BuddyPress.org | John James Jacoby | Activity https://buddypress.org/members/johnjamesjacoby/activity/ Activity feed for John James Jacoby. Wed, 08 Apr 2026 17:57:40 +0000 https://buddypress.org/?v= en-US 30 hourly 2 6b8c42ae6b2418fa4a586a8399e6b8bc John James Jacoby replied to the topic Conflict with Youzify plugin in the forum How-to & Troubleshooting https://buddypress.org/support/topic/wp/#post-337101 Mon, 28 Apr 2025 13:37:15 +0000 Support is not dead.

Please be patient, and someone will help you troubleshoot eventually.

]]> 83b0c52e6c5d594a04c939ec98a34c5f John James Jacoby updated the BuddyPress Codex page, on the BuddyPress Codex https://buddypress.org/updates/p/192108/ Mon, 16 Dec 2024 19:32:20 +0000 We are working on rebooting our documentation.Check out what’s new over on GitHub. Welcome to the BuddyPress Codex, the online manual for BuddyPress and a living repository for BuddyPress information and […]

]]> 0 4db087847d1217cde9e7567b816acaa0 John James Jacoby replied to the topic What is the most important thing BuddyPress is missing? in the forum Requests & Feedback https://buddypress.org/support/topic/what-is-the-most-important-thing-buddypress-is-missing/#post-326385 Wed, 28 Sep 2022 00:14:17 +0000 Deep admin integration for all core components and logged-in Members – show me my activity in my User Profile, etc…

A default set of universally wrappable theme-side template parts for one-line-of-code integration into any WordPress theme/builder/blocks, that ultimately outputs what equates to a self-hosted Tumblr clone.

]]> 3db34415ff684ea3681e5830675172e6 John James Jacoby replied to the topic buddypress hooks, actions & filters lists- access denied in the forum How-to & Troubleshooting https://buddypress.org/support/topic/buddypress-hooks-actions-filters-lists-access-denied/#post-324971 Mon, 13 Jun 2022 18:41:58 +0000 Weird!

Made the page a draft for now, so at least it won’t get indexed.

My guess is that mercime removed the docs (or restricted access to them).

There are obviously much better tools for documenting hooks these days than there were even 4 years ago, so perhaps that page can just get deleted and we can look into generating them.

Thanks for the…[Read more]

]]> 0a3ee2132caf6a7c8f9ddcd1848ac583 John James Jacoby replied to the topic Suggestion: Pass $user_id to `bp_core_general_settings_after_save` in the forum Requests & Feedback https://buddypress.org/support/topic/suggestion-pass-user_id-to-bp_core_general_settings_after_save/#post-323171 Mon, 31 Jan 2022 16:38:47 +0000 This sounds like a totally reasonable suggestion. Thanks for making it.

cc @imath 💪

]]> 5b51f09e34fb5dcedf22b7d06bbd399d John James Jacoby replied to the topic Last activity constantly reverting in the forum How-to & Troubleshooting https://buddypress.org/support/topic/last-activity-constantly-reverting/#post-316461 Thu, 31 Dec 2020 18:46:15 +0000 Hi there @jarkin13, sorry to hear that this is happening, and thanks for posting it here.

Can you check your WordPress site settings and let us know what Time Zone your site is set to?

I have a hunch BuddyPress is saving a value that is then impossible to format/convert, resulting in that output, and the most likely culprit is a Time Zone offset…[Read more]

]]> 236b770b082dd4b95be34e07d7922015 John James Jacoby's profile was updated https://buddypress.org/updates/p/2528043/ Fri, 27 Nov 2020 17:58:43 +0000 0 4aaf31f62c3660c0aa692c897f3658c8 John James Jacoby replied to the topic How do I unsubscribe from every thread and every post? in the forum Installing BuddyPress https://buddypress.org/support/topic/how-do-i-unsubscribe-from-every-thread-and-every-post/#post-314902 Fri, 02 Oct 2020 14:48:12 +0000 Can you post the contents of an email here?

Can you link to a topic that you’re subscribed to?

I’ll look into it. Thanks!

]]> 4f228fd5ab709e2219c584f7b33c6297 John James Jacoby replied to the topic Want to contribute to Codex in the forum Requests & Feedback https://buddypress.org/support/topic/want-to-contribute-to-codex/#post-313673 Thu, 03 Sep 2020 17:33:02 +0000 Hey @maximejobin! 👋

Sorry for the delay here. The codex no longer auto-roles people as Editors, because spam bots ruined that idea. I’ve added you manually though, so you’ve got the power!

