https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/author-name-gets-pulled-into-post-content Gravity Support Forums Topic: Author name gets pulled into post content en-US Sun, 19 Apr 2026 23:35:14 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.1 q https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/search.php https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/author-name-gets-pulled-into-post-content#post-161898 Wed, 06 Mar 2013 08:39:58 +0000 Chris Hajer 161898@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>Thanks for posting the update Marley. </p> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/author-name-gets-pulled-into-post-content#post-160602 Tue, 05 Mar 2013 04:28:02 +0000 Marley 160602@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>OK, I feel kinda stupid. I had a merge tag insert inside the post content, and that was making the problem. </p> <p>Got it all fixed now. </p> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/author-name-gets-pulled-into-post-content#post-159970 Mon, 04 Mar 2013 10:26:09 +0000 Marley 159970@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>I added this to functions.php in order for the First &amp; Last name to appear automaticlly</p> <p>// populate the field with "user_firstname" as the population parameter with the "first_name" of the current user<br /> add_filter('gform_field_value_user_firstname', create_function("", '$value = populate_usermeta(\'first_name\'); return $value;' ));</p> <p>// populate the field with "user_lastname" as the population parameter with the "last_name" of the current user<br /> add_filter('gform_field_value_user_lastname', create_function("", '$value = populate_usermeta(\'last_name\'); return $value;' ));</p> <p>// populate the field with "user_email" as the population parameter with the "email" of the current user<br /> add_filter('gform_field_value_user_email', create_function("", '$value = populate_usermeta(\'user_email\'); return $value;' ));</p> <p>// this function is called by both filters and returns the requested user meta of the current user<br /> function populate_usermeta($meta_key){<br /> global $current_user;<br /> return $current_user-&gt;__get($meta_key);<br /> } </p> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/author-name-gets-pulled-into-post-content#post-159957 Mon, 04 Mar 2013 10:15:37 +0000 Marley 159957@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>Hey,</p> <p>When user create a new post on my site, their first &amp; last name appear automaticlly in the form fields (first &amp; last name) which is great. the problem is the first and last name gets pulled into the post content. </p> <p>What happens is the first 2 words of the post is the first and last name of the author.<br /> is there a way to fix that? </p> <p>Thanks </p>