BP Profile Shortcodes Extra plugin Review

The BP Profile Shortcodes Extra is a handy plugin with many shortcode options showing different aspects of member profiles and classes. Generally, it includes a button used for inserting the shortcodes into the Classic WordPress editor and a set of Gutenberg Blocks, where ever necessary.

BP Profile Shortcodes Extra keeps the original plugin’s features, such as shortcodes for displaying the display name, user’s username, profile URL, photo or avatar, and so on. Further, it also adds the ability to view the profile header, user’s cover image, and lists of the user’s friends and group memberships.

PROFILE SHORTCODES

1. Displayname – This can be text or a link to the profile page of any member. 
2. Profile Image or Avatar Photo – This can be an image or a link to the homepage of any member’s profile. 
3. Username – Generally, it is shown as text or a link to any member’s profile page.
4. Profile Fields – You can use any of the Xprofile fields to show information from any profiles.
5. Profile URL – This uses the text of your choosing to view the URL, icon, or link to user-specific profile pages.
6. Profile Header – It is a collection of avatar, cover image, and group name and group name that links to its homepage.
7. Cover Image – This can be an image or a link to the member’s profile’s homepage.
8. Profile Edit Link – This provides the link to the edit profile page of the user.
9. Private Message Link – It shows a connection to give this user a private message.
10. Profile Lists – Generates a list of a user’s friends and groups, friends and community recommendations, and a list of all members and groups on the web.
11. The member who is viewing that page will show if no user-id mention in the shortcode.

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GROUP SHORTCODES

1. Avatar Image – An image or a link to the homepage of the group
2. Profile Header – It is a collection of avatar, cover image, group name, and group name that links to its homepage.
3. Group URL – displays the group’s URL or a link with the text you specify.
4. Cover Image – An image or a link to the homepage of the group
5. Group Member list – It either shows a collection of lists of names of members or avatars, and both hold links to each member’s profile.
6. Group Description – It displays the description of the group
7. Group Field – This indicates the several fields that each group uses

HOW TO INSTALL THE PLUGIN

Here, we have mentioned steps for installing the plugin:

1. Firstly, you would need to download the BP Profile Shortcodes Extra plugin.  
2. Then, you need to extract the downloaded bp-profile-shortcodes-extra.zip file to the WordPress plugins folder yourhostname/WordPress/wp-content/plugins. 
3. Instead of this, you can visit your WordPress Dashboard > Plugins > Add New. 
4. Then click on the button of Upload Plugin. Further, go to the download file location and select the bp-profile-shortcodes-extra.zip and then install the plugin. 
5. Lastly, click on the Activate Plugin button for activating the BP Profile Shortcodes Extra plugin on your website. 
6. Instead, you can go to WordPress Dashboard > Plugins for activating the plugin on your website. And lastly, for BP Profile Shortcodes Extra, click on the Activate button. 

PROCESS OF USING THE SHORTCODES

To use this plugin, consider the information you need on your page and copy the shortcodes from this doc, pasting them into the area where you want to view your requirements.

1. You can easily modify each shortcode you add, and the CSS class can update using the class=” element in the shortcode.
2. Aside from that, can customize each shortcode for a specific user using the user id=” attribute.
3. When something goes wrong, and your shortcode doesn’t work, you can use error msg=” to add an alternative post.

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CONCLUSION

BP Profile Shortcodes Extra fills a void where site members need to view profile or community information in posts. Further, advanced users can use it as a foundation to construct custom dashboard pages for users. A single page can be built and added to the user’s navbar to incorporate the shortcode feature with existing BuddyPress pages completely.

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