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I just started using Cimy User Extra Fields on a site I’m working on, and it has some really fantastic features if you want to add information to your registration form, and your author bio or profile pages.
The one thing I have struggled with is getting the contents of a field to appear outside the Loop. I am using get_cimyFieldValue, which is disabled by default (so the first step is to enable it!). The readme explains how to get a field value to display in the Loop, but not outside of it.

The following instructions explain what to do, provided you are working with an Author Template file (author.php) per the instructions in the WordPress codex. Read the rest of this entry »