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How can bbPress users view their profile if they haven’t posted yet

@sculley

Participant

2 days, 18 hours ago

Hi there,

We’re using bbPress with the Simple Membership plugin, and the site is built with the GeneratePress theme. Here’s the staging site for reference: https://iu9d4mv2wm-staging.onrocket.site/forums/

Login is handled through Simple Membership, but profile behavior is different than the typical bbPress/WordPress setup.

When a member creates a topic or reply, they can click on their avatar or name to access their forum profile — which includes favorites, subscriptions, activity, etc. However, if a user hasn’t posted yet, there’s no way for them to access their profile, because their avatar/name doesn’t appear anywhere.

Is there a shortcode, function, or recommended method to add a “View My Profile” link at the top of the forums (or anywhere else), even if the user hasn’t posted?

Thanks in advance for any guidance!

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@robin-w

Moderator

2 days, 6 hours ago

You can add it to the menu

Install

bbp style pack

once activated go to

dashboard>settings>bbp style pack>login

or you can use the
[bbp-login]
shortcode which will display a clickable link

@sculley

Participant

1 day, 17 hours ago

Thanks for the suggestion! I was trying to add a “My Profile / Activity” link for logged-in users. I gave the plugin a try, but it only added the link to the forum index page—not topics, replies, etc. I ended up using bbp_get_user_profile_url() to create a custom function that adds a styled button across all the forum pages. That did the trick! Appreciate the pointer—it definitely helped guide the solution.

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