Title: linking problem
Last modified: August 31, 2016

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# linking problem

 *  Resolved [peteratomic](https://wordpress.org/support/users/peteratomic/)
 * (@peteratomic)
 * [10 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/linking-problem-11/)
 * This plugin could save my life, but there’s one big problem… the link to the 
   user profile uses the username, while we have to use profile ID for some complicated
   reasons.
 * So the relational link from your plugin generates:
    [http://resonate.is/profile/moaninsons](http://resonate.is/profile/moaninsons)
 * But the actual link format we’re using is:
    [http://resonate.is/profile/69/](http://resonate.is/profile/69/)
 * So your plugin doesn’t know we’re using User ID in:
    Users > Profile Permalink
   Base
 * Any idea how soon you might have a fix? This could be a real life saver for us!
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/um-relational-fields/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/um-relational-fields/)

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 *  Plugin Author [PlusPlugins](https://wordpress.org/support/users/plusplugins/)
 * (@plusplugins)
 * [10 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/linking-problem-11/#post-6993744)
 * Hi Peter,
 * Sure, this is an easy fix.
 * Please replace line 242 in the plugin file from
 * `$names[] = '<a href="' . get_permalink(get_option('um_core_pages')['user']) .
   $item->user_login . '">' . $item->display_name . '</a>';`
 * to
 * `$names[] = '<a href="' . get_permalink(get_option('um_core_pages')['user']) .
   $item->ID . '">' . $item->display_name . '</a>';`
 * Let me know if that works for you.
 *  Thread Starter [peteratomic](https://wordpress.org/support/users/peteratomic/)
 * (@peteratomic)
 * [10 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/linking-problem-11/#post-6993749)
 * Works! Will this option be integrated into the next official version?
 *  Plugin Author [PlusPlugins](https://wordpress.org/support/users/plusplugins/)
 * (@plusplugins)
 * [10 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/linking-problem-11/#post-6993755)
 * We’re not planning on building an options screen for this plugin, as it’s really
   nothing more than a quick hack to get relational fields. We’d rather recommend
   forking the plugin and adapting it to your own needs, like in this case.

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 * Last activity: [10 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/linking-problem-11/#post-6993755)
 * Status: resolved