]]> c4ea477c71f2830c070fdd0fe3a57a46 John James Jacoby replied to the topic Buddypress.org shutting down in the forum How-to & Troubleshooting https://buddypress.org/support/topic/buddypress-org-shutting-down/page/2/#post-309542 Mon, 23 Dec 2019 16:56:34 +0000 @buddyboss Hey Michael! ????

I totally understand what you mean. I feel the same way about WordPress. Even simple whitespace changes there become endless discussions that result in no changes and no agreement.

My own personal concern here, comes from everyone involved in BuddyPress purposely trying to create an inviting, open, fun, rewarding…[Read more]

]]> b14105dba6937f8234c287dd402f827e John James Jacoby replied to the topic Buddypress.org shutting down in the forum How-to & Troubleshooting https://buddypress.org/support/topic/buddypress-org-shutting-down/#post-308897 Thu, 07 Nov 2019 23:33:03 +0000 Hey everyone. Thank you for the insightful conversation. This is exactly what forums and communities are for, and is a great example of why it is so important to have them.

This question has come up just about every 180 days for the past 10 years, for both bbPress and BuddyPress. I usually don’t chime in on them, because they almost always go…[Read more]

]]> fca63e8198d7d9f4d3db3ea317078bc3 John James Jacoby replied to the topic BuddyPress 5.0.0 is ready! in the forum Miscellaneous https://buddypress.org/support/topic/buddypress-5-0-0-is-ready/#post-308126 Mon, 30 Sep 2019 22:49:11 +0000 Thank you to everyone who contributed to 5.0.0!

(I’ve updated WordPress.org and BuddyPress.org to this latest version.)

]]> c1c88f7071c9370b62ca8bc664cb2663 John James Jacoby commented on the post, BuddyPress 4.0.0 "Pequod", on the site BuddyPress.org https://buddypress.org/2018/11/buddypress-4-0-0-pequod/comment-page-1/#comment-44969 Sun, 09 Dec 2018 06:48:08 +0000 Not yet! Working on the REST API endpoints to power them first.

Some blocks make more sense than others. It’s hard to imagine how a BuddyPress private-message block would work, for example; but an activity […]

]]> 629ffb31e38e8c73173d33c285a0e3c4 John James Jacoby replied to the topic Block Characters e.g. @, numbers, dot etc. in text fields / multiline text in the forum How-to & Troubleshooting https://buddypress.org/support/topic/block-characters-e-g-numbers-dot-etc-in-text-fields-multiline-text/?view=all#post-279020 Tue, 16 Oct 2018 20:59:30 +0000 Sorry for the problems here. They should be fixed.

]]> 70ae8d74f4accb08a222d39189fcdb22 John James Jacoby wrote a new post on the site BuddyPress.org https://buddypress.org/?p=271550 Sun, 25 Mar 2018 22:54:51 +0000 In 2008 (just 10 short years ago) Andy Peatling made the very first code-commit to the newly adopted BuddyPress project, joining bbPress, GlotPress, and BackPress at the time. As most of you can probably i […]

]]> 1ee443aaf0ccbb373e7607206e25183c John James Jacoby replied to the topic Are there any limitations in users count? in the forum Miscellaneous https://buddypress.org/support/topic/are-there-any-limitations-in-users-count/#post-270875 Mon, 19 Feb 2018 18:42:09 +0000 Hey Kristjan,

Congrats on the success of your community!

BuddyPress is designed and architected to scale quite elegantly, so long as the underlying hardware can also support it. It’s a bit of a non-answer, but is ultimately what it boils down to.

(For example, WordPress.org has about 13 million registered user accounts, and on any given day…[Read more]

]]> 5ef2265e5fd079a5384b0b5e58f676b5 John James Jacoby replied to the topic Excluding a role from appearing in the directory, activity feed, etc in the forum How-to & Troubleshooting https://buddypress.org/support/topic/excluding-a-role-from-appearing-in-the-directory-activity-feed-etc/#post-268494 Fri, 13 Oct 2017 18:32:25 +0000 Hey @steverusso66! I noticed you hit an error when you posted your reply; sorry about that.

Everything should be all fixed up now.

]]> 3b0345b831d089d7e01f78a976168ae7 John James Jacoby replied to the topic Wordpress 4.8 in the forum Installing BuddyPress https://buddypress.org/support/topic/wordpress-4-8/#post-266396 Fri, 09 Jun 2017 02:01:16 +0000 BuddyPress 2.8.x works OK with WordPress 4.8.

BuddyPress 2.9 is due out in the next few weeks.

]]> 9d1a76974d700e994a34e46012d90c43 John James Jacoby replied to the topic Access denied to Profile Fields admin screen in BP 2.8.0 in the forum How-to & Troubleshooting https://buddypress.org/support/topic/access-denied-to-profile-fields-admin-screen-in-bp-2-8-0/#post-263845 Thu, 16 Feb 2017 19:34:20 +0000 See: https://buddypress.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/7445

]]> 74cafca57116f01000867a2d2c9d3aff John James Jacoby replied to the topic Can't get BuddyPress activated in the forum Installing BuddyPress https://buddypress.org/support/topic/cant-get-buddypress-activated/#post-262406 Tue, 27 Dec 2016 19:13:54 +0000 This is an interesting problem, if I understand it correctly.

Your debug backtrace makes it look like the $wp_admin_nav array is somehow getting overloaded by the $wp_admin_bar global.

And it also looks like the bp_setup_admin_bar action is returning a string, instead of the array() that it’s hardcoded to pass in by default. It seems odd that…[Read more]

]]> f01eefed9afb2a98f506e6b2b581af43 John James Jacoby started the topic BuddyPress 2.7.4, and others in the forum Installing BuddyPress https://buddypress.org/support/topic/buddypress-2-7-4-and-others/ Fri, 23 Dec 2016 02:29:40 +0000

BuddyPress 2.7.4 – Security Release

]]> 04cab4251fa552a814d403b232591b4e John James Jacoby wrote a new post on the site BuddyPress.org https://buddypress.org/?p=262326 Fri, 23 Dec 2016 02:25:06 +0000 BuddyPress 2.7.4 is now available, and is a security release & recommended upgrade for all BuddyPress installations. We’ve also ported the code changes in 2.7.4 to all branches back 2.0, and are pushing upd […]

]]> 7ce9d8b3b0adaf3553e3f013173b290c John James Jacoby commented on the post, BuddyPress 2.7.0 - "Migliaccio", on the site BuddyPress.org https://buddypress.org/2016/10/buddypress-2-7-0-migliaccio/comment-page-1/#comment-42557 Wed, 30 Nov 2016 13:56:01 +0000 Hi @livingflame. Thanks for this feedback. We’re listening, and these are all great ideas.

]]> 9f8fca6830faec5fc77a9a8afc4d886d John James Jacoby commented on the post, BuddyPress 2.7.1, on the site BuddyPress.org https://buddypress.org/2016/11/buddypress-2-7-1/comment-page-1/#comment-42556 Wed, 30 Nov 2016 13:55:33 +0000 Hey Kevin. Replying here to make sure all bases are covered. We released 2.7.2 right away to fix this. I’m really sorry for the inconvenience, and we all learned a little bit more about double-negative ternary […]

]]> 05968637a2f2c4572c546e183796ab2b John James Jacoby updated the Prelaunch Checklist page, on the BuddyPress Codex https://buddypress.org/updates/p/219200/ Thu, 03 Nov 2016 21:49:14 +0000 Releasing BuddyPress to the world is a big deal, and takes quite a few manual steps to ensure safe & comfortable updates & upgrades are had by all. Below are the steps release leads go through with each & every […]

]]> 0 278ca9625ab20746828418f419fd2865 John James Jacoby replied to the topic This malicious behavior of BuddyPress is a serious security risk in the forum How-to & Troubleshooting https://buddypress.org/support/topic/this-malicious-behavior-of-buddypress-is-a-serious-security-risk/#post-253903 Mon, 30 May 2016 17:31:18 +0000 Thanks for the post, and thank you everyone that chimed in to alert the OP about the protocol for security concerns. Understanding it’s possible there’s a communication gap here, this topic does also read (to my eyes) as condescending & inflammatory, which is honestly not going to yield a very positive conversation. I think y’all did a great job…[Read more]

]]> 3a249355d7fe24cac03e768b66881ce5 John James Jacoby replied to the topic bad certificate in BP French in the forum How-to & Troubleshooting https://buddypress.org/support/topic/bad-certificat/#post-250879 Tue, 08 Mar 2016 16:32:11 +0000 Hi there! Where did you get the codex.fr.buddypress.org URL from? I have a hunch the reason you’re seeing this is because subdomains more than 1 level deep aren’t covered by our certificate, but I also don’t think we use those anywhere. If we do, we should correct those URLs to be more friendly.

