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There are a few issues with that solution.
1. ‘1’ can’t view their own profile
2. What if there are multiple admins

Suggestion:

function hide_admin_profiles() {

    // Bail if this is not a profile.
    if ( ! bp_is_user_profile() )
        return;

    if ( ! is_super_admin() ) {
         if ( is_super_admin( bp_displayed_user_id() ) ) {
             wp_redirect( home_url() );
             exit;
         }
    }
}
add_action( 'init', 'hide_admin_profiles' );

Hi @dreamh11,

Try adding this to your theme’s functions.php file:

function hide_admin_profile() {

    // Bail if this is not a profile.
    if ( ! bp_is_user_profile() )
        return;

    // This assumes the member ID of the admin user is 1.
    if ( 1 == bp_displayed_user_id() ) {
        // We're trying to view the admin's profile so redirect to the homepage.
        wp_redirect( home_url() );
        exit;
    }
}
add_action( 'init', 'hide_admin_profile' );

Please use the code button to insert code in a topic. Thank you !

Give this a try

// deny access to admins profile. User is redirected to the homepage

function bpfr_hide_admins_profile() {
	global $bp; 
	if(bp_is_profile && $bp->displayed_user->id == 1 && $bp->loggedin_user->id != 1) :
	wp_redirect( home_url() );
	exit;
	endif;
}
add_action( 'wp', 'bpfr_hide_admins_profile', 1 );

// Remove admin from the member directory

function bpdev_exclude_users($qs=false,$object=false){
	
	$excluded_user='1'; // Id's to remove, separated by comma
	
	if($object != 'members' && $object != 'friends')// hide admin to members & friends 
	return $qs;
	
	$args=wp_parse_args($qs);
	
	if(!empty($args['user_id']))
	return $qs;	
	
	if(!empty($args['exclude']))
	$args['exclude'] = $args['exclude'].','.$excluded_user;
	else
	$args['exclude'] = $excluded_user;
	
	$qs = build_query($args);
	
	return $qs;
	
}
add_action('bp_ajax_querystring','bpdev_exclude_users',20,2);

// once admin is removed, we must recount the members !

function bpfr_hide_get_total_filter($count){
	return $count-1;
}
add_filter('bp_get_total_member_count','bpfr_hide_get_total_filter');

// hide admin's activities from all activity feeds

function bpfr_hide_admin_activity( $a, $activities ) {	
	
	// ... but allow admin to see his activities!
	if ( is_site_admin() )	
	return $activities;	
	
	foreach ( $activities->activities as $key => $activity ) {	
		// ID's to exclude, separated by commas. ID 1 is always the superadmin
		if ( $activity->user_id == 1  ) {			
			
			unset( $activities->activities[$key] );			
			
			$activities->activity_count = $activities->activity_count-1;			
			$activities->total_activity_count = $activities->total_activity_count-1;			
			$activities->pag_num = $activities->pag_num -1;				
		}		
	}		
	// Renumber the array keys to account for missing items 	
	$activities_new = array_values( $activities->activities );		
	$activities->activities = $activities_new;	
	
	return $activities;
	
}
add_action( 'bp_has_activities', 'bpfr_hide_admin_activity', 10, 2 );

hi @ahd904,

behind your tech question, two things need some clarification at least.

First:

I just want to hide some of the group creation steps as these might make the users think too complicated to join the community.

Register process doesn’t include group creation, nore joigning a group, so i guess you are thinking about a problem that doesn’t exist at this stage.

If you allow your users to create groups, they have to follow the 3 creation steps, because it is intended so in BuddyPress. Thinking that this might be to complicated, implies that you think that your users are not able to do this. Mabe you’re right, but maybe not. Anyway in this case, simply deactivate group creation for users and create users groups yourself.
Assuming that you don’t think it’s too complicated for the user to click on “join group” ! 🙄

As @bphelp said with reason, what your question implies needs some extra coding and much more as a simple snippet. You can do many things with BuddyPress, but not everithing or anything. 😉

Second:
Core simplification is a hard work (see Trac), so don’t expect that your goal could be reached easily, as BP will never be a “one click” tool. IMO this plugin is already very easy to use as is.

