BuddyPress.org

…can I just create those pages to satisfy BuddyPress and then just make them private?

You can. In fact, if you’re sure you’ll never need them you can perform a 301 permanent redirect to ensure they never show. For example:

function redirect_pages() {
	if ( bp_is_register_page() || bp_is_activation_page() || bp_is_members_component() ) {
		wp_redirect( home_url(), 301 );
		exit();
	}
}
add_action( 'template_redirect', 'redirect_pages' );

If for some reason you find you do in fact need the activation page, then remove || bp_is_activation_page() from the above code.

1 Year 5 Months later I see that this isn’t automatic with the BP default theme-

I don’t believe that I’m missing something.

Please can you guys at buddypress.org make this happen?

Thank you

Mark M.

bp_loggedin_user_avatar will echo the url

bp_get_loggedin_user_avatar will return the url

See buddypress\bp-members\bp-members-template.php

There is a plugin for this but you have to download it directly from the site (it is not in the wordpress plugin directory. At least it wasn’t via my searches).

BuddyPress Activity Comment Notifier

I can’t believe that activity notifications on comments is not a core functionality. I have submitted a feature request for this.

https://buddypress.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/5430#ticket

@szed

Any luck with adding the buddypress-activity-plus icons with the buddypress activity shortcode plugin?

Thanks!

Sounds like javascript is not loading properly in your admin.

BuddyPress is pretty thoroughly tested and doesn’t normally cause that kind of error. So I would have to assume BuddyPress Like is the cause. Especially if you only get the error with that plugin activated. I would ask the developer of BuddyPress Like directly.

I have used Bad Behavior. It’s ok.

I found the best solution so far has been BuddyPress Security Check.
https://wordpress.org/plugins/bp-security-check/

It knocked out the majority of spam for me, and I’ve tested many spam plugins. You’ll still get some spammers, but hopefully less.

Most spammers leave links in forums. BuddyPress could really use a method to block new users who post links pending approval.

This plugin puts users in moderation on signup:
https://wordpress.org/plugins/bp-registration-options/

But that still requires you to manually activate everyone…

Not sure why that doesn’t work. You might want to download this plugin (which supposedly works with BuddyPress) and investigate their code to see how they’re doing it.

https://wordpress.org/plugins/embedly/

There actually is a plugin that accomplishes this (the initial request) to some extent. See:
https://wordpress.org/plugins/buddypress-user-account-type-lite/

This would be a really great core feature. It would allow you to have member types with different profile data collected based on the first condition.

Some examples:

• teacher/student
• employer/applicant
• man/woman
• manager/employee
• etc.

Right, and to anyone else reading this, you also have to install bbPress first and make sure to adjust your forum settings to allow BuddyPress groups to have forums.

A membership plugin is generally used to determine user roles and capabilities (and to charge users for access). All WordPress users should be automatically also BuddyPress users. One hiccup is if they have not ever logged in they may not display on the front end in the main BuddyPress members directory. I believe it only shows users if they have some activity, such as a login or register. If they predate BuddyPress activation they MAY need to do something before they appear in the Members directory, but rest assured they do have BuddyPress profiles that they can access with their existing WordPress login credentials.

@joshwinkles With BuddyPress installed, try going to yoursite.com/members/username whilst logged in as a WP user. If you can edit your profile, change your avatar etc then it works!