We have an ACF URL field for a LinkedIn link (linkedin_url) tied to the ‘(All) User Role’ in an ACF Pro field group. The field shows up on each user page. We can add a link in the backend.
Next, we have a blog post template with a div in the sidebar that shows the user (AKA author) avatar, name, bio, and a link mapped to that custom field, linkedin_url. Everything renders, except the ACF field.
Whatever we do, the link does not render at all.
Not even inside a simple text element.
However, when we use PHP to output the ACF field, it does render. So it appears that Bricks is not reading the user meta for the author?
I found a similar topic where the issue may have also popped up. But my settings mirror the images/steps in the final post and the link is still not showing up.
User and author are not the same thing. The ACF dynamic data tag for the field only refers to the user, which is why it works on the author page. Within a post, however, it relates to the logged-in user, not the post’s author.
You can use the author_meta dynamic data tag to establish the reference to the author. Assuming my ACF field key is “user_website” I can query it this way:
I guess the report you linked is a similar problem to yours - wrong tag in the wrong place - It’s hard to say because we haven’t received any more feedback, but I’m glad that my suggested solution fixes your problem
