Found the issue in the strapi-plugin-populate-deep plugin:
In the plugin’s code in /server/helpers/index.js, there is this:
const getFullPopulateObject = (modelUid, maxDepth = 20) => {
if (maxDepth <= 1) {
return true;
}
if (modelUid === "admin::user") {
return undefined;
}
...
}
Basically, it rejects and sets to undefined
anything coming from the “admin::user” module!!
Went to node_modules/strapi-plugin-populate-deep/server/helpers/index.js
and commented out these 3 lines
Not only have I my image components populated, but my creator attributes as well!!