{"id":1614,"date":"2018-08-18T00:46:23","date_gmt":"2018-08-17T22:46:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tulipemedia.com\/?p=1614"},"modified":"2025-05-15T17:59:43","modified_gmt":"2025-05-15T15:59:43","slug":"buddypress-auto-bulk-import-countries-profile-field","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tulipemedia.com\/en\/buddypress-auto-bulk-import-countries-profile-field\/","title":{"rendered":"BuddyPress \u2013 Create an automatic country dropdown list in profile field"},"content":{"rendered":"

Are you looking for a function that imports all countries of the world to a BuddyPress profile field<\/strong> called \u00ab\u00a0Country\u00a0\u00bb ? This code is for you.<\/p>\n

Consider that you open an international BuddyPress social network and you want let your users select their country<\/strong>. It’s annoying to manually add countries one by one<\/strong>. The solution is to import all the countries<\/strong> with this piece of code, that you can find on GitHub<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Be careful, you have to copy and paste this code in the bp-custom.php file of your BuddyPress install. If you don’t have this file, create it and upload it to the \/wp-content\/ folder, and add this code inside it:<\/p>\n

[code]<\/p>\n

function bp_add_custom_country_list() {<\/p>\n

if ( !xprofile_get_field_id_from_name(‘Country’) && ‘bp-profile-setup’ == $_GET[‘page’] ) {<\/p>\n

$country_list_args = array(
\n‘field_group_id’ => 1,
\n‘name’ => ‘Country’,
\n‘description’ => ‘Please select your country’,
\n‘can_delete’ => true,
\n‘field_order’ => 2,
\n‘is_required’ => false,
\n‘type’ => ‘selectbox’,
\n‘order_by’ => ‘custom’<\/p>\n

