Shortcode for current user
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Hi,
For the New Post Published notification, I want to specify which user published the post, either instantly or by schedule.
For example, an editor called John Smith might publish an article written by Jane Doe. I would then want the notification email to read something along the lines of ‘John Smith published BNFP is the best WordPress plugin by Jane Doe.’
Documentation suggests the [display_name] shortcode references the person triggering the notification, but that doesn’t appear to be the case as [display_name] shows as the same as the post author.
Hope my explanation is clear and thanks in advance for any help.
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Hi Jack,
Thanks for getting back to me.
Tried the suggestions but to no avail. The recipient user shortcode calls the recipient name, while the user shortcode calls the author name, rather than the person currently logged in.
I would have thought user shortcode would have been correct, but it doesn’t seem to work the way I’d imagined.
Using the above example again, if an editor called John Smith publishes an article written by Jane Doe, a notification using the following code – ‘[display_name] published: [post_title] by [post_author]’ returns ‘Jane Doe published: Random Post by Jane Doe’
What I’m trying to achieve is ‘John Smith published: Random Post by Jane Doe’
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