Merge tag {user:PROPERTY}

Logged-in user. A property of the user logged in when the tag is processed, like {user:user_email}. For the person who made the entry, use {created_by}.

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

Product	Gravity Forms
Requires	Gravity Forms 1.0 or later
Needs an entry	No

Parameters

Name	Type	Required	Default	Description
User property	text	Yes	—	Any property or custom field of the logged-in user. The list shows common ones; others work too. Passwords are never shown.

Values for User property

Value	Description
ID	User ID
display_name	Display name
user_email	Email address
user_login	Username
first_name	First name
last_name	Last name
user_nicename	Nicename

Other values are accepted too.

Examples

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

Merge tag	Output
{user:ID}	2
{user:display_name}	Ada Lovelace
{user:user_email}	[email protected]
{user:user_login}	ada
{user:first_name}	Ada
{user:last_name}	Lovelace
{user:user_nicename}	ada