How are you getting item_id ?
You probably already have the author ID in the same object or array that is providing the item_id, especially if you’re in a loop.
Rather than add a nav item, just put an edit link in each item in your list of products.
Point the links to the same screen as the product list.
In the code for the product list, do an early check for a GET or POST variable, and if found, get the product id variable, open an edit form and fill in the product fields.
Use the filter hook and write your own filter function.
In buddypress\bp-xprofile\bp-xprofile-template.php
find the filter hook in function bp_the_profile_field_value()
BP uses that same hook for a lot of formatting. See buddypress\bp-xprofile\bp-xprofile-filters.php
So be sure to set the priority to a high number like 99 so your filter function will run last.
> and it suggests that this is not a default setting
It’s not a setting at all.
Some other code or plugin is causing your issue. Try deactivating other plugins.
It may also be theme-related – to find out, try switching to a theme like WP 2016.
While there is no ‘inbuilt’ limit re word count, there is a filter that can be used to limit the number of words.
For example, this ( untested ) function would impose a limit of 50 words:
In wp-admin > Settings > General what is Timezone set to ?
If it is already set to the correct time zone, then figure out how much the times, in Notifications’, are off. For example, is it correct as an UTC time ? https://www.google.com/search?q=utc+time+zone
Those scenarios don’t require multiple accounts to use the same email address for registration.
The ‘assistants’ could have their own account.
And then create an interface where a ‘VIP’ could select members to ‘operate and update certain sections of their accounts‘. Or ‘communication from each sent to their same email address.’
The latter use-case is quite simple.
The former would be more work. How granular the permissions are is determined by how much code you want to write.
These days, any decent hosting plan includes automatic backups and an interface for managing them.
Backing up and handling the sql is trivial compared to the media for a large site, even if just images.
But you are obsessing ( and not the first to do so ) about the possible problems of a successful site before you even launch. Your concerns and the possible solutions are well-documented and not unique. So just build, launch and go from there.
I think you are referring to this class BP_Members_Suggestions in this file: buddypress\bp-core\classes\class-bp-members-suggestions.php
As you can see, there is a default limit of 10 – which explains why you only see ten suggestions.
Typically, you expect a user to type more than one letter and thereby get better matches.
Fortunately for you, there is a filter hook ( bp_members_suggestions_args ) in the class that you can use to set the limit parameter to whatever you want.
