Change Profile Link to Forum Profile

[nateonawalk]

Hiya,

Trying to convert the Profile link that lives under the username from the WordPress admin backend (mysite/wp-admin/profile.php) to the corresponding bbPress forum User page.

I have tried going into login-with-ajax/widget/default/widget_in.php and changing the following lines:

//Admin URL
					if ( $lwa_data['profile_link'] == '1' ) {
						if( function_exists('bp_loggedin_user_link') ){
							?>
							<a href="https://localhost/mysite/forums/user/%USERNAME%/"><?php esc_html_e('Profile','login-with-ajax') ?></a><br/>
							<?php
						}else{
							?>
							<a href="https://localhost/mysite/forums/user/%USERNAME%/"><?php esc_html_e('Profile','login-with-ajax') ?></a><br/>
							<?php
						}
					}

But nothing changed (the names in the Ajax widget still link to wp-admin/profile.php).

Please let me know if I’ve edited the LWA file incorrectly or if I should try something else! I’ll echo others from the past in that I really wish this was a plugin feature.

Thank you~

https://www.ads-software.com/plugins/login-with-ajax/

[caimin_nwl]

Hi,

The %USERNAME% placeholder won’t work unless you’ve specifically defined it somewhere.

You’d probably need to use some code to grab the username directly from the BuddyPress user object.

[nateonawalk]

Thanks for the reply caimin_nwl,

Has there been an example of this kind of hook before? I’m happy to write it, just looking for a starting point (not reinventing the wheel and all that jazz). I have no idea what I’d search.

Thanks again for any help!

[nateonawalk]

Ok, so I found a previous response… it replaced the link dynamically using:

<?php bbp_user_profile_url( bbp_get_current_user_id() ); ?>

Now the issue is that nothing it changing when I apply this change (or any other change) — and when I attempt to edit the .php file through the CMS it tells me:

login-with-ajax/widget/default/widget_in.php (inactive)

Do you have any idea why this would be listed as an “inactive” file? Thank you!

//Admin URL
					if ( $lwa_data['profile_link'] == '1' ) {
						if( function_exists('bp_loggedin_user_link') ){
							?>
							<a href="<?php bbp_user_profile_url( bbp_get_current_user_id() ); ?>"><?php esc_html_e('Profile','login-with-ajax') ?></a><br/>
							<?php
						}else{
							?>
							<a href="<?php bbp_user_profile_url( bbp_get_current_user_id() ); ?>"><?php esc_html_e('Profile','login-with-ajax') ?></a><br/>
							<?php
						}
					}

[caimin_nwl]

When you say CMS do you mean WordPress admin? Are you overriding the template somewhere?

[nateonawalk]

Hi caimin_nwl,

Yes, through the WordPress admin. As it stated in the other thread, I went:

WordPress Admin -> Plugins -> Login with Ajax (edit) -> Plugin Files (login-with-ajax/widget/default/widget_in.php) -> edited the PHP from here. I believe this edits the file directly instead of overriding the template.

Thank you!

[nateonawalk]

Hi there…

Just wanted to follow-up and see if anyone can help me out here!

Thank you!

[caimin_nwl]

Sorry for the delay. Are you using a multsite install of WordPress or the single site version?

Which version of Login With Ajax are you using?

[Marcus (aka @msykes)]

That issue is likely a generic one related to WP and your server permissions, not our plugin. I’m not very experienced using the editor.

I’d suggest editing it directly via FTP.