How to display a google map user profile field in author.php

• pjeaje

• October 1, 2015 at 5:48 pm

I’ve searched far and wide and I haven’t been able to find this…

I want to display all of my ACF fields I have inserted into a user’s profile page on/in the author’s archive page (author.php).

How do I display the author’s google map field (from their profile page) in author.php?

Thanks.

• John Huebner

• October 3, 2015 at 9:35 am

The only thing different when showing fields on the author page is that you need to specify the correct post_id.

Here is an example getting fields for a user

$user_id = get_the_author_meta('ID');
$post_id = 'user_'.$user_id;

$field_value = get_field('my_field_name', $post_id);

• pjeaje

• October 4, 2015 at 6:41 pm

Thanks, but unfortunately it doesn’t display the map.

• John Huebner

• October 5, 2015 at 10:56 pm

If you used my code exactly then probably not, it was just supposed to be an example.

Try the_field('my_field_name', $post_id);

• pjeaje

• October 5, 2015 at 11:10 pm

Yes, I swapped the my_field_name with my own field name.

• John Huebner

• October 5, 2015 at 11:50 pm

Did yo change $field_value = get_field('my_field_name') to the_field('my_field_name');

get_field() get’s the value, the_field() outputs the value.

Also, did you follow the other instructions on http://www.advancedcustomfields.com/resources/google-map/ under required CSS & JS section?

• pjeaje

• October 5, 2015 at 11:53 pm

I only followed your instructions. I only swapped themy_field_name with my own field name.

• John Huebner

• October 6, 2015 at 6:30 am

I was looking at the question about showing user fields on author.php, not at specifically giving you all the code to display a map field. The page that I posted goes into great detail about everything you need to do to display a map field. http://www.advancedcustomfields.com/resources/google-map/

• pjeaje

• October 6, 2015 at 3:17 pm

I’ve read that page and haven’t had any luck in implementing it.

• I don’t know where/how to put the Required CSS & JS.
• I don’t know where/how to apply the code of Render a single maker onto a map with my specific google map custom field in the author.php file.

The ACF UI stuff is easy but when it comes to using the custom field on the front end that’s where I just can’t get it to work (figured out).

• John Huebner

• October 6, 2015 at 10:50 pm

Take a look at this tutorial I found http://www.aliciaramirez.com/2015/02/advanced-custom-fields-google-maps-tutorial/.

• pjeaje

• October 6, 2015 at 11:10 pm

That looks like exactly what I need, I’ll try it out. Thanks