Right. With that plugin, I don’t think you should have to do anything. It hooks into the 'bp_member_header_actions' to generate the follow button in place of the friend button, so the default member header should work fine. I’d try having no overwrite template in place.

If you’re still not seeing the “follow” button, deactivate the…[Read more]

Good question, but the answer’s hard. You’ll need to learn how to modify WordPress theme templates. Start reading through all the linked pages on https://codex.buddypress.org/themes/ and when you have a specific question after you’ve made a try, let me know.

On the default templates, there is a “Add Friend” button, and we usually position is just below (or next to) the user’s name and avatar picture. But not every theme has to show BuddyPress content in the same way!

If you’ve bought a theme with BuddyPress templates, or customised some yourself, it might be worth going back to where you…[Read more]