# Using WordPress

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## WordPress User Meta: Add, Get, Update, and Secure Custom User Fields

DevFeed: [WordPress User Meta: Add, Get, Update, and Secure Custom User Fields](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/wordpress-user-meta-add-get-update-and-secure-custom-user-fields-17726.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://wpshout.com/how-to-create-and-use-wordpress-user-metadata-user-meta/>)

Author: WPShout Editorial

Published: 2019-08-06T14:05:07Z

Content type: tutorial

Language: en

Sources: [Back-End Development - WPShout](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/back-end-development-wpshout.md>)

Topics: [WordPress](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/wordpress.md>), [CRUD](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/crud.md>), [PHP](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/php.md>), [REST API](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/rest-api.md>), [Database](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/database.md>)

Tags: [back-end-development](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/back-end-development.md>), [database](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/database.md>), [how-to](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/how-to.md>), [php](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/php.md>), [rest-api](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/rest-api.md>), [using-wordpress](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/using-wordpress.md>), [wordpress](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/wordpress.md>), [wps](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/wps.md>)

### AI overview

A guide to WordPress user metadata covering its key-value storage model, CRUD function behavior, return types, duplicate values, and secure custom profile fields with deliberate REST API support.

### Source excerpt

Learn how WordPress user meta stores custom user fields, how CRUD functions behave, and how to add a secure profile field with REST support.

## WordPress Post Excerpts: How They Work and How to Customize Them

DevFeed: [WordPress Post Excerpts: How They Work and How to Customize Them](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/wordpress-post-excerpts-how-they-work-and-how-to-customize-them-17730.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://wpshout.com/wordpress-post-excerpts/>)

Author: WPShout Editorial

Published: 2018-06-27T15:49:59Z

Content type: tutorial

Language: en

Sources: [Back-End Development - WPShout](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/back-end-development-wpshout.md>)

Topics: [WordPress](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/wordpress.md>), [PHP](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/php.md>)

Tags: [back-end-development](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/back-end-development.md>), [customization](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/customization.md>), [guide](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/guide.md>), [how-to](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/how-to.md>), [php](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/php.md>), [using-wordpress](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/using-wordpress.md>), [wordpress](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/wordpress.md>), [wps](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/wps.md>)

### AI overview

A guide to WordPress post excerpts, explaining the differences between manual and automatic excerpts, the Post Excerpt block, and safe customization options.

### Source excerpt

Learn how manual and automatic WordPress post excerpts differ, how the Post Excerpt block works, and which PHP hook to use for safe customization.