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@tylertervooren where can I get the simple plugin you created?

after some difficulty I came up with a solution, which allows a standard menu item linking to eg:
forums/users/current

If a request is made to http://mysite/forums/users/current, the user name “current” is detected and replaced with the current user id, or, if the user is not logged in, redirect to login screen:

/*
 * attempt to handle generic request for current user
 *
 * if the url is passed as forums/users/current/
 * this function detects that the permalink has been set to bbp_user=current
 * and
 *  - if the user is logged on, the query is changed to the current user
 *  - if the user is not logged on, the user is redirected to login screen
 *
 */
function ink_bbp_request_current_user( $query_vars ) {
	if ( isset( $query_vars[ 'bbp_user' ] ) ) {
		switch ( $query_vars[ 'bbp_user' ] ) {
			case 'current':
				if ( get_current_user_id() ) {
					$query_vars[ 'bbp_user' ] = bbp_get_current_user_name();
				} else {
					auth_redirect();
				}
		}
	}
	return $query_vars;
}

add_filter( 'bbp_request', 'ink_bbp_request_current_user', 10, 1 );

small tweak to not break for users with names that include spaces. the issue was not a permissions one as i posted above.

/*
 * attempt to handle generic request for current user
 * https://bbpress.org/forums/topic/how-do-i-link-to-profile-page/
 *
 * if the url is passed as forums/users/current/
 * this function detects that the permalink has been set to bbp_user=current
 * and
 *  - if the user is logged on, the query is changed to the current user
 *  - if the user is not logged on, the user is redirected to login screen
 *
 */
function ink_bbp_request_current_user( $query_vars ) {
	if ( isset( $query_vars[ 'bbp_user' ] ) ) {
		switch ( $query_vars[ 'bbp_user' ] ) {
			case 'current':
				if ( get_current_user_id() ) {
					$query_vars[ 'bbp_user' ] = bbp_get_user_nicename(get_current_user_id());
				} else {
					auth_redirect();
				}
		}
	}
	return $query_vars;
}

add_filter( 'bbp_request', 'ink_bbp_request_current_user', 10, 1 );

@tylertervooren

Would you be able to update your plugin? I just went to get it and it says it hasn’t been updated for the 3 past WP updates. It has a big warning across it and says it’s been 3 years since updated. I really would love to try this! It might be just what I need!

I don’t know, I haven’t tried it…it just concerns me when I see that warning…so I don’t download plugins that haven’t been worked on for that long.

This really should be added to bbpress. In the meantime, you can use

https://YourDomain.com/wp-admin/profile.php

as a permanent link to a user’s profile. HOWEVER: This sends people to their WordPress profile page, not to the more friendly looking bbpress profile. It does still allow them to do all the changes to their settings though.