Title: User meta Shortcode not working
Last modified: July 30, 2022

---

# User meta Shortcode not working

 *  Resolved [zzecktel](https://wordpress.org/support/users/zzecktel/)
 * (@zzecktel)
 * [3 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/user-meta-shortcode-not-working-3/)
 * The usermeta shortcode isn’t working at all. I got the information from this 
   link and followed it .
    [https://www.cozmoslabs.com/docs/profile-builder-2/developers-knowledge-base/custom-fields/add-meta-user-successful-registration/](https://www.cozmoslabs.com/docs/profile-builder-2/developers-knowledge-base/custom-fields/add-meta-user-successful-registration/)
 *  I even downloaded the plugin and used the advanced settings . Every meta key
   used in the shortcode shows an empty page in the front end , for example:
 * [user_meta key=”username”], [user_meta key=”first_name”]
 * How do I fix it ?

Viewing 1 replies (of 1 total)

 *  Plugin Support [alexandrubodea](https://wordpress.org/support/users/alexandrubodea/)
 * (@alexandrubodea)
 * [3 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/user-meta-shortcode-not-working-3/#post-15877301)
 * Hi [@zzecktel](https://wordpress.org/support/users/zzecktel/),
 * First of all, you don’t need the “Profile Builder – List user meta with a shortcode”
   add-on anymore, this feature was added directly into Profile Builder so for this,
   you will only need the Profile Builder plugin installed and the option from Profile
   Builder -> Settings -> Advanced Settings -> Shortcodes -> “Enable Usermeta shortcode”
   to be activated.
 * To display the username of a user while using this feature you can use the following
   shortcode:`[user_meta key="user_login"]`
 * And to display the First Name the shortcode is: `[user_meta key="first_name"]`
 * Best regards,

Viewing 1 replies (of 1 total)

The topic ‘User meta Shortcode not working’ is closed to new replies.

 * ![](https://ps.w.org/profile-builder/assets/icon-256x256.png?rev=2961144)
 * [User Profile Builder - Beautiful User Registration Forms, User Profiles & User Role Editor](https://wordpress.org/plugins/profile-builder/)
 * [Frequently Asked Questions](https://wordpress.org/plugins/profile-builder/#faq)
 * [Support Threads](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/profile-builder/)
 * [Active Topics](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/profile-builder/active/)
 * [Unresolved Topics](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/profile-builder/unresolved/)
 * [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/profile-builder/reviews/)

 * 1 reply
 * 2 participants
 * Last reply from: [alexandrubodea](https://wordpress.org/support/users/alexandrubodea/)
 * Last activity: [3 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/user-meta-shortcode-not-working-3/#post-15877301)
 * Status: resolved