Title: Getting Current User ID
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Getting Current User ID

 *  [Quan_master](https://wordpress.org/support/users/quan_master/)
 * (@quan_master)
 * [16 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/getting-current-user-id/)
 * how can I get the current user ID to show up where it say “CURRENT USER ID HERE”
   when the person click on the link in this code?
 *     ```
       if ($profile_link[$user_role] == true) :
                           $profile_url = $this->GetOption('profile_url');
                           $profile_url = (!empty($profile_url)) ? $profile_url : ('/?page_id=20&profile-edit=CURRENT USER ID HERE');
                       echo '<li><a href="' . $profile_url . '">' . __('Profile', 'simpelogin') . '</a></li>' . "\n";
                       endif;
       ```
   

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 *  [Justin Tadlock](https://wordpress.org/support/users/greenshady/)
 * (@greenshady)
 * [16 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/getting-current-user-id/#post-1212788)
 * This will get you the current user ID:
 *     ```
       global $current_user;
   
       $current_user = wp_get_current_user();
       ```
   
 * Then, you can use `$current_user->ID` where you want.
 *  Thread Starter [Quan_master](https://wordpress.org/support/users/quan_master/)
 * (@quan_master)
 * [16 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/getting-current-user-id/#post-1212791)
 * Do i just put that code in that spot then? sorry for such stupid questions.. 
   as you can tell I am not a php coder at all, I just sorta look at code and try
   and understand it.
 *  Thread Starter [Quan_master](https://wordpress.org/support/users/quan_master/)
 * (@quan_master)
 * [16 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/getting-current-user-id/#post-1212871)
 * I tried this but it still didn’t work the code just shows up as well in the link
 *     ```
       function DoSimpleLogin($args = '') {
                   global $user_ID, $current_user, $login_errors, $user_level;
                   $current_user = wp_get_current_user();
       get_currentuserinfo();
   
                   extract ($args);
   
                   if ($user_ID != '') {
                       require_once (ABSPATH . '/wp-admin/includes/upgrade.php');
                       $user_role = translate_level_to_role($user_level);
                       $dashboard_link = $this->GetOption('dashboard_link');
                       $profile_link = $this->GetOption('profile_link');
                       echo $before_widget . $before_title . __('Welcome', 'simpelogin') . ', ' . $current_user->display_name . $after_title . "\n";
       sf_pm_tag(true, false);
                       if ($this->GetOption('show_gravatar') == true) :
                           echo '<div class="simplelogin-avatar">' . get_avatar( $user_ID, $size = $this->GetOption('gravatar_size') ) . '</div>' . "\n";
                       endif;
                       do_action('simplelogin_avatar', $current_user);
                       echo '<ul class="simplelogin-links">' . "\n";
                       if ($dashboard_link[$user_role] == true) :
                           $dashboard_url = $this->GetOption('dashboard_url');
                           $dashboard_url = (!empty($dashboard_url)) ? $dashboard_url : admin_url();
                           echo '<li><a href="' . $dashboard_url . '">' . __('Dashboard', 'simpelogin') . '</a></li>' . "\n";
                       endif;
                       if ($profile_link[$user_role] == true) :
                           $profile_url = $this->GetOption('profile_url');
                           $profile_url = (!empty($profile_url)) ? $profile_url : ('/?page_id=20&profile-edit=($current_user->ID)');
                       echo '<li><a href="' . $profile_url . '">' . __('Profile', 'simpelogin') . '</a></li>' . "\n";
                       endif;
       ```
   
 * Any help would be appreciated.
 *  [Adam Harley (Kawauso)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kawauso/)
 * (@kawauso)
 * [16 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/getting-current-user-id/#post-1212872)
 * `$profile_url = !empty($profile_url) ? $profile_url : '/?page_id=20&profile-edit
   ='.$current_user->ID;`
 * I think you meant to put curly brackets {} instead of () around the variable 
   there, but even then, those only work inside double quotes, not single.

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 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
 * 4 replies
 * 3 participants
 * Last reply from: [Adam Harley (Kawauso)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kawauso/)
 * Last activity: [16 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/getting-current-user-id/#post-1212872)
 * Status: not resolved

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