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@warrencat,

I have been hoping for a solution to this since 2017. I had to find excuses to force users to hit the save button. The issues that I’m not even importing some large user database in which this limitation becomes more problematic. I’m talking about brand new installation with new users. There is no reason that a new user should have to do this before visibility settings can be applied. It makes absolutely no sense. It’s ironic since Admins’ settings are subservient to a user’s interaction.

And I thought this was a sensitive enough issue that it would have been resolved by now. I’m surprised that more people have not made noise. Apparently it has existed since at least 2013 (https://buddypress.org/support/topic/buddypress-x-profile-visibility-doesnt-work/)!

Then another user brought this up prompting the creation of a ticket in the trac system which can be found here:https://buddypress.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/8093

This ticket does provide a patch that fixes the issue for the profile details. However, in my case, a user’s last name is supposed to be private but since the last name shows up in more places than in the profile details (i.e. title tag), you are still left with a half-baked solution. But the moment you save, it works flawlessly.

The issue is set to be fixed in version 7. Let’s pray.

Hey guys! A quick question pls!

How long would it take my buddypress community to exceed the 200gb storage capacity of the business plan for WordPress.com? And if it does which is the best host to transfer my site to.

Thanks in advance guys!

There is a deprecated plugin https://wordpress.org/plugins/buddypress-followers/

It has not been updated.

I’m also looking for similar capability. I want users to be able to follow other users (without being friends) as well as follow groups (without being group members)

Is there a new solution?

I just found the answer which works for me:
I would like to know how I can add the link on the members page to the author’s posts now.

Thanks.

/**
 * Filter all instances of the_author_posts_link() so that the "author link"
 * no longer points to the WP author archive at /author/username
 * but instead points to the BuddyPress user profile at /members/username.
 *
 * @param string $link   Calculated link to the author's archive.
 * @param int $author_id ID of the author.
 * @return string Link to the user's BP profile.
 */
add_filter( 'author_link', 'dc_bp_filter_author_link', 10, 2 );
function dc_bp_filter_author_link( $link, $author_id ) {
  return bp_core_get_user_domain( $author_id );
}

Hello.
I am also looking to link the author’s box to the BB profile page instead of the standard authors page.
I am using buddyboss and the buddyboss child theme.
I wish i was more proficient at coding, but i am not, so I need advice on how to do this please.

How would I create the function that will link to the BB profile page?

// Change Post’s Author URL to Buddypress Profile URL
add_filter(‘generate_post_author_output’,’generate_post_author_output_buddyprss_url’);

function generate_post_author_output_buddyprss_url( $post_author_profile_link ){
$post_author_profile_link = sprintf( ‘ <span class=”byline”>%1$s</span>’,
sprintf( ‘<span class=”author vcard” itemtype=”http://schema.org/Person&#8221; itemscope=”itemscope” itemprop=”author”>%1$s <span class=”author-name” itemprop=”name”>%4$s</span></span>’,
__( ‘by’,’generatepress’),
esc_url( bp_core_get_user_domain( get_the_author_meta( ‘ID’ ) ) ),
esc_attr( sprintf( __( ‘Know more about %s’, ‘generatepress’ ), get_the_author() ) ),
esc_html( get_the_author() )
)
) ;
return $post_author_profile_link;

}

And here it is another possible workaround:

Solved – BuddyPress Smtp Settings

Hi, I’m trying to get SMTP and Buddypress work together too and I find here the cause and a possible workaround. I didn’t test yet, so if you try first, please let us now if it works.

https://wordpress.org/support/topic/using-an-smtp-plugin-2/

I’m assuming you’ve tried the basic troubleshooting in https://buddypress.org/support/topic/when-asking-for-support-2/

It really depends how your database skills are, you can have a look in the YOURTABLENAME_bp_xprofile_fields table to see if these fields are duplicated there.

You could then search the YOURTABLENAME_bp_xprofile_data table to find which of these isn’t in use and delete.

You’ll want to backup everything first obviously before making any changes.