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Dear Forum Members,

I am trying to customize the standard buddypress activation email that is sent upon registration of a new user (I am using latest WordPress and Buddypress Versions).

After following the suggestions on https://websistent.com/custom-buddypress-activation-email/, I did manage to edit the subject line with following snippet in wp-content/plugins/bp-custom.php:

add_filter( 'bp_core_signup_send_validation_email_subject', 'custom_buddypress_activation_subject', 10, 2 );
 
function custom_buddypress_activation_subject( $subject, $user_id ) {
    $user = get_userdata( $user_id );
    return $user->user_login . ' – Activate your ' . get_bloginfo( 'name' ) . ' account';
}

This works fine.

However, the following snippet for customizing the message of the email does not work:

add_filter( 'bp_core_signup_send_validation_email_message', 'custom_buddypress_activation_message', 10, 3 );
 
function custom_buddypress_activation_message( $message, $user_id, $activate_url ) {
    $user = get_userdata( $user_id );
    return "Hi $user->user_login,
Thanks for registering! To complete the activation of your account please click the following link:
$activate_url
Thanks,
Jesin";
}

I have tried the approach, as outlined here https://buddypress.org/support/topic/customizing-buddypress-activation-emails-outside-and-still-get-activation-key/, too. It did not work neither.

I am not sure whether this hook (bp_core_signup_send_validation_email_message) is still working or if there is a better way to hook into this message.

Could anybody shed some light on this issue and help me with customizing the activation email content while still prodiving activation link and activation key?

Thanks a lot and kind regards
Joachim