);<\/p>\n

$country_list_id = xprofile_insert_field( $country_list_args );<\/p>\n

if ( $country_list_id ) {<\/p>\n

$countries = array(
\n\u00ab\u00a0Afghanistan\u00a0\u00bb,
\n\u00ab\u00a0Albania\u00a0\u00bb,
\n\u00ab\u00a0Algeria\u00a0\u00bb,
\n\u00ab\u00a0Andorra\u00a0\u00bb,
\n\u00ab\u00a0Angola\u00a0\u00bb,
\n\u00ab\u00a0Antigua and Barbuda\u00a0\u00bb,
\n\u00ab\u00a0Argentina\u00a0\u00bb,
\n\u00ab\u00a0Armenia\u00a0\u00bb,
\n\u00ab\u00a0Australia\u00a0\u00bb,
\n\u00ab\u00a0Austria\u00a0\u00bb,
\n\u00ab\u00a0Azerbaijan\u00a0\u00bb,
\n\u00ab\u00a0Bahamas\u00a0\u00bb,
\n\u00ab\u00a0Bahrain\u00a0\u00bb,
\n\u00ab\u00a0Bangladesh\u00a0\u00bb,
\n\u00ab\u00a0Barbados\u00a0\u00bb,
\n\u00ab\u00a0Belarus\u00a0\u00bb,
\n\u00ab\u00a0Belgium\u00a0\u00bb,
\n\u00ab\u00a0Belize\u00a0\u00bb,
\n\u00ab\u00a0Benin\u00a0\u00bb,
\n\u00ab\u00a0Bhutan\u00a0\u00bb,
\n\u00ab\u00a0Bolivia\u00a0\u00bb,
\n\u00ab\u00a0Bosnia and Herzegovina\u00a0\u00bb,
\n\u00ab\u00a0Botswana\u00a0\u00bb,
\n\u00ab\u00a0Brazil\u00a0\u00bb,
\n\u00ab\u00a0Brunei\u00a0\u00bb,
\n\u00ab\u00a0Bulgaria\u00a0\u00bb,
\n\u00ab\u00a0Burkina Faso\u00a0\u00bb,
\n\u00ab\u00a0Burundi\u00a0\u00bb,
\n\u00ab\u00a0Cambodia\u00a0\u00bb,
\n\u00ab\u00a0Cameroon\u00a0\u00bb,
\n\u00ab\u00a0Canada\u00a0\u00bb,
\n\u00ab\u00a0Cape Verde\u00a0\u00bb,
\n\u00ab\u00a0Central African Republic\u00a0\u00bb,
\n\u00ab\u00a0Chad\u00a0\u00bb,
\n\u00ab\u00a0Chile\u00a0\u00bb,
\n\u00ab\u00a0China\u00a0\u00bb,
\n\u00ab\u00a0Colombi\u00a0\u00bb,
\n\u00ab\u00a0Comoros\u00a0\u00bb,
\n\u00ab\u00a0Congo (Brazzaville)\u00a0\u00bb,
\n\u00ab\u00a0Congo\u00a0\u00bb,
\n\u00ab\u00a0Costa Rica\u00a0\u00bb,
\n\u00ab\u00a0Cote d’Ivoire\u00a0\u00bb,
\n\u00ab\u00a0Croatia\u00a0\u00bb,
\n\u00ab\u00a0Cuba\u00a0\u00bb,
\n\u00ab\u00a0Cyprus\u00a0\u00bb,
\n\u00ab\u00a0Czech Republic\u00a0\u00bb,
\n\u00ab\u00a0Denmark\u00a0\u00bb,
\n\u00ab\u00a0Djibouti\u00a0\u00bb,
\n\u00ab\u00a0Dominica\u00a0\u00bb,
\n\u00ab\u00a0Dominican Republic\u00a0\u00bb,
\n\u00ab\u00a0East Timor (Timor Timur)\u00a0\u00bb,
\n\u00ab\u00a0Ecuador\u00a0\u00bb,
\n\u00ab\u00a0Egypt\u00a0\u00bb,
\n\u00ab\u00a0El Salvador\u00a0\u00bb,
\n\u00ab\u00a0Equatorial Guinea\u00a0\u00bb,
\n\u00ab\u00a0Eritrea\u00a0\u00bb,
\n\u00ab\u00a0Estonia\u00a0\u00bb,
\n\u00ab\u00a0Ethiopia\u00a0\u00bb,
\n\u00ab\u00a0Fiji\u00a0\u00bb,
\n\u00ab\u00a0Finland\u00a0\u00bb,
\n\u00ab\u00a0France\u00a0\u00bb,
\n\u00ab\u00a0Gabon\u00a0\u00bb,
\n\u00ab\u00a0Gambia, The\u00a0\u00bb,
\n\u00ab\u00a0Georgia\u00a0\u00bb,
\n\u00ab\u00a0Germany\u00a0\u00bb,
\n\u00ab\u00a0Ghana\u00a0\u00bb,
\n\u00ab\u00a0Greece\u00a0\u00bb,
\n\u00ab\u00a0Grenada\u00a0\u00bb,
\n\u00ab\u00a0Guatemala\u00a0\u00bb,
\n\u00ab\u00a0Guinea\u00a0\u00bb,
\n\u00ab\u00a0Guinea-Bissau\u00a0\u00bb,
\n\u00ab\u00a0Guyana\u00a0\u00bb,
\n\u00ab\u00a0Haiti\u00a0\u00bb,
\n\u00ab\u00a0Honduras\u00a0\u00bb,
\n\u00ab\u00a0Hungary\u00a0\u00bb,
\n\u00ab\u00a0Iceland\u00a0\u00bb,
\n\u00ab\u00a0India\u00a0\u00bb,
\n\u00ab\u00a0Indonesia\u00a0\u00bb,
\n\u00ab\u00a0Iran\u00a0\u00bb,
\n\u00ab\u00a0Iraq\u00a0\u00bb,
\n\u00ab\u00a0Ireland\u00a0\u00bb,
\n\u00ab\u00a0Israel\u00a0\u00bb,
\n\u00ab\u00a0Italy\u00a0\u00bb,
\n\u00ab\u00a0Jamaica\u00a0\u00bb,
\n\u00ab\u00a0Japan\u00a0\u00bb,
\n\u00ab\u00a0Jordan\u00a0\u00bb,
\n\u00ab\u00a0Kazakhstan\u00a0\u00bb,
\n\u00ab\u00a0Kenya\u00a0\u00bb,
\n\u00ab\u00a0Kiribati\u00a0\u00bb,
\n\u00ab\u00a0Korea, North\u00a0\u00bb,
\n\u00ab\u00a0Korea, South\u00a0\u00bb,
\n\u00ab\u00a0Kuwait\u00a0\u00bb,
\n\u00ab\u00a0Kyrgyzstan\u00a0\u00bb,
\n\u00ab\u00a0Laos\u00a0\u00bb,
\n\u00ab\u00a0Latvia\u00a0\u00bb,
