Displaying additional User Contact Information

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/* BEGIN Custom User Contact Info */
 function extra_contact_info($contactmethods) {
     unset($contactmethods['aim']);
     unset($contactmethods['yim']);
     unset($contactmethods['jabber']);
     $contactmethods['facebook'] = 'Facebook';
     $contactmethods['twitter'] = 'Twitter';
     $contactmethods['linkedin'] = 'LinkedIn';
     return $contactmethods;
 }
 add_filter('user_contactmethods', 'extra_contact_info');
 /* END Custom User Contact Info */

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