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One question. I’m trying to remove some menu items, but it only works if I add 2 different codes to functions.php and bp-custom.php.

This one goes to functions.php

function exclude_tab_if_not_personal_profile() {
    if ( ! bp_is_my_profile() ) {
        bp_core_remove_nav_item( 'friends' );
    }
}
add_action( 'bp_init', 'exclude_tab_if_not_personal_profile' );

And this one to bp-custom.php

function bp_remove_nav_item() {
    global $bp;
    bp_core_remove_subnav_item( $bp->profile->friends, 'change-avatar' );
}
add_action( 'wp', 'bp_remove_nav_item' );

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
It works… but

1. The “friends” tabs appears in the profile (top navbar), and I just need it to appear in the profile menu (sidebar).

2. Adding this piece of code for removing MORE items do nothing.
The combination I used for bp-custom.php.

function bp_remove_nav_item() {
    global $bp;
    bp_core_remove_subnav_item( $bp->profile->friends, 'change-avatar' );
    bp_core_remove_subnav_item( $bp->profile->forums, 'change-avatar' );
    bp_core_remove_subnav_item( $bp->profile->media, 'change-avatar' );
}
add_action( 'wp', 'bp_remove_nav_item' );

and for functions.php

function exclude_tab_if_not_personal_profile() {
    if ( ! bp_is_my_profile() ) {
        bp_core_remove_nav_item( 'friends' );
        bp_core_remove_nav_item( 'forums' );
        bp_core_remove_nav_item( 'media' );
    }
}
add_action( 'bp_init', 'exclude_tab_if_not_personal_profile' );

Thanks, I would really appreciate any help, as apparently none of solutions found on this forum worked for me.

This one is not that straight-forward there is a filter you can use as follows:

function bpex_role_disable_avatar_uploads( $default ) {
	
	$user = wp_get_current_user();
	$user_roles_array = $user->roles ? $user->roles : array();
	
		foreach ( $user_roles_array as $key => $role ) {
			if ( $role == 'subscriber' ) {
				$default = true;
			}
		}
		
		return $default;
	
}

add_filter( 'bp_disable_avatar_uploads', 'bpex_role_disable_avatar_uploads' );

However this causes BuddyPress to simply show the user that they can upload their profile image via gravatar, and I’m afraid you can’t switch this off.

So the alternative is to remove the Change Photo tab and admin-bar menu item:

add_action( 'bp_setup_nav', 'bpex_remove_change_profile_photo_tab', 50 );
add_action( 'bp_setup_admin_bar', 'bpex_admin_bar_remove_change_profile_photo', 50 );

function bpex_remove_change_profile_photo_tab() {
	
	if ( ! bp_is_user_profile() && ! bp_is_user_activity() && ! bp_is_user() && bp_displayed_user_id() != wp_get_current_user() ) {
		return;
	}
	
	$user = wp_get_current_user();
	$user_roles_array = $user->roles ? $user->roles : array();
	
	foreach ( $user_roles_array as $key => $role ) {
		if ( $role == 'subscriber' ) {
			bp_core_remove_subnav_item( 'profile', 'change-avatar' );
		}
	}

}

function bpex_admin_bar_remove_change_profile_photo() {
	
	global $wp_admin_bar, $bp;

	if ( ! bp_use_wp_admin_bar() || defined( 'DOING_AJAX' ) ) {
		return false;
	}

	$user_id = get_current_user_id();
	
	if ( ! $user_id || $user_id == 0 || ! is_numeric( $user_id ) ) {
		return;
	}
	
	$user = wp_get_current_user();
	$user_roles_array = $user->roles ? $user->roles : array();
	
	foreach ( $user_roles_array as $key => $role ) {
		if ( $role == 'subscriber' ) {
			$wp_admin_bar->remove_menu( 'my-account-xprofile-change-avatar', 'my-account-xprrofile' );
		}
	}

}

You’d need to put this in your child themes functions.php or a bp-custom.php file in the plugins directory.

Hi there,

My suggestion is that you add a new menu item “All” and create a new set of queries for the page then make that page the default landing page for the profile activity page. Here’s my code to do this:

function bpex_set_member_default_nav() {
 
		if ( ! bp_is_user_profile() && ! bp_is_user_activity() && ! bp_is_user() ) {
		    return;
	         }

                bp_core_new_nav_default(
		array(
			'parent_slug'       => buddypress()->activity->id,
		// other "activity" sub_nav slugs : personal favorites friends groups mentons
			'subnav_slug'       => 'all-activity',
			'screen_function'   => 'bp_activity_screen_all_activity'
		)
	);
}
add_action( 'bp_setup_nav', 'bpex_set_member_default_nav', 20 );

add_action( 'bp_setup_nav', 'bpex_just_me_tab', 50 );
add_action( 'bp_setup_admin_bar', 'bpex_admin_bar_add', 50 );

function bpex_just_me_tab() {
	
	if ( ! bp_is_user_profile() && ! bp_is_user_activity() && ! bp_is_user() ) {
		return;
	}
	
	global $bp;
	$user_id = bp_displayed_user_id();
	
		bp_core_new_subnav_item( array(
			'name'            => _x( 'All', 'Profile activity screen sub nav', 'buddypress' ),
			'slug'            => 'all-activity',
			'parent_url'      => bp_core_get_user_domain( $user_id ) . 'activity/',
			'parent_slug'     => 'activity',
			'screen_function' => 'bp_activity_screen_all_activity',
			'position'        => 10
		) );

}

function bpex_admin_bar_add() {
	
	global $wp_admin_bar, $bp;

	if ( ! bp_use_wp_admin_bar() || defined( 'DOING_AJAX' ) ) {
		return false;
	}

	$user_id = get_current_user_id();
	
	if ( ! $user_id || $user_id == 0 || ! is_numeric( $user_id ) ) {
		return;
	}
	
	// Personal.
	//$wp_admin_bar->remove_menu( 'my-account-activity-personal', 'my-account-activity' );

	$wp_admin_bar->add_menu( array(
		'parent'   => 'my-account-activity',
		'id'       => 'my-account-activity-all-activity',
		'title'    => 'All',
		'href'     => bp_core_get_user_domain( $user_id ) . 'activity/all-activity/',
		'position' => 10
	) );
}
function bp_activity_screen_all_activity() {

	do_action( 'bp_activity_screen_all_activity' );

	bp_core_load_template( apply_filters( 'bp_activity_template_all_activity', 'members/single/home' ) );
}

function bp_activity_filter_all_activity_scope( $retval = array(), $filter = array() ) {

	// Determine the user_id.
	if ( ! empty( $filter['user_id'] ) ) {
		$user_id = $filter['user_id'];
	} else {
		$user_id = bp_displayed_user_id()
			? bp_displayed_user_id()
			: bp_loggedin_user_id();
	}

	// Should we show all items regardless of sitewide visibility?
	$show_hidden = array();
	if ( ! empty( $user_id ) && $user_id !== bp_loggedin_user_id() ) {
		$show_hidden = array(
			'column' => 'hide_sitewide',
			'value'  => 0
		);
	}

	// Determine groups of user.
	$groups = groups_get_user_groups( $user_id );
	if ( empty( $groups['groups'] ) ) {
		$groups = array( 'groups' => 0 );
	}

	// Determine the favorites.
	$favs = bp_activity_get_user_favorites( $user_id );
	if ( empty( $favs ) ) {
		$favs = array( 0 );
	}

	// Determine friends of user.
	$friends = friends_get_friend_user_ids( $user_id );
	if ( empty( $friends ) ) {
		$friends = array( 0 );
	}

	$retval = array(
		'relation' => 'OR',
		array(
			'relation' => 'AND',
			array(
				'column'  => 'user_id',
				'compare' => 'IN',
				'value'   => (array) $friends
			)
		),
		array(
			'relation' => 'AND',
			array(
				'column' => 'component',
				'value'  => buddypress()->groups->id
			),
			array(
				'column'  => 'item_id',
				'compare' => 'IN',
				'value'   => (array) $groups['groups']
			)
		),
		array(
			'relation' => 'AND',
			array(
				'column' => 'user_id',
				'value'  => $user_id
			)
		),
		array(
			'relation' => 'AND',
			array(
				'column'  => 'id',
				'compare' => 'IN',
				'value'   => (array) $favs
			)
		),
		array(
			'relation' => 'AND',
			array(
				'column'  => 'content',
				'compare' => 'LIKE',

				// Start search at @ symbol and stop search at closing tag delimiter.
				'value'   => '@' . bp_activity_get_user_mentionname( $user_id ) . '<'
			)
		),
		// We should only be able to view sitewide activity content for friends.
		array(
			'column' => 'hide_sitewide',
			'value'  => 0
		),

