The {user} and {created_by} Merge Tag
About {created_by}
The {created_by}
Merge Tag allows you to display details of the entry creator. It supports all the functionality of the Gravity Forms and uses the same structure as the {user}
Merge Tag documented on the Gravity Forms website.
Difference between {user}
and {created_by}
The {user}
merge tag displays information about the currently logged-in user.
The {created_by}
displays information about the entry creator, if there is one.
Usage:
The user must be logged in when the entry is submitted. If the user was not logged in when creating the entry, the {created_by}
Merge Tag will be empty. You can wrap the {created_by}
Merge Tag with a [gvlogic] shortcode to check for its existence.
{created_by:ID}
- Displays the user ID of the entry creator{created_by:display_name}
- Displays the Display Name of the submitting user.{created_by:user_email}
- Displays the email of the submitting user.{created_by:user_login}
- Displays the user login of the submitting user. {user:user_login}{created_by:[meta_key]}
- Displays the value of whatever user meta key is provided. Any user meta (including custom user meta) can be displayed with this merge tag.- The first and last name of the entry creator:
{created_by:first_name} {created_by:last_name}
- The email of the current user:
Thanks for getting in touch, {user:display_name}! We will be in touch here: <a href="mailto:{created_by:user_email}">{user:user_email}</a>.
- The first and last name of the entry creator:
Example
You can add this code to a Custom Content field to link to the entry creator's User Profile page in the WordPress Dashboard: