How to get username/display name in Buddypress?

Question

In buddypress default tempalte, username who has posted a certain activity is displayed like this: bp_activity_action(); But that brings much more than just the username. Is there a simpler way to get the user object/name ?

Wordpess get userdata function doesn't work, as it displays the page author, not the comment or activity author name.

score 7 · Accepted Answer · answered Nov 29 '12 at 12:51

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You have Display name use below function:

bp_get_displayed_user_fullname()

OR

Display User Name:

bp_core_get_username($user_id)

answered Nov 29 '12 at 12:51

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score 3 · Answer 2 · answered Aug 01 '13 at 12:38

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Display name for logged in user:

echo bp_core_get_user_displayname( bp_loggedin_user_id() );

answered Aug 01 '13 at 12:38

Ünsal Korkmaz

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score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Jun 14 '12 at 16:20

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What about using bp_activity_user_link() ?

answered Jun 14 '12 at 16:20

Ben Poulson

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Okay, that's closer. Should I parse the URL I get and the try to get the username out of it ? Because it returns only an URL string, I need the name. – pyronaur Jun 14 '12 at 16:33

How to get username/display name in Buddypress?

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