Public Profile Pages

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WB Gamification ships member profile pages at /u/{user_login} — sharable, OG-tagged, member-controllable, search-engine-friendly. Use them for social proof, recruiting, or just to give members something to be proud of.

What’s On a Profile

Each public profile shows:

Member name + avatar
A stats line: total points, badge count, current level (e.g. “1,240 Points · 6 badges · Contributor”)
Their badge showcase (the same Badge Showcase grid you can place elsewhere)
Their last 10 points-history events

That is the whole page — there is no separate streak, challenges, top-actions or kudos section, and no bio or social-links field. If you want more on a member’s public page, place additional Gamification blocks on your own theme template; the plugin’s own /u/{user_login} page renders only the sections above.

Privacy Controls

As of 1.5.2 public profiles are on by default (opt-out). Three layers:

Site-wide setting — admin can disable public profiles entirely (Settings → Privacy). This kill switch always wins.
Member preference — each member can opt out by setting the per-user wb_gam_profile_public flag to 0. An unset/empty value means public.
Per-section toggles — a member can show their badges but hide their streak, etc.

By default, when public profiles are enabled site-wide, each member’s profile is visible until they explicitly opt out. (Before 1.5.2 the per-user flag was opt-IN, but no member-facing UI ever wrote it, so every /u/ profile returned 404 - that is fixed in 1.5.2.) The owner of a profile and administrators (manage_options) can always view it regardless of the flag.

The wb_gam_profile_publicly_visible filter (bool $visible, int $user_id) lets a site override visibility per member - see the Filters reference.

A profile that is opted out (per-user flag 0) returns a 404 instead of a partial page - search engines and visitors see no information.

URL Structure

There is one URL: /u/{user_login}. It always shows the full page above; there is no /badges-only or per-year variant. The slug uses user_login (the WordPress login name), which is stable — username changes are not allowed in WordPress core, so the URL never breaks. The u prefix is configurable under WB Gamification > Settings > Habits & Profiles > Slug base; re-save Permalinks after changing it.

Each profile page renders:

OG meta tags — og:title, og:description, og:image (auto-generated card)
Twitter Card meta — same as OG
Schema.org JSON-LD — Person type with name, avatar, badges as Achievement items
Canonical URL — points to the profile page so duplicate-content scoring stays clean

This means a member sharing their profile to LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook gets a rich preview card with their avatar, name, and top achievement.

Auto-Generated OG Image

The profile generates a dynamic 1200×630 OG image showing the member’s avatar, name, point total, and top badge. The image is cached for 24 hours per member and regenerates when their stats change significantly.

BuddyPress Coexistence

If BuddyPress is active, the profile URL /members/{user}/ continues to work for the BP profile. The WB Gamification profile at /u/{user}/ is a separate, complementary surface — admins choose which to feature in their navigation.

Configuration

Settings → Privacy → Public Profiles.

Setting	Default
Enabled site-wide	On
Default per-member visibility	On (members opt out explicitly; owner + admins always view)
Show badges	On (when profile is public)
Show streak	On
Show challenges	On
Show top actions	On
Show kudos	Off
Show bio	On (when member fills it)
OG image generator	On