How to grab username of current site visitor and display it in a

I do believe BB has their own forum….use that please.

I wouldn’t necessarily be using it in a bbpress context–I just mentioned it in case that made things easier. I assume the same user login that allows a visitor to post a comment on blogs would apply. Ideally there would just be a simple tag such as <CurrentVisitorUserName> that I could use in any text I present on the site.

Thanks for this ‘clarification’. It does not however sway my reponse:

I do believe BB has their own forum….use that please.

Let me rephrase the question then. I do not have BBPress…how do I pull the username of the user who logs in to make comments and use it in text.

Please start a new relevant post. While doing so take a look at this:
https://codex.www.ads-software.com/Forum_Welcome#Welcome_to_the_WordPress_Support_Forum

It’s included above when posting and often (unfortunately) ignored.