BuddyPress.org

I deactivated all other plugins besides BuddyPress. Activated the 2014 theme. Changed the language to English and made sure BuddyPress pages were all assigned. The permalinks were already not on default. Then I deleted the wp-config and htaccess.

Then I got to the point of install. I was asked for database information. I put the information of my already existing database, but I changed the wp_ table prefix to match the one I use for my already existing database and WP said that there was already an installation and didn’t go further. It automatically generated the wp-config with new hashes, but not .htaccess. I created it myself and only put the WP default .htaccess code:

# BEGIN WordPress
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteRule ^index\.php$ – [L]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule . /index.php [L]
</IfModule>
# END WordPress

Just to make sure, I also downloaded my entire public_html directory, and also downloaded a fresh copy of WordPress 4.2.2 and BuddyPress 2.2.3.1 and then ran them through a file difference checker application. The only two differences I found were:

1. “version.php” inside the WordPress “includes” folder
had as last line $wp_local_package = ‘el’; and I removed it and

2. in BuddyPress “bp-members” folder the file “bp-members-template.php” I had changed a language string and I replaced the entire file with the fresh copy.

All other WordPress and BuddyPress files are completely identical with the original versions.

I used a different browser to register, but the problem persists exactly the same. It doesn’t work for any gmail account, but works for 1 of the two domains that used to work before.