Automatically display certain value in user profile depending on usergroup
 

Hi guys. How can I create a custom user profile field that will automatically display a certain value based on the member's usergroup?

For instance, let's say I have three usergroups: Registered Users (id 2), Custom Group A (id 9), and Custom Group B (id 10). And let's say I want to have a custom user profile field labeled Animal. I want all members in usergroup 2 to automatically show "Owl" in that field; usergroup 9 to show "Rabbit"; and usergroup 10 to show "Monkey." I also want this field to automatically update when members get promoted, so a member who is promoted from usergroup 2 to usergroup 9 will see that this field in their profile has automatically changed from "Owl" to "Rabbit."

(For ease of comprehension, this is, obviously, a hypothetical version of what I want to do, but it functions exactly the same way.)

Any ideas?

Couldn't you use Ranks?

Hey Lynne! Thanks for your response. Is there a way to make Ranks appear on members' profile pages (like, below the Personal/Biography information) and not beneath their usernames on their posts?

Ranks do show on the member.php page. If you don't want them to show on the posts, then you could write a plugin using the postbit_display_complete hook location:

Thanks so much, Lynne! You're the best... no seriously. :)