'title' => 'Example Textarea',
      ),
    )
  ));
}

Extract Option Value (data_type => serialize)

$user_id = get_current_user_id();
$user_meta = get_user_meta( $user_id, 'profile_options', true );

echo $user_meta['example-text'];
echo $user_meta['example-textarea'];

Extract Option Value (data_type => unserialize)

$user_id = get_current_user_id();
echo get_user_meta( $user_id, 'example-text', true );
echo get_user_meta( $user_id, 'example-textarea', true );