Title: Display custom fields in the frontend – Post and User Profile Fields Author: Jose Vega Published: July 24, 2017 Last modified: January 12, 2024 --- Search plugins This plugin **hasn’t been tested with the latest 3 major releases of WordPress**. It may no longer be maintained or supported and may have compatibility issues when used with more recent versions of WordPress. ![](https://s.w.org/plugins/geopattern-icon/shortcode-to-display-post-and-user-data. svg) # Display custom fields in the frontend – Post and User Profile Fields By [Jose Vega](https://profiles.wordpress.org/josevega/) [Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/shortcode-to-display-post-and-user-data.1.3.0.zip) * [Details](https://zul.wordpress.org/plugins/shortcode-to-display-post-and-user-data/#description) * [Reviews](https://zul.wordpress.org/plugins/shortcode-to-display-post-and-user-data/#reviews) * [Installation](https://zul.wordpress.org/plugins/shortcode-to-display-post-and-user-data/#installation) * [Development](https://zul.wordpress.org/plugins/shortcode-to-display-post-and-user-data/#developers) [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/shortcode-to-display-post-and-user-data/) ## Description #### UPDATE Our plugin now includes a settings page where you must whitelist every field that you want our shortcode to display in the front end, for security reasons. Your existing shortcodes will not work until you whitelist those field keys. The “sanitization” parameter has been removed. All the output is sanitized with wp_kses_post always. The “wp_filter” parameter has been removed. Now we have more specific parameters like wpautop=”yes” to turn line breaks into paragraphs, and do_shortcodes=”yes” to parse shortcodes. Display post and user custom fields data anywhere on the frontend using a shortcode, including advanced custom fields (ACF) fields. * Do you want to display information from a user profile on the frontend? * Do you want to display custom fields from a post on the frontend? * Have you created metaboxes with Advanced Custom Fields and you want to display those fields? Use this plugin to display any field for a post or user profile on the frontend. #### Basic examples * **Display email of the current user**: `[vg_display_data key="user_email" data_source ="user_data"]` * **Display first name of the current user:** `[vg_display_data key="first_name" data_source="user_meta"]` * **Display full name of the current user:** `[vg_display_data key="first_name, last_name" data_source="user_meta"]` * **Display the title of the current post:** `[vg_display_data key="post_title" data_source="post_data"]` * **Display the excerpt of the current post:** `[vg_display_data key="post_excerpt" data_source="post_data"]` * **Display the categories of the post ID = 20:** `[vg_display_data object_id=" 20" key="category" data_source="post_terms" template="Categories: {{var}}" joiner=", "]` * **Get featured image url:** `[vg_display_data key="_thumbnail_id" template="< b>Image url: {{var}}" flag="file_url"]` * **Get featured image as `` tag.:** `[vg_display_data key="_thumbnail_id" template="Image: {{var}}" flag="image_tag"]` #### Advanced examples * **Display the title for the post ID from the URL containing the parameter ?post_id =ANY_NUMBER:** `[vg_display_data object_id_type="query_string" object_id="post_id" key="post_title" data_source="post_data"]` * **Get email of the current user with phone number = 1234 (meta_key=phone AND meta_value=1234):** `[vg_display_data object_id_type="find" object_id="phone: 1234" key="user_email" data_source="user_data"]` #### Parameters * `object_id` = Post ID. Leave empty to use the current post. Possible values: ( empty), current, number, query string key if object_id_type=query_string, meta_key: meta_value if object_id_type=find * `object_id_type` = Leave empty if object_id is empty, or current, or is a number. Possible values: query_string, find * `data_source` = What database table to use to find the data. Default = post_meta. Possible values: post_data, post_meta, user_data, user_meta, post_terms. * `key` = Field key. It accepts one or multiple keys separated by commas. For example, to display full name = first_name,last_name. Required. * `template` = HTML fragment to use to display the field, if the field is empty the html is not displayed. Optional. * `default` = Default value to use if the field is empty. Optional. * `joiner` = If the field has multiple values, it will join the values with this string. Default ” ” (one space). Optional. * `flag` = Use only if the field contains a file ID to conver the ID to URL or image tag. Default values: file_url , image_tag. Optional. * `wpautop` = Whether to turn line breaks into paragraphs. Optional, only for advanced users. * `do_shortcodes` = Whether to parse shortcodes before displaying the field value. Optional, only for advanced users. ## Installation #### Automatic installation Automatic installation is the easiest option as WordPress handles the file transfers itself and you don’t need to leave your web browser. To do an automatic install log in to your WordPress dashboard, navigate to the Plugins menu and click Add New. In the search field type “Shortcode to display post and user data! and click Search Plugins. Once you’ve found our plugin you can install it by simply clicking “Install Now”. #### Manual installation The manual installation method involves downloading our plugin and uploading it to your webserver via your favourite FTP application. The WordPress codex contains [instructions on how to do this here.](https://codex.wordpress.org/Managing_Plugins#Manual_Plugin_Installation) ## Reviews ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/03353e441d76bd0e9a2a60da37cc95ff5004183278b7c81e3892014f4e49dc6e? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Awesome Plugin – THANK YOU!](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/awesome-plugin-thank-you-20/)󠁿 [azlivin008](https://profiles.wordpress.org/azlivin008/) October 13, 2023 Thanks for donating this plugin to the WP repository. It is SO helpful, and just what I was looking for – clean, lite weight and easy to use, I added a native custom field because I did not need an entire ACF plugin for just one field, but then needed to figure out how to display it in the sidebar. This was perfect! ACF needs to add something like this to make it easier for users to display fields on front end. ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/e4db71a6a7ffdd8a99a1c354068fe7f5e99bd682f967cd2968f9095dfb52fdd2? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Fantastic! This plugin does what exactly I needed](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/fantastic-this-plugin-does-what-exactly-i-needed/)󠁿 [Md Jahidul Islam](https://profiles.wordpress.org/onetarek/) September 1, 2022 I had a task to pass a custom field value to the setting field of a plugin. That plugin allows shortcode as a field value. I was thinking to write a custom code to get custom field value via shortcode. But what did I think, I searched on google, and got this cool thing. ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/3f5a1c2b366752c9fee959cfc9e2673b97fdbed729e4d51d89c90e22b8095efa? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[very much needed](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/very-much-needed-4/)󠁿 [andrew55](https://profiles.wordpress.org/andrew55/) October 16, 2021 Works great. We use it to display user’s first name at different locations. Very good at giving that personal touch. Please keep this plugin active!!!!! ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/92972fb5650da5c7614a34911753c1726d7033d6512982d83b372cb0abb8fe8a? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Fantastic](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/fantastic-2737/)󠁿 [josu2002](https://profiles.wordpress.org/josu2002/) February 24, 2021 This plugin save my project i can see everithing about the users ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/b37f8fdac51015b683bbae88de4f4d04aec652003662fa192272649d054976ab? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Very Powerful!](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/very-powerful-53/)󠁿 [Clayton Chase](https://profiles.wordpress.org/claytonchase/) September 22, 2020 I’ve used this plugin on several projects and it is very powerful and useful! Deserves far more downloads. ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/2f0c117f49b27e69001bdf7255757875094432f788fedea545d8386093372dc8? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Great support and easy to use plugin](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/great-support-and-easy-to-use-plugin-4/)󠁿 [terrim](https://profiles.wordpress.org/terrim/) July 15, 2020 The plugin is really easy to use and the support I received was amazing! [ Read all 8 reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/shortcode-to-display-post-and-user-data/reviews/) ## Contributors & Developers “Display custom fields in the frontend – Post and User Profile Fields” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin. Contributors * [ Jose Vega ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/josevega/) * [ vegacorp ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/vegacorp/) [Translate “Display custom fields in the frontend – Post and User Profile Fields” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/shortcode-to-display-post-and-user-data) ### Interested in development? [Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/shortcode-to-display-post-and-user-data/), check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/shortcode-to-display-post-and-user-data/), or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/shortcode-to-display-post-and-user-data/) by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/shortcode-to-display-post-and-user-data/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss). ## Changelog 1.3.0 = 2023-01-10 – Added settings page to whitelist every field that you want our shortcode to display in the front end. Your existing shortcodes will not work until you whitelist those field keys. – The “sanitization” parameter has been removed. All the output is sanitized with wp_kses_post always. – The “wp_filter” parameter has been removed. Now we have more specific parameters like wpautop=”yes” to turn line breaks into paragraphs, and do_shortcodes=”yes” to parse shortcodes. – The “ callable” parameter has been removed. 1.2.1 = 2023-04-20 – Only display fields of the current user 1.2.0 – Compatibility with wp 6.0 – Improve compatibility with ACF 1.1.3 – Compatibility with wp 5.8 1.1.2 – Fix. Array values are returned as “Array” 1.1.1 – Fixed fatal error 1.1.0 – Added flag term_name to display term ID as friendly name – Added welcome page after install 1.0.1 – Fix. Allow to use object_id=current for users – Small tweaks 1.0.0 * Initial release. ## Meta * Version **1.3.0** * Last updated **2 years ago** * Active installations **600+** * WordPress version ** 4.1 or higher ** * Tested up to **6.4.8** * Language * [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/shortcode-to-display-post-and-user-data/) * Tags * [acf](https://zul.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/acf/)[custom fields](https://zul.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/custom-fields/) [custom pages](https://zul.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/custom-pages/)[wordpress templates](https://zul.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/wordpress-templates/) [wp page templates](https://zul.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/wp-page-templates/) * [Advanced View](https://zul.wordpress.org/plugins/shortcode-to-display-post-and-user-data/advanced/) ## Ratings 5 out of 5 stars. * [ 8 5-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/shortcode-to-display-post-and-user-data/reviews/?filter=5) * [ 0 4-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/shortcode-to-display-post-and-user-data/reviews/?filter=4) * [ 0 3-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/shortcode-to-display-post-and-user-data/reviews/?filter=3) * [ 0 2-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/shortcode-to-display-post-and-user-data/reviews/?filter=2) * [ 0 1-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/shortcode-to-display-post-and-user-data/reviews/?filter=1) [Your review](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/shortcode-to-display-post-and-user-data/reviews/#new-post) [See all reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/shortcode-to-display-post-and-user-data/reviews/) ## Contributors * [ Jose Vega ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/josevega/) * [ vegacorp ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/vegacorp/) ## Support Got something to say? 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