How to Change Permalinks for BuddyPress Activity, Blogs, Members, Friends, etc.

Are you looking for a way to change the permalinks in BuddyPress for activity streams, blogs, members, friends, etc? While there’s probably a plugin for this, we have created a quick code snippet that you can use to change permalinks for BuddyPress activity, blogs, members, friends, etc.

Instructions:

All you have to do is add this code to your theme’s wp-config.php file:

define ( 'BP_ACTIVITY_SLUG', 'streams' );
define ( 'BP_BLOGS_SLUG', 'journals' );
define ( 'BP_MEMBERS_SLUG', 'users' );
define ( 'BP_FRIENDS_SLUG', 'peeps' );
define ( 'BP_GROUPS_SLUG', 'clubs' );
define ( 'BP_MESSAGES_SLUG', 'notes' );
define ( 'BP_WIRE_SLUG', 'pinboard' );
define ( 'BP_XPROFILE_SLUG', 'info' );
 
define ( 'BP_REGISTER_SLUG', 'signup' );
define ( 'BP_ACTIVATION_SLUG', 'enable' );
define ( 'BP_SEARCH_SLUG', 'find' );
define ( 'BP_HOME_BLOG_SLUG', 'news' );

You can only paste the code you need to change the permalinks for.

Note: If this is your first time adding code snippets in WordPress, then please refer to our guide on how to properly copy / paste code snippets in WordPress, so you don’t accidentally break your site.

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