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} shortcode 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, {created_by} will be empty. You can wrap {created_by} with a [gvlogic] shortcode to check for the 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 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>.

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: