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You could try this: https://wpmailsmtp.com/buddypress-activation-email-notifications/

After checking, I found that the endpoint did not verify user rights at all, and in fact, it did not handle the user_id mentioned in the handbook at all for creating activities.

As a patch, I asked AI to help me generate a plug-in. Anyone who needs it can directly store the following code as a PHP and upload it to the plugins:

Allow administrators to create dynamics for other users through API:

<?php
/**
 * Plugin Name: Admin API activity creates privilege
 * Description: Allows administrators to create activities on behalf of other users.
 * Version: 1.0.4
 * Author: Google Gemini Pro
 */

//Allow administrators to create activities on behalf of other users
add_filter( 'bp_rest_activity_create_item_permissions_check', function( $retval, $request ) {
    if ( current_user_can( 'manage_options' ) ) {
        $retval = true;
    }
    return $retval;
}, 10, 2 );

//Properly handle the user_id parameter when creating an activity
add_filter( 'bp_activity_before_save', function( $activity_data ) {
    //Get request body content
    $body = file_get_contents('php://input');

    //Parse JSON data
    $data = json_decode( $body, true );

    //Check whether the user_id parameter exists
    if ( isset( $data['user_id'] ) && get_userdata( $data['user_id'] ) ) {
        //Modify the user_id property of the $activity_data object
        $activity_data->user_id = $data['user_id']; 
    }

    return $activity_data;
} );

Allow administrators to obtain other users ‘XProfiles through API:

<?php
/**
 * Plugin Name: BuddyPress Admin API read XProfile privilege
 * Description: Allows administrators to read any user's XProfile data regardless of field visibility settings.
 * Version: 1.0.0
 * Author: Google Gemini Pro
 */

//Allow administrators to read all XProfile data
add_filter( 'bp_rest_xprofile_data_get_item_permissions_check', function( $retval, $request ) {
    if ( current_user_can( 'manage_options' ) ) {
        //Check whether the field exists
        $field = xprofile_get_field( $request->get_param( 'field_id' ) );
        if ( $field ) {
            //Check whether the user exists
            $user = get_userdata( $request->get_param( 'user_id' ) );
            if ( $user ) {
                $retval = true;
            } else {
                $retval = new WP_Error(
                    'bp_rest_member_invalid_id',
                    __( 'Invalid member ID.', 'buddypress' ),
                    array( 'status' => 404 )
                );
            }
        } else {
            $retval = new WP_Error(
                'bp_rest_invalid_id',
                __( 'Invalid field ID.', 'buddypress' ),
                array( 'status' => 404 )
            );
        }
    }
    return $retval;
}, 10, 2 );

I am pretty sure this is a bug, or the API handbook has not been maintained for many years. In the long run, maybe someone should fix these issues in the core program rather than using the temporary plugins I provide.

@emaralive @vapvarun thank you for the information, I can try editing and looking into other solutions when I get a chance but this one seems like a warranted challenge for the BuddyPress Programming team.

@thinlizzie it might be a waste of time at this point until the code is revised to take into account other CONSTANTS and the issue with high resolution avatars, cover photos and group profile photos getting discarded after upload. On one hand, that is nice to save server resources, but on the other hand, it’s frustrating because the images look lousy. It cheapens the look of BuddyPress to be honest.

The BuddyPress also needs more design customization options especially the social feed, it’s convenient to have it generate the “Social Feed” page automatically but that is causing me trouble. I’d love to be able to put that Social Feed as a WordPress Widget or in a shortcode to embed on any page template I want. This way, I can customize the background, add a custom title or whatever else I want. BuddyPress has a lot of Widgets available but I want the Social Feed as well with customization options.