Reply To: Custom field not appearing in author.php

• John Huebner

• August 27, 2015 at 6:56 am

You need to supply the author ID in the format 'user_'.$author_id

$user_id = get_the_author_meta('ID');
the_field('profile_image', 'user_'.$user_id);

for more information http://www.advancedcustomfields.com/resources/how-to-get-values-from-a-user/