That said, I suspect keeping codex content…[Read more]

]]> 55e7573b1890dc710020cd5822cb0abf John James Jacoby updated the Version 2.4.1 page, on the BuddyPress Codex https://buddypress.org/updates/p/490998/ Thu, 03 Dec 2015 20:20:45 +0000 Version not found.

]]> 0 cc0d2acf6a467212d92c914d4f414548 John James Jacoby updated the Version 2.3.3 page, on the BuddyPress Codex https://buddypress.org/updates/p/454787/ Thu, 27 Aug 2015 18:30:33 +0000 Version 2.3.3 is a BuddyPress maintenance release.

For Version 2.3.3, the database version (_bp_db_version in wp_options) was 10071, and the Trac revision was 10072. Read the full ticket log here.

Fixes

* […]

]]> 0 86b69445821ec0c18f1af91051455ca6 John James Jacoby wrote a new post on the site BuddyPress.org http://buddypress.org/?p=243713 Thu, 27 Aug 2015 18:02:13 +0000 BuddyPress 2.3.3 is now available. This is an important maintenance and security release for the 2.3 branch of code, and all BuddyPress installations are recommended to upgrade as soon as possible.

BuddyPress […]

]]> 7ae172d09673d2f3678fe866c38546a6 John James Jacoby updated the WordPress Blogs page, on the BuddyPress Codex https://buddypress.org/updates/p/240834/ Wed, 01 Jul 2015 19:56:41 +0000 WordPress Blogs
Some of the most powerful features of BuddyPress relate to how it enhances your multisite network. Creating a network allows your members to start their own full-powered public or private […]

]]> 0 ac4c28ec9bbcfe15c8a994e41984ff48 John James Jacoby updated the Version 2.3.1 page, on the BuddyPress Codex https://buddypress.org/updates/p/421656/ Fri, 05 Jun 2015 14:36:19 +0000 Version 2.3.1 is a minor BuddyPress maintenance release.
For Version 2.3.1, the database version (_bp_db_version in wp_options) was 9848, and the Trac revision was 9918. Read the full ticket log here […]

]]> 0 1f2ed7927e143c75b449c6bd5afc6e4d John James Jacoby wrote a new post on the site BuddyPress.org http://buddypress.org/?p=240277 Fri, 05 Jun 2015 14:27:20 +0000 Hello again! Remember Wednesday when we released 2.3.0 Livio? Well… it was so incredibly outstandingly good, that today we are releasing 2.3.1 to celebrate it.

BuddyPress 2.3.1 fixes two new accidental […]

]]> 6689dc4293e5c6645c46bc9f6c85095e John James Jacoby wrote a new post on the site BuddyPress.org http://buddypress.org/?p=239519 Thu, 21 May 2015 22:01:04 +0000 BuddyPress 2.3.0 Release Candidate 1 is now available for testing. Please download the 2.3.0-rc1 zip or get a copy via our Subversion repository. If you are a plugin or theme developer, or are running a BuddyPress […]

]]> 8c7146e4fdad5a2ce5c293e8d50d8cb6 John James Jacoby started the topic in the forum Requests & Feedback https://buddypress.org/support/topic/testing-1-2-3/ Sun, 17 May 2015 23:26:25 +0000 1 2 3

Edit test.

]]> 8c7146e4fdad5a2ce5c293e8d50d8cb6 John James Jacoby started the topic in the forum Requests & Feedback https://buddypress.org/support/topic/testing-1-2-3/ Sun, 17 May 2015 23:26:25 +0000 1 2 3

Edit test.

]]> ca0b655b0eb6fc4d284105a7e85019cd John James Jacoby started the topic in the forum Requests & Feedback https://buddypress.org/support/topic/testing-1-2-3/ Sun, 17 May 2015 23:26:25 +0000 1 2 3

]]> ca0b655b0eb6fc4d284105a7e85019cd John James Jacoby started the topic in the forum Requests & Feedback https://buddypress.org/support/topic/testing-1-2-3/?view=all Sun, 17 May 2015 23:26:25 +0000 1 2 3

]]> ca0b655b0eb6fc4d284105a7e85019cd John James Jacoby started the topic in the forum Requests & Feedback https://buddypress.org/support/topic/testing-1-2-3/?view=all Sun, 17 May 2015 23:26:25 +0000 1 2 3

]]> ca0b655b0eb6fc4d284105a7e85019cd John James Jacoby started the topic in the forum Requests & Feedback https://buddypress.org/support/topic/testing-1-2-3/ Sun, 17 May 2015 23:26:25 +0000 1 2 3