That said, you could imagine your project differently and perhaps apply another strategy.
For example, the ability for users to join automatically a group at registration. 2 plugins can do that actually.

• This one allows a new BuddyPress user to select groups to join during the registration process. You create the group, user choose his group.
• This one create a new Group when a new user sign up. But what will happen when you have 50 registration by day, spammers included ?

In both case, pros and cons have to be considered.

if you love the snippets and sweat on your site, here are two other options.

• Snippet: automatically add new user to a group
• Snippet: allow new user to be auto joined to groups you select from the admin (from core dev @imath). Explanation in french, coded in english – of course ! 🙂 )

@jessicana,

The field NAME in the field group BASE is required. This group is used for the registration page to work. As you already know, it’s also this group who allows you to show custom fields on the registration page.
The NAME field in BuddyPress is intended to receive first and last name and replace the two original fields (first name, last name) coming with WordPress.

That said, you can hide this field to users, but you can’t give them the choice to show/hide it.

The above snippet will hide the field NAME to all visitors/members, but not to site admin and the concerned profile.

function bpfr_make_name_members_only( $retval ) {	
	//hold all of our info
	global $bp;
	
	// is xprofile component active ?	
	if ( bp_is_active( 'xprofile' ) )
	
    // The user ID of the currently logged in user
    $current_user_id = (int) trim($bp->loggedin_user->id);
	
    // The author that we are currently viewing
    $author_id  = (int) trim($bp->displayed_user->id);
	
	// user can see only his name && admin can see everyone 
	if ($current_user_id !== $author_id && !current_user_can('delete_others_pages') ) {
		$retval['exclude_fields'] = '1';	
	}
	return $retval;	
}
add_filter( 'bp_after_has_profile_parse_args', 'bpfr_make_name_members_only' );

Add this to your child-theme functions.php or to bp-custom.php

this code work for me but java script not work and when user favorite comment user can’t remove notification help me

define("BP_FAVORITE_NOTIFIER_SLUG","fa_notification");

    function bp_favorite_setup_globals() {	
	global $bp, $current_blog;
    $bp->bp_favorite=new stdClass();
    $bp->bp_favorite->id = 'bp_favorite';
    $bp->bp_favorite->slug = BP_FAVORITE_NOTIFIER_SLUG;
    $bp->bp_favorite->notification_callback = 'bp_favorite_format_notifications';//show the notification   
    $bp->active_components[$bp->bp_favorite->id] = $bp->bp_favorite->id;
			
            do_action( 'bp_favorite_setup_globals' );
    }
            add_action( 'bp_setup_globals', 'bp_favorite_setup_globals' );
     

function bp_favorite_format_notifications(  $action, $activity_id, $secondary_item_id, $total_items,$format='string'  ) { 
$action_checker = explode('_', $action);
$activities = bp_activity_get_specific( array( 'activity_ids' => $activity_id, 'display_comments' => true) );
	$glue = '';
	$user_names = array();

	$users = find_favorite_involved_persons($activity_id, $action);
	$total_user = $count = count($users);

	if($count > 2) {
		$users = array_slice($users, $count - 2);
		$count = $count - 2;
		$glue = ", ";
	} else if($total_user == 2) {
		$glue = " and ";
	}

	foreach((array)$users as $user_id) {
		$user_names[] = bp_core_get_user_displayname($user_id);
	}

	if(!empty($user_names)) {
		$favoriting_users = join($glue, $user_names);
	}

	switch ( $action ) {
		case 'new_bp_favorite_'.$activity_id:
			if($total_user > 2) {
				$text = $favoriting_users.' and '.$count.' liked: '.substr($activities["activities"][0]->content,0,32).'...';
			} else {
				$text = $favoriting_users." like: ".substr($activities["activities"][0]->content,0,32)."...";
			}
		break;
	}
	$url = '<div id="'.$action.'"class="notification"><a href="#" class="social-delete" onclick="deleteAjaxNotification(\''.$action.'\',\''.$activity_id.'\', \''.admin_url( 'admin-ajax.php' ).'\'); return false;">x</a><span class="social-loader"></span></div>';
	$link = favorite_activity_get_permalink( $activity_id );

