I’m using the WordPress bbpress plugin. I noticed that when I look at a profile, it only shows the bio, forum role, topics started, and replies created.

However, it allows the user to edit the profile and provide their social network links and other contact info.

It seems odd to me that it doesn’t show the contact information. What’s the point in typing that in if it’s private?

[@philumptuous Participant 11 years, 9 months ago]

I should ask: If possible, how can I display that information in the public profile (forum/users/username)?

[@darren1981 Participant 11 years, 9 months ago]

I’ll be looking into this myself shortly will post the answer once i work it out… If you suss it out before hand could you please post your findings, Thanks

[@philumptuous Participant 11 years, 9 months ago]

I can, but so far I have no idea. I found blogs talking about a plugin called bbsocialize, but it appears that the plugin ceases to exist.

[@xmasons Participant 11 years, 9 months ago]

This seems like a fairly easy plugin to make and I look forward to seeing it become reality.

[@philumptuous Participant 11 years, 9 months ago]

I don’t really understand PHP all that much at the moment, though I am learning. From what I do know, I was able to figure out how to display the user’s URL by making a /bbpress folder in my theme’s root and copying over the user-profile.php file. And then I added this underneath the user description section:

[sourcecode language=”php”]

<a href="”>

[/shortcode]

Though, I’m sure there must be a shorter way of turning text into a link?

Anyways, I wasn’t able to find any function for the other fields under ‘Contact Info,’ which makes me wonder if those are coming up under some other plugin.

[@philumptuous Participant 11 years, 9 months ago]

Edit: I have no idea how to display code. Sorry. And it won’t let me edit my post.

[@xmasons Participant 11 years, 9 months ago]

[solution removed because I have no clue on how to provide code examples]

[@philumptuous Participant 11 years, 9 months ago]

🙂 …our progress has been thwarted by our inability to communicate.

[@xmasons Participant 11 years, 9 months ago]

Let’s try this again…

Open up the following PHP document in the bbPress plugin, found at –

bbpress/templates/default/bbpress/user-profile.php

Using the AIM field as an example, add the following –

`
`

Now you probably shouldn’t alter these files, as the next time bbPress is updated, the update will overwrite this. You’ll need to make a copy of the file under your theme directory. So it should look like this –

yourTheme/bbpress/user-profile.php

[@philumptuous Participant 11 years, 9 months ago]

That’s exactly what I did but I couldn’t figure out how to display more than the user’s url. Your code doesn’t show up still so I don’t know how you got the AIM field to show.