Display Wordpress user's website URL in a div element

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I’m working on a Wordpress project and need to show a user’s website URL inside a div on one of my pages. I’ve tried using the get_user_meta() function, but it’s not working as expected. Here’s what I’ve got so far:

<div>
  <?php 
    $author_id = 7;
    $meta_key = 'website_url';
    $is_single = true;
    $author_site = get_user_meta($author_id, $meta_key, $is_single); 
    echo '<p>' . $author_site . '</p>'; 
  ?>
</div>

Can someone help me figure out what I’m doing wrong? I want to make sure the URL shows up correctly in the div. Thanks for any advice!

2

John, I’ve dealt with this issue before. The problem might be that ‘website_url’ isn’t the default key for user websites in WordPress. Try using ‘user_url’ instead. Here’s a snippet that should work:

<div>
  <?php 
    $author_id = 7;
    $author_site = get_the_author_meta('user_url', $author_id);
    if ($author_site) {
      echo '<p>' . esc_url($author_site) . '</p>';
    } else {
      echo '<p>No website found for this user.</p>';
    }
  ?>
</div>

This code uses get_the_author_meta() which is more reliable for fetching user data. Also, it includes a check to handle cases where no URL is set. Remember to replace ‘7’ with the actual user ID you’re targeting.

3

I’ve encountered similar issues before, and here’s what worked for me:

First, make sure you’re using the correct user ID. If you’re on a single post page, you can use get_the_author_meta(‘ID’) to get the current author’s ID dynamically.

Also, consider using esc_url() to sanitize the URL output. This helps prevent potential security issues.

Here’s a modified version of your code that should work:

<div>
  <?php 
    $author_id = get_the_author_meta('ID');
    $author_site = get_the_author_meta('user_url', $author_id);
    if (!empty($author_site)) {
      echo '<p>' . esc_url($author_site) . '</p>';
    } else {
      echo '<p>No website URL found for this user.</p>';
    }
  ?>
</div>

This approach has been reliable in my projects. Let me know if you need any clarification!

4

hey john, have u checked if the ‘website_url’ meta key exists for that user? sometimes WP stores the URL under a different key. try using get_the_author_meta(‘user_url’, $author_id) instead. that usually works for me. let me know if it helps!