[Gelöst] Can you setup relationship fields with a user?

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[AndreG3332]

HI There,

I have a very technical issue. Would the following be possible, if not what would a workaround be?

I have created a custom field group on users to add extra fields to the user post type. Now I need to create a set of six fields that need to be relational to the "user" field ie past employment records. I don't see options in the "relationship" field to link something as a relational post to "users".

[Waqar]

Hi Andre,

Thank you for contacting us and I'll be happy to assist.

The post relationships can't be extended to "Users" because technically the users are not a post type.

A simpler and the natural way to achieve this would be to create a new custom post type for storing past employment records and then link individual record to a user, through the Post - Author relationship.

This way whenever you'd like to show employment records for an individual user, you can call them by showing all the records, where post author is that user.

I hope this helps and let me know if you have any further questions around this.

regards,
Waqar

[AndreG3332]

My issue is resolved now. Thank you!