I don’t know enough to write a patch. If someone knows how to make that into a patch, it would be great. As always, I recommended backing up any files you will be editing, so you can replace them as needed.
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.
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.
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
Thanks. It’s probably the Membership plugin. Which isn’t possible to keep deactivated. But there’s a way around all of it, so that’s good.
Any other advice from others?
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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!
another great question, thanks for the support btw. Ah where do people log in? I didnt see a widget, and whats the purpose of an activation page if the email link directs you to successful activation? Thanks
Can you share an example link from the emails?
Yes the https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/mail-from/ plugin changes the from mail with a user or a specified email as aces said above.
Seems my issue was I installed a Private Community plugin did not even activate it and it created a problem with buddypress sending out the email
As soon as I removed the plugin the issue was resolved. I need only add my categories, social login and bingo we are up and running.
Love WordPress 
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.
Thanks much I found out what it was. I put a plugin that was not compatible or tested with current versions.
My Bad I should have known better
I will check into the other things as well.
I already have mail-from I will get the others as well can only help in the future.
Thanks Again.
Sometimes the email gets stuck in spam or junk filters.
To get email working, some web hosts require an extra wordpress plugin, such as:
https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/mail-from/
https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wp-mail-smtp/
https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/configure-smtp/
wp-mail-smtp and configure-smtp can send a test email which often provides useful debug information!
This is a frequently discussed issue here and people have found all three different plugins useful – there may be others.
Please check your host’s knowledge base or faq for further information….
Sometimes the email gets stuck in spam or junk filters.
To get email working, some web hosts require an extra wordpress plugin, such as:
https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/mail-from/
https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wp-mail-smtp/
https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/configure-smtp/
wp-mail-smtp and configure-smtp can send a test email which often provides useful debug information!
This is a frequently discussed issue here and people have found all three different plugins useful – there may be others.
Please check your host’s knowledge base or faq for further information….
Another detail I realised, on wp-signups table, I found my 2 tests, with activation key and all. I got the info from the site holder, that ppl arent able to register since september, 2011.
On the wp-signup, I see 767 entries for new user, none of them activated, all of them have suspicious email accounts and the dates started mid september.
I was trying to use configure-smtp but it was generating error codes, so it was not working either way.
I hadn’t found that post, but it would probably would have done the trick.
As noted below, I now have it working with configure-smtp, but, is there a reason you like WP Mail SMTP over configure-smpt?
Many thanks,
Rory
Solved.
I needed to use the Configure SMTP plugin, but leave the default SMPT host at “local host”.
I needed to spend more time searching the error codes I was getting. That google search lead me to a post at http://premium.wpmudev.org/forums/topic/installing-mu-plugins
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Solved now – The hosting company told me to swap outgoing mail server from “host111.hostmonster.com” to “localhost’ and now seems to be working.
Thanks tremendously for all your help @Ulrich and others….
It’s not easy being green.
R
