Hi

The user profile pages of my bbPress forums are getting indexed in google.

Example pages
https://domainname.com/users/displayname/
https://domainname.com/users/displayname/topics
https://domainname.com/users/displayname/engagement
https://domainname.com/users/displayname/replies

So I want to add <META NAME=”ROBOTS” CONTENT=”NOINDEX, NOFOLLOW” /> to all the above pages

I think I need to insert the META into wordpress > wp-content > plugins > bbpress > templates > default > bbpress > user-profile.php

But I don’t want to edit the plugin file and lose the change during plugin update.

Is there a PHP code I can use to make the insertion to the user-profile.php?

Thanks in advance for the help

[@robin-w Moderator 4 years, 11 months ago]

template are designed to be alterable and added to your theme

so

find
wp-content/plugins/bbpress/templates/default/bbpress/user-profile.php

transfer this to your pc and edit whatever you want

and save

create a directory on your theme called ‘bbpress’
ie wp-content/themes/%your-theme-name%/bbpress

where %your-theme-name% is the name of your theme

Then transfer the file you saved above and put in in the directory called bbpress that you created above, so you end up with
wp-content/themes/%your-theme-name%/bbpress/user-profile.php

bbPress will now use this template instead of the original

[@robin-w Moderator 4 years, 11 months ago]

of course this presume you have a child theme

Functions files and child themes – explained !

[@pyoil Participant 4 years, 11 months ago]

Thanks for the quick reply and detailed steps @robin-w. Really helpful.

Wondering if the Meta can be added through PHP instead of using a child theme?

I use the Snippet plugin to add and keep track of code, so I don’t lose track of these customizations (and potential conflicts) in the future. So a PHP hook will be really useful.

[@robin-w Moderator 4 years, 11 months ago]

try this

add_action( 'bbp_template_before_user_profile', 'rew_add' ); 

function rew_add () {
	echo '<META NAME=”ROBOTS” CONTENT=”NOINDEX, NOFOLLOW” />' ;
}

[@pyoil Participant 4 years, 11 months ago]

It works. Thanks a lot @robin-w

Any chance we can add this to the beginning of the header of the user profile page?

Right now it is rendered inside the body tag.

[@robin-w Moderator 4 years, 11 months ago]

beyond free help I’m afraid !

[@robin-w Moderator 4 years, 11 months ago]

How to noindex member pages?