		// Overrides.
		'override' => array(
			'filter'      => array( 'user_id' => 0 ),
			'show_hidden' => true
		),
	);
	

	return $retval;
}
add_filter( 'bp_activity_set_all-activity_scope_args', 'bp_activity_filter_all_activity_scope', 10, 2 );

Once you have done that you would also want to overload the buddypress/bp-templates/your-template/members/single/activity.php to make sure this new page contains the post update form:

Change:

if ( is_user_logged_in() && bp_is_my_profile() && ( !bp_current_action() || bp_is_current_action( 'just-me' ) ) )
	bp_get_template_part( 'activity/post-form' );

To:

if ( is_user_logged_in() && bp_is_my_profile() && ( !bp_current_action() || bp_is_current_action( 'all-activity' ) ) )
	bp_get_template_part( 'activity/post-form' );

Note: with this method there is a danger of duplicating activity since a friend posting to a group would show up in the groups search as well as the friends search etc. so you may want to adjust the $retval criteria.

Also you might want to add a post form for visiting users so they can leave a comment for the user, you could ad this:

function bpex_load_mention_me() {
	
	if ( get_current_user_id() != bp_displayed_user_id() ) {
		$_GET['r'] = bp_activity_get_user_mentionname( bp_displayed_user_id() );
		bp_get_template_part( 'activity/post-form' );
	}

}

add_action( 'bp_before_member_body', 'bpex_load_mention_me' );

Hey, it looks like I gave up just a tad early. I think I’ve got it working now:

function bpex_set_member_default_nav() {
 
    	if ( ! bp_is_user_profile() && ! bp_is_user_activity() && ! bp_is_user() ) {
		return;
	}
        
        if ( bp_displayed_user_id() == get_current_user_id() ) {
        
        bp_core_new_nav_default(
            array(
                'parent_slug'       => buddypress()->activity->id,
	        // other "activity" sub_nav slugs : personal favorites friends groups mentons
                'subnav_slug'       => 'friends',
                'screen_function'   => 'bp_activity_screen_friends'
            )
        );
    }
}
add_action( 'bp_setup_nav', 'bpex_set_member_default_nav', 20 );

add_action( 'bp_setup_nav', 'bpex_just_me_tab', 50 );
add_action( 'bp_setup_admin_bar', 'bpex_admin_bar_add', 50 );

function bpex_just_me_tab() {
	
	if ( ! bp_is_user_profile() && ! bp_is_user_activity() && ! bp_is_user() ) {
		return;
	}
	
	global $bp;
	$is_own_view = false;
	$user_id = bp_displayed_user_id();
	
	if ( get_current_user_id() == $user_id ) $is_own_view = true;
	

	if ( $is_own_view ) {

		bp_core_remove_subnav_item( 'activity', 'just_me');

		bp_core_new_subnav_item( array(
			'name'            => _x( 'Personal', 'Profile activity screen sub nav', 'buddypress' ),
			'slug'            => 'just-me',
			'parent_url'      => bp_core_get_user_domain( $user_id ) . 'activity/',
			'parent_slug'     => 'activity',
			'screen_function' => 'bp_activity_screen_my_activity',
			'position'        => 10
		) );
	}

}

function bpex_admin_bar_add() {
	
	global $wp_admin_bar, $bp;

	if ( ! bp_use_wp_admin_bar() || defined( 'DOING_AJAX' ) ) {
		return false;
	}

	$user_id = get_current_user_id();
	
	if ( ! $user_id || $user_id == 0 || ! is_numeric( $user_id ) ) {
		return;
	}
	
	// Personal.
	$wp_admin_bar->remove_menu( 'my-account-activity-personal', 'my-account-activity' );

	$wp_admin_bar->add_menu( array(
		'parent'   => 'my-account-activity',
		'id'       => 'my-account-activity-personal',
		'title'    => 'Personal',
		'href'     => bp_core_get_user_domain( $user_id ) . 'activity/180/',
		'position' => 10
	) );
}

Give it a try

Here’s how to remove forums from all users profile tabs and toolbar menu, this code would need to go in your child-themes functions.php:

function venutius_remove_forums_on_usermenu() {
global $wp_admin_bar;

	if ( bp_use_wp_admin_bar() ) {
		$wp_admin_bar->remove_node( 'my-account-forums' );
	}