]]> b10c55105db2f8aa1f6666e4a67469a7 John James Jacoby wrote a new post on the site BuddyPress.org http://buddypress.org/?p=239081 Thu, 14 May 2015 20:59:28 +0000 BuddyPress 2.3.0 Beta 2 is now available for testing. Please download the 2.3.0-beta-2 zip or get a copy via our Subversion repository. If you are a plugin or theme developer, or are running a BuddyPress powered […]

]]> 3c1ffa83d082daf28c790f559a225d9c John James Jacoby wrote a new post on the site BuddyPress.org http://buddypress.org/?p=238775 Thu, 07 May 2015 14:27:28 +0000 BuddyPress 2.3.0 Beta 1 is available for testing. Please download the 2.3.0-beta1 zip or get a copy via our Subversion repository. If you are a plugin or theme developer, or are running a BuddyPress powered site […]

]]> 6020e4e9a405ba22c7228d8456bc160b John James Jacoby replied to the topic FATAL ERROR: BuddyPress 2.2.3 – Security Release in the forum Installing BuddyPress https://buddypress.org/support/topic/fatal-error-buddypress-2-2-3-security-release/#post-238153 Tue, 21 Apr 2015 14:10:35 +0000 We’ve released 2.2.3.1 to address this.

It should appear in your dashboard shortly.

If the error is preventing you from accessing the dashboard, delete wp-content/plugins/buddypress completely, and try again.

]]> 6020e4e9a405ba22c7228d8456bc160b John James Jacoby replied to the topic FATAL ERROR: BuddyPress 2.2.3 – Security Release in the forum Installing BuddyPress https://buddypress.org/support/topic/fatal-error-buddypress-2-2-3-security-release/#post-238153 Tue, 21 Apr 2015 14:10:35 +0000 We’ve released 2.2.3.1 to address this.

It should appear in your dashboard shortly.

If the error is preventing you from accessing the dashboard, delete wp-content/plugins/buddypress completely, and try again.

]]> 4eb3b940feb0ce3a390f099d17208c1e John James Jacoby replied to the topic FATAL ERROR: BuddyPress 2.2.3 – Security Release in the forum Installing BuddyPress https://buddypress.org/support/topic/fatal-error-buddypress-2-2-3-security-release/#post-238153 Tue, 21 Apr 2015 14:10:35 +0000 We’ve released 2.2.3.1 to address this.

It should appear in your dashboard shortly.

]]> 1be967ecb9926a09418c220808d4cc65 John James Jacoby replied to the topic FATAL ERROR: BuddyPress 2.2.3 – Security Release in the forum Installing BuddyPress https://buddypress.org/support/topic/fatal-error-buddypress-2-2-3-security-release/#post-238150 Tue, 21 Apr 2015 13:04:47 +0000 No reason to roll back to 2.2.2.1.

Reinstalling 2.2.3 will fix the fatal error and come with all the fixes it brings with it.

]]> f1c00a3b5054c95f3439cf5623f9d422 John James Jacoby replied to the topic FATAL ERROR: BuddyPress 2.2.3 – Security Release in the forum Installing BuddyPress https://buddypress.org/support/topic/fatal-error-buddypress-2-2-3-security-release/#post-238147 Tue, 21 Apr 2015 12:32:46 +0000 Hi Anja,

You can reinstall 2.2.3, and this error will go away.

Sorry for the embarrassing inconvenience.

]]> 31ae607abd0155a4c75670ee0251f8ac John James Jacoby wrote a new post on the site BuddyPress.org http://buddypress.org/?p=238117 Mon, 20 Apr 2015 19:50:18 +0000 BuddyPress 2.2.3 is out, which fixes several instances where URLs were not made safe (escaped) for output to the browser. If you’re using any version of BuddyPress and have not yet updated, please do so right […]

]]> 3557ee294ea95a9011754935c6705581 John James Jacoby wrote a new post on the site BuddyPress.org http://buddypress.org/?p=237635 Fri, 10 Apr 2015 23:39:44 +0000 Hot off of BuddyPress 2.2.1 is 2.2.2. It’s both a security and maintenance release that fixes two potential security issues (responsibly disclosed by Todd Gibson & Justin Heideman) and improves our filtering of […]

]]> 32326501e648927c634cc018d188963c John James Jacoby updated the Official Logos and Typeface page, on the BuddyPress Codex https://buddypress.org/updates/p/203804/ Tue, 24 Feb 2015 14:24:41 +0000 ThumbnailNeed an official BuddyPress logo? Want to show your BuddyPress pride with a button on your blog? You’ve come to the right place. When you need the official BuddyPress logo for a web site or publication, please use […]

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