https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/populate-dynamically-from-custom-user-meta Gravity Support Forums Topic: Populate dynamically from custom user meta en-US Sat, 04 Apr 2026 16:00:45 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.1 q https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/search.php https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/populate-dynamically-from-custom-user-meta#post-49512 Wed, 15 Feb 2012 16:38:48 +0000 David Smith 49512@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>Hi RonTon,</p> <p>Sounds like Gravity Forms might not be picking up your version of WordPress correctly. Could you send me a WP login and FTP access to your site via our <a href="http://www.gravityhelp.com/contact-us/" rel="nofollow">Contact Us</a> form? Add "ATTN David" to the beginning of your message. </p> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/populate-dynamically-from-custom-user-meta#post-49473 Wed, 15 Feb 2012 09:33:17 +0000 RonTon 49473@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>Hello Carl,</p> <p>If I use any user related merge tags (e.g. {user:display_name}, {user:user_email}...) I get this error message:</p> <p>Fatal error: Call to undefined method WP_User::get() in /home/virtualhosts/.../home/httpd/wp-content/plugins/gravityforms/common.php on line 717</p> <p>Do you have any idea what the problem can be?</p> <p>Thanks,<br /> Aron </p> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/populate-dynamically-from-custom-user-meta#post-40738 Thu, 10 Nov 2011 12:57:45 +0000 Carl Hancock 40738@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>If you want to populate fields using data stored in user meta you don't need to write any code. You can use the default value and a special user meta merge tag to insert the value as the default value for that field.</p> <p>The merge tag you would use is the {user} merge tag. You would need to know what the meta key/name is for the user meta you want to display. You would then append that to the end like so:</p> <p>{user:mykey}</p> <p>You would place that merge tag in the default value of the field which can be found under the Advanced tab when editing the field.</p> <p>All Merge Tags are documented here:</p> <p><a href="http://www.gravityhelp.com/documentation/page/Merge_Tags" rel="nofollow">http://www.gravityhelp.com/documentation/page/Merge_Tags</a> </p> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/populate-dynamically-from-custom-user-meta#post-40705 Thu, 10 Nov 2011 05:45:42 +0000 kienleong 40705@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>Hello</p> <p>I want to populate a form field dynamically from a previous form. The existing form field is custom user meta created by the User Registration Add-On.</p> <p>I can see the tutorial on dynamic population here<br /> <a href="http://www.gravityhelp.com/documentation/page/Using_Dynamic_Population" rel="nofollow">http://www.gravityhelp.com/documentation/page/Using_Dynamic_Population</a></p> <p>I am unsure of what method to use. If it is shortcode, how do I find the shortcode for the field that GF User Registration created?</p> <p>The fields in question are address and phone number that I want to pull from user meta when the user is logged in.</p> <p>The form example is here: <a href="http://lwwines.com/store/checkout/" rel="nofollow">http://lwwines.com/store/checkout/</a></p> <p>Many thanks </p>