}
add_action( 'wp_before_admin_bar_render', 'venutius_remove_forums_on_usermenu' );

function venutius_remove_profile_forums_tab() {

	bp_core_remove_nav_item( 'forums' );

}
add_action( 'bp_actions', 'venutius_remove_profile_forums_tab' );

I think you should be able to do something like this:

function bpex_remove_email_item_on_usermenu() {
global $wp_admin_bar;

	if ( bp_use_wp_admin_bar() ) {
		$wp_admin_bar->remove_node( 'my-account-settings-notifications' );
	}

}
add_action( 'wp_before_admin_bar_render', 'bpex_remove_email_item_on_usermenu' );

function bpex_remove_profile_settings_email_tab() {

	if( bp_is_active( 'xprofile' ) ) :	

		bp_core_remove_subnav_item( 'settings', 'notifications' );

	endif;

}
add_action( 'bp_actions', 'bpex_remove_profile_settings_email_tab' );

Hi. I made a minor change in the code @danbp suggests (basically the $args[‘subnav_slug’] and now I believe it works as expected.
So I guess it’s not a BuddyPress bug.

Please, try the following

function bpex_change_profile_settings_default_tab() {

	if( bp_is_active( 'xprofile' ) ) :

	$access        = bp_core_can_edit_settings();
	$slug          = bp_get_settings_slug();

	$args = array(
		'parent_slug'     => $slug,
		'subnav_slug'	  => 'notifications',
		'screen_function' => 'bp_settings_screen_notification',
		'user_has_access' => $access
		);
 
	bp_core_new_nav_default( $args );

	endif;

}
add_action( 'bp_actions', 'bpex_change_profile_settings_default_tab' );

function bpex_remove_general_item_on_usermenu() {
global $wp_admin_bar;

	if ( bp_use_wp_admin_bar() ) {
		$wp_admin_bar->remove_node( 'my-account-settings-general' );
	}

}
add_action( 'wp_before_admin_bar_render', 'bpex_remove_general_item_on_usermenu' );

function bpex_remove_profile_settings_general_tab() {

	if( bp_is_active( 'xprofile' ) ) :	

		bp_core_remove_subnav_item( 'settings', 'general' );

	endif;

}
add_action( 'bp_actions', 'bpex_remove_profile_settings_general_tab' );

Starting point is https://codex.buddypress.org/developer/function-examples/core/bp_core_new_nav_item/

But adding a full function looks like:

/**
 * adds the profile user nav link
 */
add_action( 'bp_setup_nav', 'add_calendar_2_bp_nav_item' );
function add_calendar_2_bp_nav_item() {
	global $bp;

	$args = array(
		'name' => __( 'Calendar', 'buddypress' ),
		'slug' => 'my-calendar',
		'default_subnav_slug' => 'my-calendar',
		'position' => 80,
		'screen_function' => 'bp_nav_tab_stuff',
		'item_css_id' => 'my-calendar',
	);

	bp_core_new_nav_item( $args );
}

But to do anything with the above, you’ll need to add stuff to display:

/**
 * Creates the screen function content
 */
function bp_nav_tab_stuff() {
	add_action( 'bp_template_title',  'bp_nav_tab_screen_title' );
	add_action( 'bp_template_content',  'bp_nav_tab_screen_content' );
	bp_core_load_template( apply_filters( 'bp_core_template_plugin',  'members/single/plugins' ) );
}

function bp_nav_tab_screen_title() {
	echo '<h3>My Calendar Title</h3>';
}

function bp_nav_tab_screen_content() {
	echo '<p>You can choose to embed an iframe from Google Calendar and then the source will be the ID of the calendar you want to embed. You can find this under Settings > Calendar Address > Calendar ID.</p>';
	echo '<p><iframe src="https://calendar.google.com/calendar/embed?src=barthmaier.com_sd2o58ua3efj7ne1m8o3p8n91g@group.calendar.google.com&ctz=America/New_York" style="border: 0" width="800" height="600" frameborder="0" scrolling="no"></iframe></p>';
	echo '<p>Of course, the above is just one way to add a calendar.</p>';
}

@masoud1111,

You’re talking about 2 different things: profile and groups. Let me explain you a little…

On the buddy nav bar, navigation looks similar but doesn’t work the same way on profile and on group page. While profile navigation use nav and sub-nav, the group navigation use only sub-nav.

