BuddyPress.org

Basic troubleshooting: deactivate all plugins except BuddyPress and change to Twenty Twelve theme. Was registration process working before you activated BuddyPress?

Exactly the same problem.

Emails have been sent most end up in spam boxes of new registrants. Clicking on link goes to site and produces “invalid activation key” .

If new registrants had then gone to home page to log in they can access their accounts but all stop at “invalid activation key” ,very frustrating!

Any answers?

I have a theme that is buddypress ready, however when users go to register they are emailed an activation key. When clicked on OR imputed into the Activation spot on our website, it says Invalid and requests for the user to enter in their email to reset password.

Once the user does, a new password is emailed. When the user then goes to login, it claims there is no such user.

Can anyone offer a solution to this? Our website is hosuewivesmag.com. I also have ANYONE Can register checked in the settings.

How did you fix this….I am having the same problem.

@rjlucas have you tried basic troubleshooting like deactivating plugins batch by batch except BuddyPress to check which is interfering with the activation code?

@rjlucas do provide more information about your installation https://buddypress.org/support/topic/when-asking-for-support-2/

Second Problem

How to turn off password required in registration page of BP/WP the reason is I have another plugin that admin grants access:New user Approval.

Once approved this plugin sends out in an email a NEW password.

User gets frustrated as they have already entered a password at registration they arethen “forced” to use another password once they have been approved for access.

Net is how do I turn off password required at registration!

I have consistently found the activation process to be a problem.

There should be a “plugin” that allows Admin to work around the problem.
In my case I have the following two problems cases:

1) User Registration – the BP requires a password
2) Email sent to user for activation – user forgets to respond or loses email.
3) User tries to log on and gets they need to activate account
4) User has lost the bloody email
5) No clear method to resend another activation key
6) users tries to register again and wants to keep the same user name
7) gets rejected because the”username” is already in use

I guess that something broke. Im in the same situation. However, it looks like the user really gets activated but instead of sending him to the main page after a successful activation, it is sending the user to the activation page again… It just happens the first time.

hi,
i’m getting the same error
user can register, he gets the email with the verification key, so he confirms and can log in
after logging in, the site redirects him to the activate page
copying and pasting the key from the email inside the input text doesn’t work though
he always gets redirected to the activate page
any idea?

Also, there have been a few posts about activation keys not working. Most of the time, the cause appears to be related to the server not sending emails consistently, and other things outside our control.

But, if you can get an activation key on a clean install that, when you click on the link in the email, it doesn’t work, let us know what the URL looks like (even if you replace the domain) and what the key is. It’s not impossible there’s an obscure bug somewhere.

> Running WP 3.2.1 and BP 1.5 — I know these aren’t the lastest versions, but I’ve made enough changes to the core to accomplish my needs that updating would prove problematic

If you changed BuddyPress, what did you change? Are we missing a filter or action somewhere that would allow you to avoid hacking core?

@sheilahash
– We’re aware of the issue. Search via Google in the meantime. Thanks for your patience.

– Deactivate all plugins except BuddyPress and see if issue is corrected. If not, deactivate BuddyPress and check if same issue happens with your regular WP registration.

Mr Boone.. I have a similar issue.. where activation is not sent…. but I once tried and updated the mailserver_ settings in wordpress.. so I recieved the activation code.. the problem is.. the code I cannot be used to activate the account.. I keep getting “Invalid Key” or “and error has occurred” messages, even though I copy/paste manually..

what do you think is the case? and is there an applicable fix that simply modifies the core files automatically? or howabout I send you the files that might help you.. and you can look into this issue..

This issue is standard and doesn’t resolve even after deleting and re-installing Buddypress over and over …

ok, thanks for that. But i read he plan to make it free and at this time if i register for free in buddydev.com i cannot post a message in this topic…

activation key is always invalid, do i need to pay for post a reply in this topic ? I hope no…

Cause i will not ! In any case i support buddydev.com if they plan to make it free