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[Resolved] Author bio as a dynamic source is missing

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Last updated by Alexander Rothschild 3 years, 7 months ago.

Assisted by: Waqar.

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I think this is more of an oversight than a technical limitation... For some reason author bio (the standard wp field) is not available in the dynamic sources drop down 🤷‍♀️ Do you think it is possible to add it?

#2044255

Hi,

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

Your observation is correct and the 'Biographical Info' field is not available in the list of author fields in the dynamic sources.

I've shared this with the concerned team as a feature request and appreciate you brought this forward.

Meanwhile, you can use the "wpv-post-author" shortcode to show this author field's data:
https://toolset.com/documentation/programmer-reference/views/views-shortcodes/#wpv-post-author


[wpv-post-author format="meta" meta="description"]

regards,
Waqar

#2045869

Thank you for forwarding this, Waqar. The shortcode should work for now as well.