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Theoretically, if we’d like to disable it, is there a way we can define it in wp-config or bp-custom?

We’ve got a workaround, but it involves changing a core file, bp-core-signup.php. We changed this line:

$wpdb->query( $wpdb->prepare( "UPDATE $wpdb->users SET user_status = 2 WHERE ID = %d", $user_id ) );

to set the user_status as 0 (activated)

$wpdb->query( $wpdb->prepare( "UPDATE $wpdb->users SET user_status = 0 WHERE ID = %d", $user_id ) );

Next, we changed a line in register.php, in a child theme, where we changed the conditional

<?php if ( bp_registration_needs_activation() ) : ?>

to

<?php if ( !bp_registration_needs_activation() ) : ?>

This solves the problem, but it involves modifying a core file. Any workaround for that?