BuddyPress.org

https://buddypress.org/community/groups/bp-disable-activation/

OK so I’ve had the same problem and have built a very clumsy workaround.

PROBLEM: When the user click the email verification it sends them to verify.php and logs them in to WP but my Buddypress doesn’t know they are logged in and asks them to login. If the user just ignores the login request there is no problem but users don’t do that so they try to login and get the same “error..please provide a valid activation key” message because the account is already active.

MY RUBBISH ANSWER: The only thing that worked for me was to hide the BP admin bar and handle login links manually then change the text on the verify.php to a simple ‘congratulations, you’re in’ message. The downside of this is that I lost the use of my BP-Sliding-Login-Panel which I love. so I would be very grateful for a real solution to this.

I have been working through a similar problem where WP sends an activation email and the new user replies. The user is then logged in to WP but NOT BP…. so if the user tries to login as BP says they should it will generate an error because they are already logged in!

I am having to tell newly registered users to close their browser then re-open and login.

If someone comes up with a more viable option I would be very grateful.

You can check the time stamps of the emails to get an idea of when the mailsender sent them. That might give you a better idea if it is your mailsender on the server, or something else delaying the emails.

The email delay could be your mailsender, it could be the receiver, or anything in between. Most of the time email is relatively instant, except the times when it isn’t.

” ( preferably not a plugin, Is there some code edits can achieve this)?”

It’s basically the same thing.
https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/bp-disable-activation/

And your emails not getting sent out in time is a server setting.

First, ask users to check if activation email went to spam folder. If not, wome webhosts have problem with WP mail. Some have used this plugin successfully https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wp-mail-smtp/

I have a similar issue where users sign up, get the activation email but are sent to a page asking for an activation key to be entered in an input field. One member on this site told me the key is the in the url. Sure, I realize that. But how do the users know that?

they only need to copy/paste that info if for some reason the key in that URL does not show in their address bar.

For example, this is the email that is sent:

“Thanks for registering! To complete the activation of your account please click the following link:

http://example.com/activate?key=5570d3e7b263884f2b63ed6d096571cb”

See where it says KEY? And all those letters and numbers afterwards? THat is the activation key.

“But where is the activation code that its asking me to enter…”

In the email with the link you just clicked. it’s part of the link itself.

“Clicking the link doesn’t add the activation code in the input field does it?”

Yes, yes it does.

Yes, you DID receive the activation key. it was in the link that you just clicked on. CLicking the link verifies your new account.

Can you post a link to your site?

The activation email is one email. It has the activation key in the link it sends.

Do you mean when you click the link you get, it shows “activation key not found” o your site? Because that is a different issue.

The email isn’t being received because some email places think it is spam.

I’m having the same problem. When I setup a test account then click on the activation email and try to log in it asks me for my activation key. If you do enter it from the email link you get an error. But either way you can move around the site fine.
I’m not understanding from the last post how to fix this. I’m using the Sidebar Login plugin, if anyone could tell me what to remove/change I’d appreciate it!
Or is there a way to have it auto redirect to the homepage after the activation link is clicked. That might also fix the problem?

I’ve tried to register on your site – got an email with the activation-link, but none with my login credentials. Not sure, Janrain Engage works fully with BP. Login via Twitter also does not work.