Is there no way I could add the profile as I did with the forum index? It was super easy just using [bbp-forum-index]
– no, the way profiles work doesn’t easily lend to that 🙂
1. Go to
and download the plugin to your computer – make a note of where you saved it !
2. on your website go to dashboard>plugins>add new>upload plugin and browse to the file you downloaded in 1. above
3. Install and Activate
4. If you already have a page called ‘Profile’ then make sure this has the permalink ‘profile’
5. If not then create a page called ‘Profile’ and make sure it has the permalink ‘profile’
6. in the content of the profile page put something like
‘You need to be logged in to see your profile’ – you can add the bbpress login shortcode in here as well if you wish ie [bbp-login]
The above is what will show to people who click the profile menu item who are not logged in
Save the page and exit
7. In Dashboard>appearance>menu’s add the profile page to the menu you want to.
now you will have ‘Profile’ showing as the menu item, and if clicked and logged in you will go to your profile page, if not logged in, you will see the content above.