\n\u00ab\u00a0Lebanon\u00a0\u00bb,
\n\u00ab\u00a0Lesotho\u00a0\u00bb,
\n\u00ab\u00a0Liberia\u00a0\u00bb,
\n\u00ab\u00a0Libya\u00a0\u00bb,
\n\u00ab\u00a0Liechtenstein\u00a0\u00bb,
\n\u00ab\u00a0Lithuania\u00a0\u00bb,
\n\u00ab\u00a0Luxembourg\u00a0\u00bb,
\n\u00ab\u00a0Macedonia\u00a0\u00bb,
\n\u00ab\u00a0Madagascar\u00a0\u00bb,
\n\u00ab\u00a0Malawi\u00a0\u00bb,
\n\u00ab\u00a0Malaysia\u00a0\u00bb,
\n\u00ab\u00a0Maldives\u00a0\u00bb,
\n\u00ab\u00a0Mali\u00a0\u00bb,
\n\u00ab\u00a0Malta\u00a0\u00bb,
\n\u00ab\u00a0Marshall Islands\u00a0\u00bb,
\n\u00ab\u00a0Mauritania\u00a0\u00bb,
\n\u00ab\u00a0Mauritius\u00a0\u00bb,
\n\u00ab\u00a0Mexico\u00a0\u00bb,
\n\u00ab\u00a0Micronesia\u00a0\u00bb,
\n\u00ab\u00a0Moldova\u00a0\u00bb,
\n\u00ab\u00a0Monaco\u00a0\u00bb,
\n\u00ab\u00a0Mongolia\u00a0\u00bb,
\n\u00ab\u00a0Morocco\u00a0\u00bb,
\n\u00ab\u00a0Mozambique\u00a0\u00bb,
\n\u00ab\u00a0Myanmar\u00a0\u00bb,
\n\u00ab\u00a0Namibia\u00a0\u00bb,
\n\u00ab\u00a0Nauru\u00a0\u00bb,
\n\u00ab\u00a0Nepal\u00a0\u00bb,
\n\u00ab\u00a0Netherlands\u00a0\u00bb,
\n\u00ab\u00a0New Zealand\u00a0\u00bb,
\n\u00ab\u00a0Nicaragua\u00a0\u00bb,
\n\u00ab\u00a0Niger\u00a0\u00bb,
\n\u00ab\u00a0Nigeria\u00a0\u00bb,
\n\u00ab\u00a0Norway\u00a0\u00bb,
\n\u00ab\u00a0Oman\u00a0\u00bb,
\n\u00ab\u00a0Pakistan\u00a0\u00bb,
\n\u00ab\u00a0Palau\u00a0\u00bb,
\n\u00ab\u00a0Panama\u00a0\u00bb,
\n\u00ab\u00a0Papua New Guinea\u00a0\u00bb,
\n\u00ab\u00a0Paraguay\u00a0\u00bb,
\n\u00ab\u00a0Peru\u00a0\u00bb,
\n\u00ab\u00a0Philippines\u00a0\u00bb,
\n\u00ab\u00a0Poland\u00a0\u00bb,
\n\u00ab\u00a0Portugal\u00a0\u00bb,
\n\u00ab\u00a0Qatar\u00a0\u00bb,
\n\u00ab\u00a0Romania\u00a0\u00bb,
\n\u00ab\u00a0Russia\u00a0\u00bb,
\n\u00ab\u00a0Rwanda\u00a0\u00bb,
\n\u00ab\u00a0Saint Kitts and Nevis\u00a0\u00bb,
\n\u00ab\u00a0Saint Lucia\u00a0\u00bb,
\n\u00ab\u00a0Saint Vincent\u00a0\u00bb,
\n\u00ab\u00a0Samoa\u00a0\u00bb,
\n\u00ab\u00a0San Marino\u00a0\u00bb,
\n\u00ab\u00a0Sao Tome and Principe\u00a0\u00bb,
\n\u00ab\u00a0Saudi Arabia\u00a0\u00bb,
\n\u00ab\u00a0Senegal\u00a0\u00bb,
\n\u00ab\u00a0Serbia and Montenegro\u00a0\u00bb,
\n\u00ab\u00a0Seychelles\u00a0\u00bb,
\n\u00ab\u00a0Sierra Leone\u00a0\u00bb,
\n\u00ab\u00a0Singapore\u00a0\u00bb,
\n\u00ab\u00a0Slovakia\u00a0\u00bb,
\n\u00ab\u00a0Slovenia\u00a0\u00bb,
\n\u00ab\u00a0Solomon Islands\u00a0\u00bb,
\n\u00ab\u00a0Somalia\u00a0\u00bb,
\n\u00ab\u00a0South Africa\u00a0\u00bb,
\n\u00ab\u00a0Spain\u00a0\u00bb,
\n\u00ab\u00a0Sri Lanka\u00a0\u00bb,
\n\u00ab\u00a0Sudan\u00a0\u00bb,
\n\u00ab\u00a0Suriname\u00a0\u00bb,
\n\u00ab\u00a0Swaziland\u00a0\u00bb,
\n\u00ab\u00a0Sweden\u00a0\u00bb,
\n\u00ab\u00a0Switzerland\u00a0\u00bb,
\n\u00ab\u00a0Syria\u00a0\u00bb,
\n\u00ab\u00a0Taiwan\u00a0\u00bb,
\n\u00ab\u00a0Tajikistan\u00a0\u00bb,
\n\u00ab\u00a0Tanzania\u00a0\u00bb,
\n\u00ab\u00a0Thailand\u00a0\u00bb,
\n\u00ab\u00a0Togo\u00a0\u00bb,
\n\u00ab\u00a0Tonga\u00a0\u00bb,
\n\u00ab\u00a0Trinidad and Tobago\u00a0\u00bb,
\n\u00ab\u00a0Tunisia\u00a0\u00bb,
\n\u00ab\u00a0Turkey\u00a0\u00bb,
\n\u00ab\u00a0Turkmenistan\u00a0\u00bb,
\n\u00ab\u00a0Tuvalu\u00a0\u00bb,
\n\u00ab\u00a0Uganda\u00a0\u00bb,
\n\u00ab\u00a0Ukraine\u00a0\u00bb,
\n\u00ab\u00a0United Arab Emirates\u00a0\u00bb,
\n\u00ab\u00a0United Kingdom\u00a0\u00bb,
\n\u00ab\u00a0United States\u00a0\u00bb,
\n\u00ab\u00a0Uruguay\u00a0\u00bb,
\n\u00ab\u00a0Uzbekistan\u00a0\u00bb,
\n\u00ab\u00a0Vanuatu\u00a0\u00bb,
\n\u00ab\u00a0Vatican City\u00a0\u00bb,
\n\u00ab\u00a0Venezuela\u00a0\u00bb,
\n\u00ab\u00a0Vietnam\u00a0\u00bb,
\n\u00ab\u00a0Yemen\u00a0\u00bb,
\n\u00ab\u00a0Zambia\u00a0\u00bb,
\n\u00ab\u00a0Zimbabwe\u00a0\u00bb
\n);<\/p>\n

