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Displaying the WordPress default bio or description

perywinkle
Participant

@perywinkle

2 years, 9 months ago

I’d really like to display the WP user description in the BuddyPress member-header.php.
Seems like it should be easy to do?
My regular WP tricks aren’t working in the BP template.

Suggestions?

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perywinkle
Participant

@perywinkle

2 years, 9 months ago

Well, here’s a solution that worked for me:

// User Description
$user_meta = get_userdata(bp_displayed_user_id());
echo($user_meta->description);

1721media
Member

@1721media

2 years, 9 months ago

I can’t find my member-header.php. What version are you using?

r-a-y
Moderator

@r-a-y

2 years, 9 months ago

member-header.php is located in /bp-default/members/single/.

If you’re making modifications to the bp-default theme, build a child theme so your changes will not be wiped out:
http://codex.buddypress.org/how-to-guides/building-a-buddypress-child-theme/

Paul Gibbs
Keymaster

@djpaul

2 years, 9 months ago

Another option is to use/create a widget, something like http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/user-bio-widget/ perhaps (untested).

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