The User field allows you to select one of your WordPress users from a searchable dropdown menu.
This field type is exclusive to Block Lab Pro.
Settings
- Help Text: Instructions to describe the data needed in the field.
- Placeholder Text: The helper text which appears when the input is empty.
PHP API Controls
- name
- label
- control
- type
- order
- location
- width
- help
Template Usage
To display the User field in your template, use the field name you provided.
<?php block_field( 'team-member' ); ?>
The API will return a WP_User object, and echo the user’s nicename (the name they’ve chosen to display publicly). See the WP_User class on WordPress.org.
Example template file /blocks/block-block-lab-example.php
<?php // Block Lab Example User Field Please ask <?php block_field( 'team-member' ); ?> for more information about this pet.
To use the block with the User field on your site, locate it in the blocks menu.
It will then display within your post/page.
And on the front-end of your site.
Since you are pulling from the users on your WordPress site, you can take advantage of other attributes associated with them as well.
<?php
// Block Lab Example User Field
Please ask <?php block_field( 'team-member' ); ?> for more information about this pet.
<div>
<?php
$user = block_value( 'user' );
echo get_avatar( $user->ID );
?>
</div>
