Title: [Plugin: Visual Editor Biography] Doesn't do anything
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# [Plugin: Visual Editor Biography] Doesn't do anything

 *  Resolved [dmahler](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dmahler/)
 * (@dmahler)
 * [14 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-visual-editor-biography-doesnt-do-anything/)
 * Installed it. Activated it. Nothing.
 * [http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/visual-biography-editor/](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/visual-biography-editor/)

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 *  [mccomb](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mccomb/)
 * (@mccomb)
 * [14 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-visual-editor-biography-doesnt-do-anything/#post-2637839)
 * yep, same thing here. Nothing is displaying.
 *  Plugin Author [Kevin Leary](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kevinlearynet/)
 * (@kevinlearynet)
 * [14 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-visual-editor-biography-doesnt-do-anything/#post-2637852)
 * Thanks for letting me know **dmahler** and **mccomb**. I’ve just rolled out version
   1.4 of the plugin that includes a few updates that should solve this issue for
   you and others.
 *  [Agent8](https://wordpress.org/support/users/agent8/)
 * (@agent8)
 * [14 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-visual-editor-biography-doesnt-do-anything/#post-2637862)
 * Hi,
 * I’ve just had exactly the same problem. I’ve just installed the most recent plugin
   version. Activated and updated my authors templates to include:
 *  <p><?php echo get_the_author_meta(‘description’); ?></p>
 * and nothing is displayed. Switch off the plugin and the content appears in the
   website authors content page. Switch the plugin on and it disappears.
 * If you can point me in the right direction I’d appreciate it!
 * Thanks,
    Nick.
 *  Plugin Author [Kevin Leary](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kevinlearynet/)
 * (@kevinlearynet)
 * [14 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-visual-editor-biography-doesnt-do-anything/#post-2637883)
 * Hi Agent8,
 * I’ve just checked the plugin source, and have done a trial run and it appears
   to be working OK:
 * [http://base.kevinleary.net/author/admin/](http://base.kevinleary.net/author/admin/)
 * If you’re comfortable, it may be easiest if I log in an take a look at your specific
   setup. Because the plugin is relatively new, it may be an issue with your web
   server environment. Shoot me an email with the URL, an administrator username,
   and password at [info@kevinleary.net](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-visual-editor-biography-doesnt-do-anything/info@kevinleary.net?output_format=md)
   and I can take a look for you.
 *  Plugin Author [Kevin Leary](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kevinlearynet/)
 * (@kevinlearynet)
 * [14 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-visual-editor-biography-doesnt-do-anything/#post-2637884)
 * Thanks for sending over your login info Agent8,
 * I’ve taken a look and can see that it’s actually an issue with the implementation
   in your custom theme rather than an error with the plugin itself.
 * Looking at your `author.php` template, the author description is not picking 
   up the added content formatting because you are pulling it directly from the `
   get_userdata()` function, not the `get_the_author_meta('description')` function.
   The added content formatting filters are only applied to output from `get_the_author_meta()`
   or `the_author_meta()`.
 * If you may the following change in your `author.php` template the issue is resolved.
 * **Problematic:**
 *     ```
       <div id="author_left">
       	<p><?php echo $curauth->user_description; ?></p>
       </div>
       ```
   
 * **Working:**
 *     ```
       <div id="author_left">
       	<p><?php the_author_meta( 'description', $curauth->ID ); ?></p>
       </div>
       ```
   
 * Thanks for using the plugin, if you have a minute can you add a rating and submit
   that the plugin does indeed work for the version of WordPress that your are using.
 * Thanks!
 *  [Agent8](https://wordpress.org/support/users/agent8/)
 * (@agent8)
 * [14 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-visual-editor-biography-doesnt-do-anything/#post-2637885)
 * Hi Kevin,
 * Brilliant, that fixed it. I had tried the_author_meta but must have had the wrong
   formatting.
 * Many thanks for the fast fix.
 * Cheers,
    Nick.

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 * Last activity: [14 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-visual-editor-biography-doesnt-do-anything/#post-2637885)
 * Status: resolved