	if($format=='string') {
		return apply_filters( 'bp_activity_multiple_favorite_notifications', '<a href="' . $link. '">' . $text . '</a>'. $url .'' ,$users, $total_user, $count, $glue, $link );
	} else {
		return array(
			'link' => $link,
			'text' => $text
		);
	}
	return false;

}
function find_favorite_involved_persons($activity_id, $action) {
	global $bp,$wpdb;
	$table = $wpdb->prefix . 'bp_notifications';
	return $wpdb->get_col($wpdb->prepare("select DISTINCT(secondary_item_id) from {$table} where item_id=%d and secondary_item_id!=%d and component_action = %s",$activity_id,$bp->loggedin_user->id, $action));
}
function favorite_activity_get_permalink( $activity_id, $activity_obj = false ) {
	global $bp;

	if ( !$activity_obj )
		$activity_obj = new BP_Activity_Activity( $activity_id );
                    
		if ( 'activity_comment' == $activity_obj->type )
			$link = bp_get_activity_directory_permalink(). 'p/' . $activity_obj->item_id . '/';
		else
			$link = bp_get_activity_directory_permalink() . 'p/' . $activity_obj->id . '/';

	return apply_filters( 'ac_notifier_activity_get_permalink', $link );

}

function favorite_notifier_remove_notification($activity ,$has_access){
       global $bp;
       if($has_access)		       
	   bp_core_delete_notifications_for_user_by_type( $bp->loggedin_user->id, $bp->bp_favorite->id, 'new_bp_favorite_'.$activity->id );
	}
add_action("bp_activity_screen_single_activity_permalink","favorite_notifier_remove_notification", 10,2);

function favorite_notification( $activity_id){  
                   global $bp;                 
	               $activities = bp_activity_get_specific( array( 'activity_ids' => $activity_id, 'display_comments' => true) );
				   $author_id = $activities['activities'][0]->user_id;
                   $user_id =  bp_loggedin_user_id();
	// if favoriting own activity, dont send notification
	if( $user_id == $author_id ) {
		return false;
	}
				   if ( bp_is_active( 'notifications' ) ) {
		bp_notifications_add_notification( array(
			'user_id'           => $author_id,
			'item_id'           => $activity_id,
			'secondary_item_id' => $user_id,
			'component_name'    => $bp->bp_favorite->id,
			'component_action'  => 'new_bp_favorite_'.$activity_id,
			'date_notified'     => bp_core_current_time(),
			'is_new'            => 1,
		) );
	}				
}
add_action("bp_activity_add_user_favorite","favorite_notification", 10, 2);

function deleteAjaxNotification(){
    global $bp;        
    bp_core_delete_notifications_by_item_id ($bp->loggedin_user->id, $bp->bp_favorite->id, 'new_bp_favorite_'.$activity->id);     
    die();        
}	
add_action('wp_ajax_deleteAjaxNotification', 'deleteAjaxNotification' ); 

function bp_like_add_like_action() {
global $bp, $activities_template; 
	 if ( bp_activity_can_favorite() ) : 
		
				$my_fav_count = bp_activity_get_meta( bp_get_activity_comment_id(), 'favorite_count' );
				
				$my_fav_count = "<span>".$my_fav_count."</span>";
				
				$is_favorite = apply_filters( 'bp_get_activity_is_favorite', in_array( bp_get_activity_comment_id(), $activities_template->my_favs ) );
		

			 if ( !$is_favorite ) : ?>

				<a href="<?php echo apply_filters( 'bp_get_activity_favorite_link', wp_nonce_url( home_url( bp_get_activity_root_slug() . '/favorite/' . bp_get_activity_comment_id() . '/' ), 'mark_favorite' ) ); ?>" class="tooltip-trigger fav bp-secondary-action bp-primary-action" title="<?php _e( 'Favorite', 'buddypress' ); ?>" style="position:relative;"><?php _e( 'Favorite', 'buddypress' ); ?><?php echo $my_fav_count; ?></a>