foreach ( $countries as $country ) {<\/p>\n

xprofile_insert_field( array(
\n‘field_group_id’ => 1,
\n‘parent_id’ => $country_list_id,
\n‘type’ => ‘option’,
\n‘name’ => $country,
\n‘option_order’ => $i++
\n));<\/p>\n

}<\/p>\n

}
\n}
\n}
\nadd_action(‘bp_init’, ‘bp_add_custom_country_list’);<\/p>\n

[\/code]<\/p>\n

Then, visit the profile fields settings page at mydomain.com\/wp-admin\/users.php?page=bp-profile-setup<\/p>\n

Once you visited the page, you can see the new field. So you can remove the piece of code in bp-custom.php, don’t let it inside the file.<\/p>\n

That’s it! If this post helped you in your project, please share it and mention!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Are you looking for a function that imports all countries of the world to a BuddyPress profile field called \u00ab\u00a0Country\u00a0\u00bb ? This code is for you. Consider that you open an international BuddyPress social network and you want let your users select their country. It’s annoying to manually add countries one by one. The solution […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[164],"class_list":["post-1614","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-buddypress","tag-tips-wordpress"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tulipemedia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1614","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tulipemedia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tulipemedia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tulipemedia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/17"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tulipemedia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1614"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/tulipemedia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1614\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4205,"href":"https:\/\/tulipemedia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1614\/revisions\/4205"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tulipemedia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1614"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tulipemedia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1614"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tulipemedia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1614"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}