I want to add an “Agree to Terms” checkbox, so thought I could put a link in the field description with a target=”_blank”, however, as already indicated, the target is removed. I have searched through all BP files and cannot find where in the BP core files this character strip is happening.
Well, there we have it! I just backed up the site and re-uploaded the plugins directory to give the structure you stated, and all I had to do was re-Activate the BuddyPress plugin and my site is back to the way it was – so I can only assume you can still install the BP plugins as /wp-content/plugins/buddypress/bp-core/ OR wp-content/plugins/bp-core/ – they both seem to work.