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I have a channel I use for staff profiles. One of the custom fields (usr_author_id} in this channel holds the author_id related to that user.

On a single entry page I would like to show a profile plus all posts made by that person, but I am struggling to find the method for grabbing the author_id. I am aware that I cannot have a channel entries tag inside another, and I would rather avoid having the author id in the url so would a query inside the channel entries tag work.. something like this?

{exp:channel:entries channel="profiles" dynamic="off" author_id="{exp:query… }{usr_author_id}{/exp:query}"}

If you’re viewing a single entry page (eg a profile page) then you’d need something in the URL to grab that persons profile info? Often that’s their username (/profile/fred) or member ID (/profile/24)

If that’s the case then you can simpl use the URL segment as the author ID

Using member ID:

{exp:channel:entries limit="10" author_id="{segment_x}"}
    <h2>{title}</h2>
<p>    {body}<br />
{/exp:channel:entries}

Using username:

{exp:channel:entries limit="10" username="{segment_x}"}
    <h2>{title}</h2>
<p>    {body}<br />
{/exp:channel:entries}