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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.

@mariilou if registration still doesn’t work if BuddyPress and other BP plugins are deactivated, have you tried deactivate other WP plugins to see if either of those conflict with your activation email. If email doesn’t work even with all plugins deactivated, then it’s a hosting issue with WP installation. Have you contacted webhost for tech support regarding your email issues?

Deactivate BuddyPress. Is activation email sent/received if you deactivate BuddyPress?
Also, read about email activation solutions –> https://codex.buddypress.org/troubleshooting/frequently-asked-questions/

You might want to take a look at the JanRain plugin. It allows users to login with any social network account, fb, twitter, etc.. and has an auto create account feature. No password is required then.

~eric
http://www.abeo.us

Changing core code is never a fix. This is a terrible solution.

@dexpositoromero.
Thanks for the solution.
It worked!!

@britt2802

I’m not sure what you mean by backup.

If you mean just the database then the newer version bp files will still be there anyway….

Some other solutions were suggested in https://buddypress.org/community/groups/how-to-and-troubleshooting/forum/topic/buddypress-activation-email/

Do your settings conform to what is on https://my.hostmonster.com/cgi/help/206

https://codex.buddypress.org/troubleshooting/frequently-asked-questions/ see “BuddyPress isn’t sending out emails (eg. activation emails, email notifications)”

My complete signup button , is not leading me to the payment page but send immediately the activation mail, i have the message:

Sign Up Complete!

You have successfully created your account! To begin using this site you will need to activate your account via the email we have just sent to your address.

i recieve an email to activate the account
how can i make the form going first to the payment gateway ( i have also the plugin membership) before the activation?

When a user registers an account on your site, they’ll be sent an email with the key/link.

I tried to add in a functions.php by added above code to my existing functions.php in my theme folder, and it gives an error. This doesn’t work.

The page URL is a Page_name by itself, when creating a new page, the URL end with a .html I am using a special plugin call “Page Link To” to link the page to the correct Page name. That is from http://learningdigitalphotography.net/registration.html to http://learningdigitalphotography.net/registration/ this is so because my permalink is not working to what i intented the page URL to be. Will this cause an issue?

ANother things which i have question is the the registeration page seems missing some field.
http://learningdigitalphotography.net/registration/
There is a profile Detail but no field to enter those info. Is there some info which needs User to Key in?

Very strange that why My registration page is Not accepting user registration. You can do a try to register.. http://learningdigitalphotography.net/registration/

The activate page is this http://learningdigitalphotography.net/activate-2/

Beside functions.php, is there any other files is causing the issue?

So for functions.php , what i need is to create a file and with the code below:
//Fix Email issue
function fix_bp_core_email_from_address_filter() {
return apply_filters( ‘bp_core_email_from_address_filter’, ‘noreply@yoururl.com’);
}
add_filter( ‘wp_mail_from’, ‘fix_bp_core_email_from_address_filter’ );

See reply on https://buddypress.org/community/groups/how-to-and-troubleshooting/forum/topic/buddypress-activation-email/

@allentan What debug info does a wp-mail-smtp test email give you.

Does that email actually leave your host’s servers?

The functions.php file would be found in the ( child ) theme directory. If it doesn’t exist you can create one.

Were you logged out when you filled in the registration form?

I wonder if this even is an email problem as I can’t reach normal buddypress pages such as http://learningdigitalphotography.net/activate/ I get `(HTTP 404 Not Found)`….

@ORyanMcentire you mentioned you add a code into functions.php. Where can i find this file? Which part should i insert this code.
//Fix Email issue
function fix_bp_core_email_from_address_filter() {
return apply_filters( ‘bp_core_email_from_address_filter’, ‘noreply@yoururl.com’);
}
add_filter( ‘wp_mail_from’, ‘fix_bp_core_email_from_address_filter’ );

Hi…

I have tried all ways mentioned above.. added the Mail-From and wp-mail-smtp plugin and it still doesn’t work at all. It just bring me back to the home page without any successful registration complete message…

What can be wrong?

https://buddypress.org/community/groups/how-to-and-troubleshooting/forum/topic/buddypress-activation-email/#post-123597 ?

https://buddypress.org/community/groups/how-to-and-troubleshooting/forum/topic/buddypress-activation-email/ ?

I have looking for answers on this myself. We have a log in on our site that says it will email the activation code, but we never got the activation code. Do you know how to set this up, or know of where I can go to get this answer? thanks.

Every time I hear of this I have to say before anything else disable all plugins except for BP then try a test registration/activation. Even If it sends it to a spam folder in your email then you have used a process of elimination to find the culprit. Most of the time if you are getting your test activations in a spam folder on your email then setting up an email on your host from your domain cures the issue. Something like “admin_yourusername@yourdomain.com” in your cpanel webmail or whatever you have usually fixes this. You may also need to change the email in your dashboard/settings/general E-mail Address to reflect the email you created on your host depending on the host and how they handle mail. Hopefully this will help you. “My advise to anyone is after installing any plugin after BP is to do a test registration/activation each time.” That way you don’t have to sort through 20 plugins to find the one that breaks activation. Oh yeah, and if it activates go ahead and log-in with the username and password you created or the test registration/activation member you created will not show up in the members directory.