Also, as documented on codex, define('BP_DEFAULT_COMPONENT', '...' ); is a constant related to a component, not a sub-nav tab. It let you define the default landing component, but not the one or other sub-nav tab. For example on profiles, the component Activity has 4 sub-nav attached to it: personnal, mentions, favorites, friends, groups

To get one of them, you need to specify a new default tab, not another component. 🙂

Buddybar main nav items on profile page
Activity Profile Friends Groups Forums (if you use group forums)

Default tab is Activity/personnal. To change it for “Friends” you use the constant:
define('BP_DEFAULT_COMPONENT', 'friends' );

To change the default landing tab from (Component/sub-tab). For example Activity/personnal to Activity/mentions, you define a new nav default tab with a function like this one:

function bpex_set_member_default_nav() {
 
    bp_core_new_nav_default (
        array(
            'parent_slug'       => buddypress()->activity->id,
	   // other "activity" sub_nav slugs : personal favorites friends groups
            'subnav_slug'       => 'mentions',
            'screen_function'   => 'bp_activity_screen_mentions'
        )
    );
}
add_action( 'bp_setup_nav', 'bpex_set_member_default_nav', 20 );

For groups, it’s a similar technique, but a different syntax. The following example is a bit sophisticated, as it let you change the landing tab differently for each defined group.
Depending each group activity or target, you can choose a different default tab.
In this example, the kill bill group has Forum as landing tab, while Leon’s group use the group member directory.

function bpex_custom_group_default_tab( $default_tab ){
	/**
	 * class_exists() is recommanded to avoid problems during updates 
	 * or when Groups Component is deactivated
	 */
	if ( class_exists( 'BP_Group_Extension' ) ) : 
	
	$group = groups_get_current_group();//get the current group
	
	if( empty( $group ) ) {
	 return $default_tab;
	}
		switch($group->slug){
			
			case 'kill-bill': // group name (use slug format)
			$default_tab='forum';
			break;
			
			case 'leon':
			$default_tab='members';
			break;
			
			default:		
			$default_tab='home';// the default landing tab
			break;
			
		}
	
	return $default_tab;
	
	endif; // end if ( class_exists( 'BP_Group_Extension' ) )
}
add_filter('bp_groups_default_extension','bpex_custom_group_default_tab');

All this tested and working with BP 2.7.2 / Twenty Sixteen

Hi @sherissa_r,

General is the default landing tab for profile settings.
To remove it, you use these functions:
to remove the item -> bp_core_remove_subnav_item()
to define a new one -> bp_core_new_nav_default()

You may also want to remove General from usermenu if you use WP’s toolbar, in which case you need -> $wp_admin_bar->remove_node()

Note that General is also the default sub-nav template for all other Settings (Emails & Profile visibility). When you remove the item, you remove also the template. That’s why you need to define a new landing tab.
Note also that once General is removed, you will only see the other settings buttons, but no the content of the new defined tab. It will only appear once you clicked on the button.

Here the snippets you could test (add them to bp-custom)

function bpex_change_profile_settings_default_tab() {

	if( bp_is_active( 'xprofile' ) ) :

	$access        = bp_core_can_edit_settings();
	$slug          = bp_get_settings_slug();

	$args = array(
		'parent_slug'     => $slug,
		'subnav_slug'	  => $slug . '/notifications/',
		'screen_function' => 'bp_settings_screen_notification',
		'user_has_access' => $access
		);
 
	bp_core_new_nav_default( $args );

	endif;

}
add_action( 'bp_actions', 'bpex_change_profile_settings_default_tab' );

function bpex_remove_general_item_on_usermenu() {
global $wp_admin_bar;

	if ( bp_use_wp_admin_bar() ) {
		$wp_admin_bar->remove_node( 'my-account-settings-general' );
	}

}
add_action( 'wp_before_admin_bar_render', 'bpex_remove_general_item_on_usermenu' );

function bpex_remove_profile_settings_general_tab() {

	if( bp_is_active( 'xprofile' ) ) :	

		bp_core_remove_subnav_item( 'settings', 'general' );

	endif;

}
add_action( 'bp_actions', 'bpex_remove_profile_settings_general_tab' );

Hi @rezbiz,

in brief, you want to add some status dependent custom link to the BuddyBar.

I’ll ignore Kleo (premium theme) and Visual Composer (third party plugin).

Following examples let you add an external link to a non BP page on almost any menus (except BP usermenu).

