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@okamiokami
You can test some of the solutions in this ticket that simply stops the activation email from being sent then use BP’s new build in activation to manually activate the users. Of coarse I haven’t tested this but its worth a shot.
https://buddypress.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/3443

Ok, maybe I got the source of the problem. I use this code below to change the text from the e-mail with the activation code:

<?php
 
function bp_change_activation_mail_text( $message ) {
 
//  Get some globals
	global $bp, $wpdb;
 
  //  Get username from the signup form just posted
  $username = $bp->signup->username;
 
  //  SQL query to get activation key for that username
  $sql = 'select meta_value from wp_usermeta where meta_key="activation_key" and user_id in ( select ID from wp_users where user_login="' . $username . '" and user_status=2 )';
 
  //  Getting the activation key from the database
  $activation_key = $wpdb->get_var($sql);
 
  $activate_url = bp_get_activation_page() ."?key=$activation_key";
  $activate_url = esc_url( $activate_url );
 
  //  Custom message with activation key
  $message = "Obrigado por registrar-se no Espaço Tesla!\n\n Para completar a ativação de sua conta, por favor, clique no link abaixo:\n\n$activate_url\n\n";
 
  return $message;
 
}
 
add_filter( 'bp_core_signup_send_validation_email_message', 'bp_change_activation_mail_text' );

Maybe there is something wrong with the query that could sometimes return an empty result? When I remove this filter, the default text is sent with the correct activation link.

Hi, folks,

I’ve seen that this thing of activation e-mail is quite a headache for some people using BP. I’m currently having some trouble too. Most of the time, when a user creates an account on the site I’m working on, the e-mail with the activation link is sent ok. But for some users, the link on the e-mail comes without the key (something like http://www.site.com/activate/?key=), what results in the page asking a activation key. The problem is that I can’t reproduce the issue, but I received even a print screen from an user showing that the problem indeed exist.

I’ve installed Unconfirmed plugin to check if there is users that are not confirmed, and there are a couple of users. I can see the activation key for every unconfirmed user. What can be causing this issue?

I’m currently using Buddypress 1.8.1, bbPress 2.4.1, and for the themed login, I’m using Theme My Login 6.3.9. I’m using too WordPress Social Login 2.1.3 for give users a social login option. To style the e-mails, I’m using WP Better Emails 0.2.6.5.

Thanks for any help!

Fix the following error:

Invalid Activation Key

Or

at least some kind of workaround it

in the admin section where admin can manually activate the user and send the email that user account has been activated.

Thank you.

I would totally not recommend to disable it. You should spend more time to figure the problem out. In my BuddyPress test installations (local and live), it sends the emails just fine, so there is a problem, maybe in your server, template, I don’t know, somewhere.

But, if you really wanna disable this, after a quick search here and in Google, I found some possible solutions.

Obs.: I haven’t tested it, so use it at your own risk.

https://buddypress.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/3443
https://buddypress.org/support/topic/i-would-like-to-disable-email-activation/#post-43483

You can filter the email message. Did not test this code. It would add text to end of default message. Change field_name to exactly match name of profile field.

function custom_activation_email_body( $message, $user_id, $key  ) {
	
    $field1 = xprofile_get_field_data( 'field_name1', $user_id );
    $field2 = xprofile_get_field_data( 'field_name2', $user_id );
    $field3 = xprofile_get_field_data( 'field_name3', $user_id );

    $message .= sprintf( __( "Username: %s Email: %s Membership Type: %s", 'lang' ), $field1, $field2, $field3 );
				
    return $message;
	
}
add_filter('bp_core_signup_send_validation_email_message', 'custom_activation_email_body', 10, 3);

I changed the theme back to twenty twelve and registration still does not work.

New users cannot register through buddy press signup page. I can setup a new user through the admin though and it sends notifications, activation emails etc just fine.

When you enter your information to signup it refreshes back to the signup page.

@aaronhester What have you done so far to troubleshoot the issue?
– Is WP default registration working if you deactivate BuddyPress?
– What’s the bottleneck – you cannot send email notification, registrant does not receive activation email, etc.?
– If you change theme to Twenty Twelve, for instance, does registration work?

@simple-man the next step is to check that an activation key is being set. considering you don’t have access to your database, are you comfortable with PHP? Can you add this to page.php

echo get_user_meta( $user_id, 'activation_key', true );

and replace $user_id with the user ID of the member you want activated.

Then make sure what appears on screen is the exact same key as the key in the email link.

@simple-man if the activation key is in the database and the link in the email is right then the problem must be elsewhere.

1. instead of clicking on the link in the email, are you able to copy the link and paste it directly into the browser address bar? It could be the click-through that is causing the problem. Just a thought.

2. can you ensure all plugins are deactivated (aside from BuddyPress).

@aaclayton have you tried contacting your host? You need to verify if these emails are actually being sent by your mail server. If they are being sent and received, then the problem could be with the actual activation link.

Have you tried disabling all of your plugins? I realise the site is live so that might not be possible.

Hi Chris,

Sadly, I believe that you will have to uninstall buddypress in order to access your dashboard to correct the problem. If you can locate the setting in the buddypress files then you can adjust it there and upload that via ftp or your cpanel file manager, but uninstalling and re-installing will be much faster. (Assuming that any major changes you have made have been via a child theme.)

Essentially you told the site that everyone that goes to the login page needs to activate their account therefore no one can login because no one is activated, that is the best way I can think to explain it.

The only time new users will be asked for an activation key is if they attempt to activate their without using the link from their email before logging in.

For example: You register a new account and then go to the activation page before checking your email, here you will be asked to provide the activation key. If you attempt to login before activating you should get a message “ERROR: Your account has not been activated. Check your email for the activation link.”

However, if you register a new account and then go to the email you provided you will have received an email to activate your account. Once you click the link in this email you will be able to login to the account (the email link contains the activation key). This system is to ensure that the user has registered with a valid email that they have access to.

Hope this helps,
Cassey