It seems the variable $user_identity isn’t working. It’s returning an empty string. I’m using the filter, not arguments, so $user_identity is already set in the comment_form() function before the filter is performed.

Here’s my filter…

function my_comment_form_defaults( $defaults ) {
    $defaults['logged_in_as'] = '<p class="logged-in-as">' . sprintf( 'Logged in as <a href="%1$s">%2$s</a>. <a href="%3$s" title="Log out of this account">Log out?</a>', get_edit_user_link(), $user_identity, wp_logout_url( apply_filters( 'the_permalink', get_permalink( $post_id ) ) ) ) . '</p>';
    return $defaults;
}
add_filter( 'comment_form_defaults', 'my_comment_form_defaults' );

Note:
The codex says to use admin_url( 'profile.php' ).
But in the code for comment_form() it now uses get_edit_user_link().
That’s not relevant to my question but I point it out in case anyone notices that difference.

The only difference between my filtered code and the default code is that I’ve removed the translation function __(). That will be restored later. Before I further customize my code, I need the variable $user_identity to work properly.

Here’s the HTML output…

<p class="logged-in-as">Logged in as <a href="https://www.mydomain.com/wp-admin/profile.php"></a>. …

Can anyone see why $user_identity is returning an empty string?

Here is the code snippet that is responsible for doing this:
echo '<div class="login">' . $before_widget . $before_title . "Welcome ".$user_identity . $after_title . '</div>';

I tried to add $user_info->first_name in place of $user_identity but nothing shows up after “Welcome”

Any ideas what I’m doing wrong?
Thanks in advance

I have been trying to add a string variable used in the header to my page. The following is a very simplified version.

<?php
if( $user_identity ) echo 'Welcome back';
else echo 'Welcome guest, please enjoy your stay';
?>

I am only receiving the else function because wp is stripping out the string variables. Which I found out by doing this…

<?php echo $user_identity;?>

there is no result but the same string can be found right next to ‘howdy’.

My question, how can I extend the use for the wp string variables beyond the header?

I’ve tried using $user_identity but haven’t been able to get it to work.

Basically if the commenter was a registered user I want to output their name on the comment.

Any help, please?

Basically, I want to use the user_identity function on the header.php file for a user bar.

Here is my code:

<!-- User Start -->

<?php if ( $user_ID ) : ?>

Welcome <b><?php echo $user_identity; ?></b>!
( <a href="<?php echo get_option('siteurl'); ?>/wp-login.php?action=logout">Log Out</a> | <a href="<?php echo get_option('siteurl'); ?>/wp-admin/profile.php">Profile</a><?php wp_register(); ?> )

<?php else : ?>

Welcome <b>Guest</b>!
( <a href="<?php echo get_option('siteurl'); ?>/wp-login.php">Log In</a><?php wp_register(); ?> )

<?php endif; ?>

<!-- User End -->

I know that my coding isn’t the most optimized but that wouldn’t be the reason for the function to not work.

I would be most grateful if someone could assist me in resolving this issue.