Return Taxonomy name rather than ID

What shortcode are you using?

Because I just tested this shortcode, copied from our documentation, and it works fine:
[vg_display_data key="category" data_source="post_terms" template="<b>Categories:</b> {{var}}" joiner=", "]

It displays the category names. You can replace “category” key with your taxonomy key.

I’m actually using a little more unusal use case – I have the custom field linked to post taxonomy but saving to user data? I’m currently using:

[vg_display_data key=”accent” data_source=”user_meta” object_id_type=”find” template=”Categories: {{var}}” joiner=”, “]

And sorry 1 more thing – does this plugin have the ability to display queried user data rather than current user data? I;m trying to get the fields working with Jet Engine Listings plugin

I see the problem.

1- You can use the parameter flag=”term_name” to convert the id from the user meta into term names before the output.

2- You’re quering the user incorrectly.
object_id_type=”find” is used for finding a user through a meta query and you must also use the object_id=”field:value” to find the user. If you use the first parameter, you’re telling it to find a user, but without the later the plugin doesn’t have any parameters for the search.

For example:
[vg_display_data object_id_type=”find” object_id=”phone:1234″ key=”user_email” data_source=”user_data”]

Will find a user where the meta field phone=1234 and display the email of that user.

Note, we can only make a search based on one meta parameter.

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In general, your use case is probably more advanced than what this plugin allows. You’ll probably need to code your own shortcode.

Thank you for this much appreciated. I have tweaked the fields to make this easier. Is there a flag type to output a pretty date format? Currently it outputs as 20220512 rather than a readable date

Hi. This has been fixed in today’s update.

The dates will be formatted automatically based on the ACF settings, and the taxonomy fields will automatically display the term name.