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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.

Editing core is a very bad idea. If that can’t be unhooked or filtered around, submit a ticket to core — patches would be welcome.

I think I solved it for the most part. Take a look at my solutions and see if it might help you: https://buddypress.org/community/groups/how-to-and-troubleshooting/forum/topic/activation-email-key-doesnt-work-i-may-have-the-fix/

My problem was I was running a plugin that was generating a key as well as buddypress and WordPress wanted the key generated by the first plugin, not the key from the activation email sent out by buddypress.

You can read about it here: https://buddypress.org/community/groups/how-to-and-troubleshooting/forum/topic/activation-email-key-doesnt-work-i-may-have-the-fix/

it’s lengthy, I know, but I hope it puts you in the right direction if it doesn’t work.

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

I want to bump this because I think I’m very close to finally solving this for many of us, but it’s going to need someone who is better at reading PHP or understanding the BP Codex.

My activation links work if I register from BuddyPress, but not if I register from WordPress. Is everyone else doing the same?

Here is a link to the new thread in hopes to solve our problem.
https://buddypress.org/community/groups/how-to-and-troubleshooting/forum/topic/registering-and-email-activation-links-not-working/

@mercine, i have buddypress default theme and have de-activated all plugins except Suffusion BuddyPress Pack. i have the same problem as the guys above. (same wp and bp versions as above.) if i have understood correctly, in the email i received, the string

http://www.mywebsitename.org/activate/?key=9f664b72a0b703fe63a4f61fc2066175

contains the activation key at:

9f664b72a0b703fe63a4f61fc2066175

but when i paste this in the Activation Code box, i stay on the same page and nothing happens.

thanks, regards
SP

Mark, I just downgraded to 1.5.0 and my activation links are still not copying the code into the activation bar.

I’m back at 1.5.4 now.

I would like this solved as well. It seems to be a problem I’m seeing pop up frequently.

Is anyone else also running these plugins:
CIMY
Membership from WPMUDev
Email Login
Ultimate Facebook from WPMUDev
Event Espresso

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

More than likely it is a plugin. Try disabling each plugin one by one and keep registering and trying the activation until you narrow it down to the culprit. I had the same issue once and the culprit was the “Disable WordPress Updates 1.2 plugin.”

okay… so last thing I checked in the General Settings was that I still had the “www” in the path. So I removed it and now ALL HAIL THE KING… I get an activation email!

stupid thought… but possible the issues are because this is installed and running from a sub-directory??? Not the main route public_HTML

Also… activated the Default BuddyPress theme… still nothing! weeks of work down the tubes! Please can someone help… can give admin login.

okay deactivated every plugin except BuddyPress. Am using BP-Mag theme built for BuddyPress…

no activation email still! I am screwed!

I am having the same issue. WordPress 3.3.1 and BuddyPress 1.5.4

Added the custom code from above to the functions.php – did not help. Cannot get the activation email to get sent and I have tried 15 different REAL email accounts including comcast.net, verizon.net and yahoo.net.

After Registration… it lands me on the Registration Complete message… tells me an activation email is waiting for me. But also have the Gravatar Upload available. If I try to upload anything, it just bumps me out, because I have NOT activated yet.

I am STUMPED! I will try deactivating ALL plugins but I am down to the bare bones now.

Someone please help… I am weeks over due and I thought I was just about ready to launch… now this!

Thanks!

Can you share an example link from the emails?

Actually I think this could also be related to a bug in the way BP handles breaking down the domain to build the from email address.

for instance my WP URL does not include the WWW.
and I have tried fresh installs on servers where the SMTP is known to be set up correctly and activation emails stop working once BP is installed, no other plugins installed either.

In order to get my emails from buddypress to work (including the activation email) I had to add this to my functions.php to explicitly set my “from” address.
`
//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’ );`

be sure to change “yoururl.com” with your actual URL.

This has been working for me, so far.