			<?php else : ?>

				<a href="<?php echo apply_filters( 'bp_get_activity_favorite_link', wp_nonce_url( home_url( bp_get_activity_root_slug() . '/favorite/' . bp_get_activity_comment_id() . '/' ), 'mark_favorite' ) ); ?>" class="tooltip-trigger unfav bp-secondary-action bp-primary-action" title="<?php _e( 'Remove Favorite', 'buddypress' ); ?>" style="position:relative;"><?php _e( 'Remove Favorite', 'buddypress' ); ?><?php echo $my_fav_count; ?></a>

			<?php endif; 

		 endif; 
}
add_filter( 'bp_activity_comment_options' , 'bp_like_add_like_action', 1000 );

and java code

function deleteAjaxNotification(action_id, activity_id, adminUrl){
    jQuery('#'+action_id).children(".social-delete").html("");
    jQuery('#'+action_id ).children(".social-loader").show(); 

    jQuery.ajax({
        type: 'post',
        url: adminUrl,
        data: { action: "deleteAjaxNotification", action_id:action_id, activity_id:activity_id },
        success:
        function(data) {
        	jQuery('#'+action_id).parent().hide();
        	
        }
     });  
}

hi @canadadre,

you have to read the mentionnedd topic AND to follow the links if the topic contains some. 😉

i hope for you that you know how to copy/paste, because the above snippets must be added to your child-theme functions.php, or better into bp-custom.php

1. – Deny access to admins profile

// deny access to admins profile. User is redirected to the homepage
function bpfr_hide_admins_profile() {
	global $bp; 
	if(bp_is_profile && $bp->displayed_user->id == 1 && $bp->loggedin_user->id != 1) :
		wp_redirect( home_url() );
	exit;
	endif;
}
add_action( 'wp', 'bpfr_hide_admins_profile', 1 );

2. – Remove admin from the member directory and recount members

// Remove admin from the member directory
function bpdev_exclude_users($qs=false,$object=false){
    
    $excluded_user='1'; // Id's to remove, separated by comma
	
    if($object != 'members' && $object != 'friends')// hide admin to members & friends 
    return $qs;
	
    $args=wp_parse_args($qs);

    if(!empty($args['user_id']))
    return $qs;	
	
    if(!empty($args['exclude']))
		$args['exclude'] = $args['exclude'].','.$excluded_user;
    else
		$args['exclude'] = $excluded_user;
	
    $qs = build_query($args);

    return $qs;
	
}
add_action('bp_ajax_querystring','bpdev_exclude_users',20,2);

// once admin is removed, we must recount the members !
function bpfr_hide_get_total_filter($count){
    return $count-1;
}
add_filter('bp_get_total_member_count','bpfr_hide_get_total_filter');

3. – Hide admin’s activities from all activity feeds

// hide admin's activities from all activity feeds
function bpfr_hide_admin_activity( $a, $activities ) {	
	
	// ... but allow admin to see his activities!
	if ( is_site_admin() )	
		return $activities;	
	
	foreach ( $activities->activities as $key => $activity ) {	
		// ID's to exclude, separated by commas. ID 1 is always the superadmin
		if ( $activity->user_id == 1  ) {			
			
			unset( $activities->activities[$key] );			
			
			$activities->activity_count = $activities->activity_count-1;			
			$activities->total_activity_count = $activities->total_activity_count-1;			
					$activities->pag_num = $activities->pag_num -1;				
		}		
	}		
	// Renumber the array keys to account for missing items 	
	$activities_new = array_values( $activities->activities );		
	$activities->activities = $activities_new;	
	
	return $activities;
	
}
add_action( 'bp_has_activities', 'bpfr_hide_admin_activity', 10, 2 );

May this help !

