Title: Block Theme Author Template
Last modified: February 6, 2024

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# Block Theme Author Template

 *  [justin.garner23](https://wordpress.org/support/users/justingarner23/)
 * (@justingarner23)
 * [2 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/block-theme-author-template/)
 * I’m feeling pretty dumb right now.
 * I just want to build an author template, like I’ve been doing for over a decade
   now, but I want to do it in a block theme. In the past I’d get the author meta
   using the author ID, but I can’t get that in the template file. I can’t even 
   string together the proper words to find a solution in a search engine.
 * Is there something like this ([https://codex.wordpress.org/Author_Templates](https://codex.wordpress.org/Author_Templates))
   but for block themes?

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 *  Moderator [t-p](https://wordpress.org/support/users/t-p/)
 * (@t-p)
 * [2 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/block-theme-author-template/#post-17403743)
 * Try reviewing:
 * > [FSE Program Testing Call #13: Authoring an Author Template](https://make.wordpress.org/test/2022/03/31/fse-program-testing-call-13-authoring-an-author-template/)
 * > [Post Author Block](https://wordpress.org/documentation/article/post-author-block/)
 * > [Block themes](https://wordpress.org/documentation/article/block-themes/)
 *  Thread Starter [justin.garner23](https://wordpress.org/support/users/justingarner23/)
 * (@justingarner23)
 * [2 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/block-theme-author-template/#post-17403814)
 * Thanks for the quick response [@t-p](https://wordpress.org/support/users/t-p/)!
 * How does one go about adding author meta, though? I didn’t see anything about
   accessing any of the other meta users add to their profile that we’ve traditionally
   been able to add to author templates, like outlined here: [https://codex.wordpress.org/Author_Templates#Using_Author_Information](https://codex.wordpress.org/Author_Templates#Using_Author_Information)
 *  Moderator [bcworkz](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bcworkz/)
 * (@bcworkz)
 * [2 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/block-theme-author-template/#post-17404068)
 * > How does one go about adding author meta?
 * Do you mean adding custom meta data via the user’s profile screen?
 * While block editor content uses a very different paradigm than the classic editor
   did, the user profile screen remains much as it has been for years. The profile
   screen’s PHP code has a number of action hooks you can use to output additional
   form fields. Then use one of the action or filter hooks that fire when user data
   is inserted or updated to validate, sanitize, and save your added meta data.
 * For example, use the ‘personal_options’ action to output additional form fields.
   Then use the ‘insert_user_meta’ filter to add your custom values to what WP will
   save as user meta data.
 *  Thread Starter [justin.garner23](https://wordpress.org/support/users/justingarner23/)
 * (@justingarner23)
 * [2 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/block-theme-author-template/#post-17406066)
 * [@bcworkz](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bcworkz/), I’m referring to displaying
   custom meta on the front end, on the author page template.
 * For example: My classic theme added fields to the user profile page via ACF. 
   Those fields get stored in the `wp_usermeta` table as `example_field`. In `author.
   php` I could use `get_user_meta( 'example_field', $author_id );` to access the
   value and use it in the template.
 * Now, I know that this isn’t the place for ACF support and I’m not seeking help
   with getting ACF field data exclusively. If I were to add custom values as you
   suggested, using `insert_user_meta`, I’d want to be able to access those values
   directly, too.
 * As a temporary solution, I’ve decided that a [hybrid approach](https://fullsiteediting.com/lessons/how-to-use-php-templates-in-block-themes/)
   is going to be necessary (for my case) until I’m able to learn more about the
   block based approach. Going this route I’m able to access all the data I’m needing
   and still take a block-forward approach to development.
 *  Moderator [bcworkz](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bcworkz/)
 * (@bcworkz)
 * [2 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/block-theme-author-template/#post-17410572)
 * If you have a classic theme, you could modify the template that’s used for author
   archives. Echo out the return from get_user_meta() (or whatever similar function)
   where ever you like, as long as it’s not within post content.
 * If your theme is subject to periodic updates, keep you modified template in a
   child theme.
 * For output within post content, you can use a shortcode or a custom block.

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