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Thank you, worked perfectly!

In case anyone else runs into this issue, here are the changes

bp-groups/bp-groups-widgets.php

line 29:

<?php if ( bp_has_groups( 'type=popular&per_page=' . $instance['max_groups'] . '&max=' . $instance['max_groups'] ) ) : ?>

change to:

<?php if ( bp_has_groups( 'type=popular&user_id=""&per_page=' . $instance['max_groups'] . '&max=' . $instance['max_groups'] ) ) : ?>

One last question:

I use widget_logic on my sidebars, what is the logic to say ‘is on members profile page’?

Basically I duplicated the groups widget, one with the user logic, and one without. I can use my modified version in the footer, and the old one in the sidebar. That way I can also show what groups the member belongs to.

I only want that widget to show up on buddypress profile pages. I just don’t see the logic statement anywhere.