I wouldn’t rely on messing with visibility settings.
To make a profile field only editable by admins, do this in bp-custom.php or a plugin:

// only admins can edit the Skills field
function chief_hide_profile_fields( $retval ) {
	
	if( is_super_admin () )
		return $retval;

	if(  bp_is_profile_edit() || bp_is_register_page() )
		$retval['exclude_fields'] = '3';	//profile field ID's separated by comma

	return $retval;

}
add_filter( 'bp_after_has_profile_parse_args', 'chief_hide_profile_fields' );

Note that you need to add the correct id(s) for exclude_fields.
And that ‘ || bp_is_register_page() ‘ keeps the field(s) off the register page – which you may not need to do.

Re how to create profile fields in code, there a couple of ways to do it depending on the kind of field and how it will be used.
Take a look at these plugins for more info:
https://wordpress.org/plugins/buddypress-xprofile-custom-fields-type/
https://wordpress.org/plugins/buddypress-xprofile-image-field/

i know some guys do not like codecanyon and the likes, but here is a guess on what you did not search yet:

http://codecanyon.net/search?utf8=%E2%9C%93&category=wordpress&term=hide+admin

hi @canadadre,

already asked and answered many times.
https://buddypress.org/support/search/Hide+Admin/

And the most recent answer with a partial solution is here:
https://buddypress.org/support/topic/overwrite-whos-online-widget-theme/

Partial means you have to complete the work, by using the same method, as the given example concern only one core widget, and not the 2 other (the 4th is the registration widget).

Another snippet, more accurate with the suggested way above. Snippet goes into bp-custom or functions.php

The field/field group is only shown to site admins. A small bug in the current BP version(.0 -> 2.0.2) prevent of completely remove the group tab from the edit screen. Bug is fixed and this will work with BP 2.1.

function bpfr_hide_profile_field_group( $retval ) {
	if ( bp_is_active( 'xprofile' ) ) :	
	
	// hide profile group/field to all except admin	
	if ( !is_super_admin() ) {		
		//exlude fields, separated by comma
		$retval['exclude_fields'] = '60';  
		//exlude groups, separated by comma - this may work with BP 2.1
		$retval['exclude_groups'] = '7'; 			
	} 
	return $retval;		
	
	endif;
}
add_filter( 'bp_after_has_profile_parse_args', 'bpfr_hide_profile_field_group' );

@csimpson,

oh crossposting ! haven’t seen henry’s answer.

nobody visibility doesn’t exist. This setting is called “only me“. This means that only the member can see this field – and the site admins. Such fields are not for site admins, but for the members !

I don’t really understand what is not working for you, as what you’re looking for doesn’t exist in BuddyPress. Sorry if i’m misunderstanding you.

When you create such a field visibility, you should also set “Enforce the default visibility for all members“, so the member cannot modify it later on his profile settings.

Little weird side effect, when a “only me” field is used and member A wrote hello, this word becames clickabke, by default. When member B write also hello, it becames also clickable. And if A or B clcik on Hello, it shows a list of all members who wrote the same word. In this case A and B !

Not really confidential, isn’t it ? The solution is to remove the clickable link.
Here’s a snippet which let you do that selectively.

function my_xprofile_filter_link_profile_data( $field_value, $field_type = 'textbox' ) {
    // Access the field you are going to display value.
    global $field;
	
    // In this array you write the ids of the fields you want to hide the link.
    $excluded_field_ids = array(2,9,54); // field ID separated by comma
	
    // If the id of this $field is in the array, we return the value only and not the link.
    if (in_array($field->id, $excluded_field_ids))
	return $field_value;

	if ( 'datebox' == $field_type )
	return $field_value;
	
	if ( !strpos( $field_value, ',' ) && ( count( explode( ' ', $field_value ) ) > 5 ) )
	return $field_value;
	
	$values = explode( ',', $field_value );

	if ( !empty( $values ) ) {
		foreach ( (array) $values as $value ) {
			$value = trim( $value );
			
