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[Resolved] Id in href

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Problem:
The user would like to build a link to the author's page where he used the author's ID instead of the author's slug. The following shortcode was not working for the user as expected:

<a href="https://homemploy.com/community-profile/[wpv-post-author  format="meta"" meta="ID"]">See Community Profile</a>

Solution:
It turns out that the user was pasting this code in the visual mode of the Fields&Text block. The visual code will convert some special characters to their HTML code. And that was happening with the double-quotes. Which breaks the shortcode.

After pasting the shortcode in the text mode of the Fields&Text block, the shortcode worked as expected.

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Last updated by nestorC-2 3 years ago.

Assisted by: Jamal.

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#2013991

Hello

I'm using this HTML code hidden link inside a "Field and Text" box to put the user ID after the website but it gets the name instead hidden link

<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="hidden link format="meta" meta="ID"]">See Profile</a></p>

Could you help?

Thanks

#2014573

Minesh
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Hello. Thank you for contacting the Toolset support.

What if you try to use the following shortcode:

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

Does that helps?

#2015747

Hello,

That's the issue, I already used this shortcode but it does not show the id, and shows the name instead

Thanks

#2015949

Jamal
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Hello! Minesh won't be available for a couple of days. If you don't mind, I'll continue with you on this ticket.

I believe that the issue comes from the conversion of the double-quotes into their corresponding HTML code """. Check this screenshot hidden link
I think this happens because you paste the code inside the visual section of the "Fields&Text" block. Write the link and shortcode again inside the HTML section and it will work.

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#2016845

Jamal
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I think that you were working on the content template for the Companies CPT, right?

I edited the Fields&Text block and used single quotes instead of the double-quotes HTML codes, because the href is already wrapped inside double quotes:

<a href="<em><u>hidden link</u></em>  format='meta' meta='ID']">See Community Profile</a>

And it seems to give the expected result hidden link
Please check from your side and confirm it is working as expected, or let me know what URL/ID should be generated for a test post in the Company CPT.

#2016881

My issue is resolved now. Thank you!

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