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I have a setup question that I’m sure will have been asked before, but google fails me! So i’ll describe:

I have some custom member fields that replicate the native fields, e.g {member_bio}

This reads and edits fine via the front end using {exp:zoo_visitor:details} and {exp:zoo_visitor:update_form}

If I edit via the CP zoo channel, it also updates the member fields as well.

However, if I update the fields via CP > Members > edit profile, the changes do not reflect back to the equivalent zoo fields.

Is it possible to achieve this 2-way sync?
Or is it best not to use the standard members edit fields if using Zoo as well?

Hi,

2 way sync is not possible, we usually only allow clients to access the channel and block the native member pages.

Cheers,
Nico

Fair enough. In which case I’ll use different zoo fields where possible to avoid confusion.

Thanks for the quick reply!

P.S. Though theoretically possible via member_update_start hook, no?

yea, using that hook you could make it work