[Resolved] Logged-In User Profile Link URL
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		I have searched and searched for at least 2 hours now and I am not finding a solution. I am setting up a community through Buddypress on a client site. Here is what it looks like so far: http://www.soulwomansanctuary.com/community/ I have set up the sidebar and WordPress menu to have links to things like Community Members. Activity, Forum, etc. I have also added a link called “Edit Profile” which I would like to link to the user’s profile page. I have it set up this way because I am not going to be using the normal Buddypress sidebar widget. I am going through Wishlist member so that only members can access the community. I have tried all different things to get the link and nothing seems to be working. Here are some of the links that people have suggested using: 
 http://soulwomansanctuary.com/community-members/USERNAME/profile/
 http://soulwomansanctuary.com/community-members/%username%/profileI appreciate any help that you might have. 
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It’s a dynamic URL — i.e. it changes for each user, so you can’t just type in a single link in html. It’s easy to do with a bit of PHP code though — just call the function bp_loggedin_user_domain() Something like this should work: 
 `if ( is_user_logged_in() ) {
 global $current_user;
 $username = $current_user->user_login;
 echo ‘ | My Profile‘;
 }`Thankyou so much for your fast reply! Can I just insert this code into a text widget? Or do I need a special plugin? That did not work for me Toby.  I even added a special PHP widget.  Any ideas? I even added a special PHP widget.  Any ideas?Use the function I provided – there’s no need to try and construct the URL yourself (as Toby has tried). I am not great with code so my apologies, but how would I do that exactly? I am trying to add a link in the sidebar along with the other community links. Do I need the PHP widget and then add specific code with your “function”? Can you provide the exact code? Sorry again to be a pain. My client is about to give up on it altogether so I just want to try one last time to see if we can get it working. Thanks so much for your help. I appreciate it. @rogercoathup is right. Use `bp_loggedin_user_domain()` and not my function.  …note to self, update header code in my theme… …note to self, update header code in my theme…Regarding how and where to add the code, try adding the following to your template: “ What is the result? Hi Toby. I am not seeing any code. Maybe you can email it to me? Dawn(at)DPK-GraphicDesign.com. I soooo appreciate your help. And just a reminder… I need the code to add to the widget to get the link to work under the other links in the sidebar. Thankyou! I am still looking for help. Anyone? I am looking for the code to this function as well! I would like to add it as a main menu item. would appreciate any help! https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/buddypress-profile-menu/screenshots/ @paintermommy k8peterson Create custom menu and use the menu widget for sidebar. thank you @mercime ! I had no idea that this plugin existed. Thankyou! @paintermommy did you ever get this to work with the wishlist plugin? Are your forums private and only for paid members? @mercime, your solution works for my site. However, I’dd like to add the menu as a child menu. Looking at the source code, I know this much information about the parent menu (id=”menu-item-822″). How would I proceed? Please assist. Thanks. @bookee is this related to the login link you wanted in other post? @mercime, thanks for the reply. Yes, this is somewhat related with my request on the other post. In this case, the menu position being the different factor. I appreciate the support, I truly do. @paintermommy 
 try thisa href="<?php bp_loggedinuser_link() ?>"> profileTo solve this I decided to hijack a page. If the member is logged in, they get their profile, otherwise, they go to a signup page. Just pop the following code into your functions.php file… and create a page named ‘profile’. Now you can add that page to your WP menu and it should do what you need. function redirect2profile(){ include_once( ABSPATH . 'wp-admin/includes/plugin.php' ); if($_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'] == '/profile/' && is_plugin_active('buddypress/bp-loader.php') && is_user_logged_in()){ global $current_user; wp_redirect( get_bloginfo('url') . '/members/'. $current_user->user_login . '/profile/'); exit(); } } add_action('init', 'redirect2profile');@jackreichert Worked perfectly for me. thank you! A few years ago I set up my first buddypress site and sold it. I definitely remember using a dynamic url for links to the users profile, activity stream etc. It was something like: http://www.mydomain.com/member/$profile/ Are we all sure that this can no longer be done? @jackreichert your a bloody genius Mr Jacoby, buddyPress just gets better & then some, thanks you mate! Do you mind if I include your code in my “n00bish” wp plugin: function redirect2profile(){ 
 include_once( ABSPATH . ‘wp-admin/includes/plugin.php’ );
 if($_SERVER[‘REQUEST_URI’] == ‘/profile/’ && is_plugin_active(‘buddypress/bp-loader.php’) && is_user_logged_in()){
 global $current_user;
 wp_redirect( get_bloginfo(‘url’) . ‘/members/’. $current_user->user_login . ‘/profile/’);
 exit();
 }
 }
 add_action(‘init’, ‘redirect2profile’);I’m just beginning my journey into php & I’ve always wanted to write a toolbox for wp and buddy, you gotta start somewhere : ) PS:Do I credit you in the plugin as a contributor? Best Regards 
 John HartHi there! This worked quite fine for me, but i have the problem that this code doesnt bring me to a signup page when you aren’t logged in. I tried to add the redirect with “else” but it didn’t work for me either. 
 The code has now changed, since I tried to figure out why it doesn’t redirect me to my register page.I’m not very skilled with PHP so maybe someone can help me out. 
 I want the code to redirect the not logged in user to a register pagefunction redirect2profile(){ include_once( ABSPATH . 'wp-admin/includes/plugin.php' ); if ( is_user_logged_in()){ if ($_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'] == '/profile/' && is_plugin_active('buddypress/bp-loader.php')) { global $current_user; wp_redirect( get_bloginfo('url') . '/member/'. $current_user->user_login . '/profile/'); exit(); } } else { if ($_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'] == '/profile/' && is_plugin_active('buddypress/bp-loader.php')) { wp_redirect( get_bloginfo('url') . '/register/'); exit(); } } } add_action('init', 'redirect2profile');
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