Can we set a redirection with dynamic content in url?

Question

I need to redirect users to profile page using a single url.

Ex: Static link: www.domain.com/profile/

when clicked,

www.domain.com/profile/[USERNAME]/ <-- adds username

i need to change the [USERNAME] according to logged in user's username. can we do this in wordpress?

Ex2: if user "Paul" logged in and click on www.domain.com/profile/ then he will redirect to www.domain.com/profile/Paul/

Answer 1

If you want to create a link with the user nickname as a part of it I would do something like this

<?php
// check if user is logged in
if (is_user_logged_in()) {
    // get current user object
    $current_user = wp_get_current_user();
    
    // get user nickname
    $user_nickname = $current_user->data->user_nicename;

    // set the link href
    $link_href = 'www.domain.com/profile/' . $user_nickname;

    // output the link html
    echo '<a href="' . $link_href . '" title="title text here">Link text here</a>';
}
?>

Now, because I don't know where or how you want to add the link I made some generic code that will output the link with the current users nickname only if user is logged in

EDIT

In order to output the link in a when using a wordpress text editor (wysiwyg) you will need a shortcode.

Same code as above but now in a shortcode

Add the following code inside your functions.php

add_shortcode('bt_redirect_user_link', 'bt_redirect_user_link');
function bt_redirect_user_link ($atts) {
    // check if user is logged in
    if (is_user_logged_in()) {
        // get current user object
        $current_user = wp_get_current_user();
    
        // get user nickname
        $user_nickname = $current_user->data->user_nicename;

        // set the link href
        $link_href = 'www.domain.com/profile/' . $user_nickname;

        // output the link html
        return '<a href="' . $link_href . '" title="title text here">Link text here</a>';
    }
}

To use the shortcode inside a text editor simply add [bt_redirect_user_link]