Get ACF Fields from User Profiles

Retrieve ACF fields attached to user profiles using the user ID prefix syntax.

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Retrieve ACF fields attached to user profiles using the user ID prefix syntax.

ACF uses a user_{id} format for the $post_id parameter when working with user fields:

<?php
$user_id = 5;
$bio     = get_field( 'biography', 'user_' . $user_id );
$photo   = get_field( 'profile_photo', 'user_' . $user_id );
$title   = get_field( 'job_title', 'user_' . $user_id );

Get fields for the currently logged-in user:

<?php
$current_user_id = get_current_user_id();

if ( $current_user_id ) {
    $bio   = get_field( 'biography', 'user_' . $current_user_id );
    $photo = get_field( 'profile_photo', 'user_' . $current_user_id );

    if ( $photo ) {
        echo wp_get_attachment_image( $photo, 'thumbnail', false, [
            'class' => 'user-avatar',
        ] );
    }

    if ( $bio ) {
        echo '<p>' . esc_html( $bio ) . '</p>';
    }
}

Display fields for the current post’s author:

<?php
$author_id = get_the_author_meta( 'ID' );
$twitter   = get_field( 'twitter_handle', 'user_' . $author_id );
$bio       = get_field( 'biography', 'user_' . $author_id );
?>

<div class="author-box">
    <?php echo get_avatar( $author_id, 80 ); ?>
    <h4><?php the_author(); ?></h4>
    <?php if ( $bio ) : ?>
        <p><?php echo esc_html( $bio ); ?></p>
    <?php endif; ?>
    <?php if ( $twitter ) : ?>
        <a href="https://twitter.com/<?php echo esc_attr( $twitter ); ?>">@<?php echo esc_html( $twitter ); ?></a>
    <?php endif; ?>
</div>

Note: You can also pass a WP_User object directly to get_field() — ACF resolves it automatically.

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