			// If the value is a URL, skip it and just make it clickable.
			if ( preg_match( '@(https?://([-\w\.]+)+(:\d+)?(/([\w/_\.]*(\?\S+)?)?)?)@', $value ) ) {
				$new_values[] = make_clickable( $value );
				
				// Is not clickable
			} else {
				
				// More than 5 spaces
				if ( count( explode( ' ', $value ) ) > 5 ) {
					$new_values[] = $value;
					
					// Less than 5 spaces
				} else {
					$search_url   = add_query_arg( array( 's' => urlencode( $value ) ), bp_get_members_directory_permalink() );
					$new_values[] = '<a href="' . $search_url . '" rel="nofollow">' . $value . '</a>';
				}
			}
		}
		
		$values = implode( ', ', $new_values );
	}
	
	return $values;
}

/**
 * We remove the buddypress filter and add our custom filter.
 */
function remove_xprofile_links() {
    // Remove the old filter.
    remove_filter( 'bp_get_the_profile_field_value', 'xprofile_filter_link_profile_data', 9, 2 );
    // Add your custom filter.
    add_filter( 'bp_get_the_profile_field_value', 'my_xprofile_filter_link_profile_data', 9, 2);
}
add_action('bp_setup_globals', 'remove_xprofile_links');

I think the field visibility settings are applicable to the member who is performing the setting.

The suggested way to do what you want would be to make your notes profile field hidden to all non-admin members.

The first step would be to create /wp-content/themes/your-theme/buddypress/members/single/profile/edit.php inside your theme.

You can copy the contents of edit.php from:

bp-templates/bp-legacy/buddypress/members/single/profile/edit.php

Then you need to modify edit.php. In edit.php, find <?php while ( bp_profile_fields() ) : bp_the_profile_field(); ?> and add the following immediately after it:

if ( ! current_user_can( 'manage_options' ) && ( bp_get_the_profile_field_name() === 'notes' ) )
    continue;

Note: I’m assuming your field name is notes

@ganzuelo

scrolling down the member page provides a funny elastic effect ! 😉 Really cool, but not what you want of course.
I disabled js on the browser and the effect disapeared immediatly.
So i think there is a js conflict, probably with some of your theme’s script.
check for the elements
`<div class=”col span_3>
<a>
<img alt=”Foxtrot Tango” /> `

You mention salient to be your theme but the source code indicates castle ? Did you rename it for a child theme usage ?
Some script don’t support this…

You use also a plugin to remove the admin bar.

<!--Plugin Global Hide Admin Tool Bar 1.6.1 Build 2014-04-16 Active --->
<!-- This website is patched against a big problem not solved from WordPress 3.3+ to date -->

Huh ?

Don’t know if the second comment belongs to that plugin, but if yes, WP is currently in 4.0 phase, so a 3.3 “problem” maybe solved.
Google to find a simplier solution to remove the toolbar. There is also a easy and light solution in on the WP codex.

add_filter('show_admin_bar', '__return_false'); in theme’s function or bp-custom.php would do the job on front-end !

Don’t use a hammer to kill a fly ! 😉

or have I somehow done something to hide it from non-admins?

@fakename014 Either via some function in your custom theme or a plugin. To confirm which, change to the Twenty Fourteen theme and check if the adminbar shows up. If it still isn’t showing up, deactivate all plugins to check which one is causing the issue.

@nirgalo https://buddypress.org/support/topic/hide-certain-admins-as-being-online/

Hi!
Ehhh any functions.php ?? Themes, BP or in a specific folder?

Running WP 3.9.1 and BP 2.0.1

I also want to remove “HOME” in BP
So the result should be first MENU Item is “FORUM” then “MEMBERS” “SEND INVITATIONS” and “ADMIN” (for admins only)

As default the menu is :
“HOME” then “FORUM” then “MEMBERS” “SEND INVITATIONS” and “ADMIN” (for admins only)

But users that get’s in at the “HOME” level post messages thinking they are posting in the FORUM…? So that is why I want to hide it or take it off!

Hope this solution works – But are unsure where to stick it… 🙂

Best regards

Nets