[Steve]

OK. I keep asking this question, but get no answer or people try to sell me plugins.

How can I create a link so my members can update their profile?

I see posts on this forum about the profile page but no explanation on how to link to it.

There is a way to do right? Even on this very forum I see a login link at top right. I can then edit my profile, see posts I wrote, etc. So this exist.

How can I create these links? Is it not part of the core? I hope someone can help. Thanks.

[Pascal Casier]

Hi Steve,

As Robin answered, you could look into his coding for the bbP Style Pack to see how it works.

There is also https://codex.bbpress.org/layout-and-functionality-examples-you-can-use/#8-add-edit-profile-to-a-wordpress-menu that might give you a hint.

Pascal.

[Steve]

Ok. Thank you.

I guess that answers my questions.

The question being, is there a way to add a “my profile” link to a menu.

The answer is, if I am hearing correctly. Yes, sorta, if you edit some function files.

And the answer is also, No – there is no way to do this with bbPress. bbPress does not offer a way for people to edit their profiles unless the user is savy enough to know they should click their profile name in a forum post to see/edit their profile.

I just assumed there would be an easy way to do this. It seems a core function. But I guess I am wrong.

Makes me wonder how others make “profile” pages for their users?

Thanks for the answer.

[tylertervooren]

@aksteve – I had the same frustration. Try this simple plugin I just created. It’ll print the profile url via a shortcode so you can insert it anywhere you like.

[boborg]

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

[tylertervooren]

Huh… looks like my link got stripped. Here it is: https://wordpress.org/plugins/bbp-profile-link-shortcode/

[jomo]

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 );

[ryanrain]

@jonathanmoorebcs for me, your code works great for admin users, but fails for contributor role users

[ryanrain]

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 );

[muradenyo]

Thanks you

[Tina]

@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!

[tylertervooren]

@sunflowermom: Is there something about it that isn’t working?

[Tina]

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.

[andalusian]

Hi,

I installed the plugin, but it doesn’t really show the account page, it only shows the link and it is not clickable? Am I correct? Is there not something like with WooCommerce where subs can click the link and it redirects them to their profile page? The short code for woo is [woocommerce_my_account].

[sharkster4000]

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.

[Robin W]

you can change the WordPress profile to bbpress using the

bbp style pack

once activated go to

dashboard>settings>bbp style pack>login>option 6