Merge tag {created_by:PROPERTY}

Entry author. A property of the user who made the entry, like {created_by:display_name}. Empty for entries made while logged out.

On the test entry, {created_by:ID} gives 2.

Product	Gravity Forms
Requires	Gravity Forms 2.5 or later
Needs an entry	Yes. Its value comes from a form entry.

Parameters

Name	Type	Required	Default	Description
User property	text	Yes	—	Any property or custom field of the user who submitted the entry. The list shows common ones; others work too.

Values for User property

Value	Description
ID	User ID
display_name	Display name
user_email	Email address
user_login	Username
roles	Roles

Other values are accepted too.

Examples

Output from the real plugin code, run on a test entry.

Merge tag	Output
{created_by:ID}	2
{created_by:display_name}	Ada Lovelace
{created_by:user_email}	[email protected]
{created_by:user_login}	ada
{created_by:roles}	editor