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Merge tag: {gv_magic_link view_id=123 text="Click here"}

Magic Link. A no-login link that lets the recipient edit their own entry. Requires a View ID; the tag is removed entirely when one is missing or the link cannot be built.

ProductMagic Links
RequiresMagic Links 1.0 or later
Needs an entryYes: its value comes from a form entry

Attributes

NameTypeRequiredDefaultDescription
view_id=numberYesWhich View the recipient edits the entry in. Without it the tag renders as nothing.
post_id=numberNo0The page the View is embedded on. Defaults to the View itself.
text=textNoEdit EntryAnchor text. Ignored when format is url.
format=textNolinkCompared with ===, so the value is case-sensitive and any unrecognised value renders an anchor.

Values for Output format

ValueDescription
linkAnchor tag (default)
urlBare URL. The only value that is actually branched on.

Other values are accepted too.