{"id":18899570,"date":"2026-05-05T13:40:16","date_gmt":"2026-05-05T13:40:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/support\/topic\/shortcode-for-current-user\/"},"modified":"2026-05-05T13:40:16","modified_gmt":"2026-05-05T13:40:16","slug":"shortcode-for-current-user","status":"publish","type":"topic","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/support\/topic\/shortcode-for-current-user\/","title":{"rendered":"Shortcode for current user"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hi,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For the New Post Published notification, I want to specify which user published the post, either instantly or by schedule.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">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 &#8216;John Smith published BNFP is the best WordPress plugin by Jane Doe.&#8217;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Documentation suggests the [display_name] shortcode references the person triggering the notification, but that doesn&#8217;t appear to be the case as [display_name] shows as the same as the post author.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hope my explanation is clear and thanks in advance for any help.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-18899570","topic","type-topic","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic\/18899570","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/topic"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic\/18899570\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18899570"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}