How it works ?
– create a test page and call it Book.
– the page slug must be /book/
– the link (tab/button) will be displayed to logged-in users only.

I made also a snippet which add such a link to the WordPress Main Menu. This menu is the one you see in WP’s menu customizer by default. Depending the theme you use, you have always a main menu and X others. This can vary and it’s to you to find how it can/should work eventually. See theme documentation and WP Codex if you get in trouble with it.
Note that it should work with all Twenty themes at least.

Add the snippets to bp-custom.php and see the result. After that, read through the code and modify the page name/ID and slug to your need. Leave anything else untouched.

// add Custom tab on site wide activity and members directory pages
function tab_custom_link_to_page() {

	if ( bp_is_activity_component() || bp_is_page( BP_MEMBERS_SLUG ) ) {

		if ( !is_user_logged_in() )
			return false;

		// link to what you want
		$link = bp_get_root_domain() . '/book';

		echo'<li><a href="'. $link .'">My Book</a></li>'; 
	}
  
}
add_action( 'bp_activity_type_tabs', 'tab_custom_link_to_page' ); // site wide activity page
add_action( 'bp_members_directory_member_types', 'tab_custom_link_to_page' ); // members directory page

// add Custom tab on Profile Nav
function add_profiles_link_to_page(){

	if ( bp_is_profile_component() || bp_is_user() ) {

	if ( !is_user_logged_in() )
		return false;

	$link = bp_get_root_domain() . '/book/';

	?>
		<li><a href="<?php echo $link; ?>"><?php printf( 'My Book' ); ?></a></li>
	<?php  
	}
}
add_action( 'bp_member_options_nav', 'add_profiles_link_to_page' );

// add Custom tab on Groups Nav
function add_groups_link_to_page(){

if( bp_is_active( 'groups' ) ) {

	if ( !is_user_logged_in() )
		return false;

	$link = bp_get_root_domain() . '/';

	bp_core_new_subnav_item( array(
		'name'			=> 'My Book',
		'slug'			=> 'book',
		'parent_slug'		=> bp_get_current_group_slug(),
		'parent_url'		=> $link,
		'screen_function'	=> true, 
		'position'		=> 40 ) );
	}
}
add_action( 'bp_setup_nav', 'add_groups_link_to_page' );

// add Custom tab on Groups Directory
function add_groups_directory_link_to_page() {

	if( bp_is_active( 'groups' ) ) {

	if ( !is_user_logged_in() )
		return false;
 
    if ( bp_is_current_action( 'custom' ) ) 
        return;
 
	$link = bp_get_root_domain() . '/book';

    $button_args = array(
        'id'         => 'my-books',
        'component'  => 'groups',
        'link_text'  => 'My Book',
        'link_title' => 'My Book',
        'link_class' => 'my-books no-ajax',
        'link_href'  => $link,
        'wrapper'    => false,
        'block_self' => false,
    );  
   
    ?>
		<li><?php echo bp_get_button( apply_filters( 'bp_get_group_custom_button', $button_args ) ); ?></a></li>
    <?php
	}	
}
add_action( 'bp_groups_directory_group_filter', 'add_groups_directory_link_to_page' );

// add Custom tab on WP Main Menu ( after Home, About, etc )
function main_menu_custom_link_to_page( $menu ) { 
     
	if ( !is_user_logged_in() )
			return $menu;
	else
 	// link to what you want
	$link = bp_get_root_domain() . '/book';

	$grouplink = '<li><a href="'. $link . '">My Book</a></li>';

	$menu = $menu . $grouplink;
	return $menu;
}
add_filter( 'wp_nav_menu_items', 'main_menu_custom_link_to_page' );

Yes, it looks complicated, but it isn’t. Simply it’s not homogeneous ! 🙂

@fearthemoose, @rezbiz,

Here “the best guarded secret” finally revealed !
But it’s not a secret, is part of Codex and a multi handled topic subject on this forum.

What we want to do: remove access possibility.
Where: on BuddyBar navigation menu (the one below the profile header).
Specifics: make the activity and forum tabs only visible to the logged in user.

NOTE: The activity tab is shown by default when you visit a profile.

As we are going to hide/remove this tab to visitors, we need to define as first another default tab. If we won’t do that, the visitor will get a Page not found error. Which is not exactly the case here, the page exist but the visitor can’t access it.

Let’s define arbitrary Profile as the new default tab. You can of course define what ever other existing tab on your BuddyBar as default.

Add this line to bp-custom.php
define( 'BP_DEFAULT_COMPONENT','profile' );

Now the mega “open secret” !

The folowing snippet contains almost any BP menu items you can have on a BuddyBar, and includes also the Forum item, in case you use bbPress.
You can remove or comment out those you don’t want to use.
Note also that it is only an example – you have to play with it to fit your need. But at least you have the right syntax to use.
Note also that some profile menu items are user only, such as message or notice. In other words, these are always private.

This function goes preferably to bp-custom.php

function bpfr_hide_tabs() {
global $bp;
	 /**
	 * class_exists() & bp_is_active are recommanded to avoid problems during updates 
	 * or when Component is deactivated
	 */

	if( class_exists( 'bbPress' ) || bp_is_active ( 'groups' ) ) :
        
        /** here we fix the conditions. 
        * Are we on a profile page ? | is user site admin ? | is user logged in ?
        */
	if ( bp_is_user() && !is_super_admin() && !is_user_logged_in() ) {

        /* and here we remove our stuff ! */
		bp_core_remove_nav_item( 'activity' );
		bp_core_remove_nav_item( 'friends' );
		bp_core_remove_nav_item( 'groups' );
		bp_core_remove_nav_item( 'forums' );
	}
	endif;
}
add_action( 'bp_setup_nav', 'bpfr_hide_tabs', 15 );

Some other hints for privacy
if you want to allow only the profile owner to view some tabs, replace
!is_user_logged_in by !bp_is_my_profile() – this scenario doesn’t need a check for logged in users as it is made by bp_is_my_profile.

If you want only to make a profile private, read here.

If you want to remove a sub-nav item (ie. View on Profile), you use something like:
bp_core_remove_subnav_item( 'profile', 'view' );

Many other possibilities for navigation are also available, including for groups. Several examples are given on Codex, here.

And if not enough, RTFM and search the forum ! 🙂

Have fun !

Hi,

bp’s Usermenu is added to wp_admin_menu on the Toolbar, under Howdy. This BP menu ID is “my-account”.

When you’re on a profile page, you see also these items in the Buddymenu, below the profile header cover.

Some working examples here:
Remove an item from Usermenu

Remove an item from Buddymenu

Since 2.6, BuddyPress use a navigation API. See here for many use case.

Read also WP codex about admin bar menus.

Where to put BuddyPress custom code ?
Usually into bp-custom.php. This file is to BP code what a child theme is to a theme: a safe place with high priority where nothing get to loose when an update occurs !

Child’s functions.php should be reserved to whatever you need for the theme itself.
That said, it can happen(rarely) that some custom code won’t work from within bp-custom. In this case, feel free to remove it from bp-custom and give it a try inside child’s functions.php.

As novice, you’re invited to read BP and WP codex if you want to customize.

hi @fencer04,

thank for sharing your work. Well done, but it needs some revision (sorry).
At his activation on 2 test sites (one with 4.5.3/bp 2.6.1, other 4.6/bp2.6.2) i got a notice.
Array to string conversion in buddypress/bp-core/classes/class-bp-core-nav.php on line 279from

sbpp04_privacy_check( )	..\plugin.php:525
sbpp04_privacy_redirect( )	..\buddypress-profile-privacy.php:176
bp_core_remove_nav_item( )	..\buddypress-profile-privacy.php:184
BP_Core_Nav->delete_nav( )	..\bp-core-buddybar.php:798

Another point concerning UI/UX is the Private button appearing on buddybar.
On this tab, a default message says Friends Only.
USERNAME has chosen to limit profile access to friends only.
That’s wrong! Because this appear on each profile, even if the owner hasn’t setup anything about his profile privacy.

So far i understand its fonctionality, this plugin let each member decide to show or not his whole profile page to friends or members only or to everyone (bp default).

– imo this tab should show “This profile is private” to anybody who is concerned by a privacy setting and should not appear at all if “Everyone” is set.
– the original BP Add as friend button on profile header or members directory is still there. This means that there is no need to go on Private tab to ask forfriendship.
This is a little confusing !

If the plugin is to extend profile settings, it should appear in profile settings only. And as it doesn’t superseed BP, there is no real reason to give him an extra tab on buddybar outside of the settings scope. A template notice could be enough to tell visitors what’s going on on such a profile.

Just my 2 cents.