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Hi Tom-

I’d guess that you (or the previous site admin) edited the Display Name field to be called “Name.” You can check by visiting this screen on your installation: /wp-admin/users.php?page=bp-profile-setup

“Display Name” is usually the first profile field created, so if you inspect the input, and it has the name=field_1, then you can guess that your “Name” field is the “Display Name” field I’m talking about, just renamed, similar to how you renamed the “Base profile.” It sounds like when you’re talking about “Forum Name” you’re talking about BP’s Base Profile > Display Name, but with your own naming convention.

I also was wrong about the synchronization between Display Name and First and Last name. If I update the Display Field to be “Too Slim”, the WP First Name will become “Too” and the WP Last Name will become “Slim,” assuming that “Enable BuddyPress to WordPress profile syncing” (s you said). The WordPress “Display Name” field will become “Too Slim.” The WP “Display Name” is also looks like what is used by bbPress in its loops.

So, if you want your users to be able to change the name used by the bbPress forums, you’ll need to have “Enable BuddyPress to WordPress profile syncing” checked. Then, the WP “Display Name” field is updated when the BP “Display Name” field is checked. If you want to leave WP’s First and Last Name fields to not be synced after sign-up, the following code could be added to your bp-custom.php file or wherever you keep your customization code:

// Remove BP's action because it syncs nickname, display_name, first_name and last_name.
remove_action( 'xprofile_data_after_save', 'xprofile_sync_wp_profile_on_single_field_set' );
function my_custom_xprofile_sync_wp_display_name_only_on_single_field_set( $user_id = 0 ) {
	// Bail if profile syncing is disabled.
	if ( bp_disable_profile_sync() ) {
		return true;
	}

	if ( empty( $user_id ) ) {
		$user_id = bp_loggedin_user_id();
	}

	if ( empty( $user_id ) ) {
		return false;
	}

	$fullname = xprofile_get_field_data( bp_xprofile_fullname_field_id(), $user_id );

	bp_update_user_meta( $user_id, 'nickname',   $fullname  );

	wp_update_user( array( 'ID' => $user_id, 'display_name' => $fullname ) );
}
add_action( 'xprofile_data_after_save', 'my_custom_xprofile_sync_wp_display_name_only_on_single_field_set' );

It’s a modified version of this function, leaving the first and last name logic out: https://github.com/buddypress/BuddyPress/blob/5.0.0/src/bp-xprofile/bp-xprofile-functions.php#L803

Hi Slava

What an awesome function! Just what I was looking for 🙂

It still works on my BuddyPress setup, but I just wanna know if you have made the function even more elegant or if you have solved the issue in another way.

Thanks
Torben

Well Laurent nice catch!

I think it’s a bug we introduced in version 2.5. I will investigate more asap. You can follow our progress from this ticket:
https://buddypress.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/8138

Hi !

I would try to deactivate BuddyPress from the Administration if you can still access to it. Otherwise using your FTP access I would remove the buddypress folder that should be into the /wp-content/plugins directory of your site. I would then go within the admin to switch to a “TwentySomething” WordPress theme, download a fresh version of BuddyPress, reactivate it. See what happens. If it’s fixing the issue, then ask for help to the author of your theme. Otherwise, eventually redo previous steps to remove/re-download BuddyPress. Before reactivating BuddyPress, deactivate all other plugins. See what happens. If it’s fixing the issue reactivate the other plugins one by one until the bug is back. Once it’s back ask for help to the author of the plugin. Otherwise, try to find the error_log file with your host to see the potential error message.

I also advise you to read the Basic Trouble Shooting part of this forum topic:
https://buddypress.org/support/topic/when-asking-for-support-2/ (especially if you use bp-custom.php or the wp-content/mu-plugins/ folder.

FYI 4.4.0 just like 4.0.0 requires at least WordPress 4.6, 5.0.0 requires at least WordPress 4.7

Hi @kevinbrands

I suggest you to read this page of the documentation:

Post Types Activities

Hi!

1. Instead of using global $bp I advise you to use $bp = buddypress()
2. Instead of using $bp->loggedin_user->id I advise you to use bp_loggedin_user_id()
3. You don’t need to extract you can directly use the array
4. I advise you to use the activity component because it’s unsure $bp->example->id isset
5. Make sure to set some content for your test

Hope it will help.

Thank you to everyone who contributed to 5.0.0!

(I’ve updated WordPress.org and BuddyPress.org to this latest version.)

Guys, developers, do something with this problem, PLEASE! After the last update, all emails related to buddypress were no longer sent. I tried all the options, including github and return to previous versions, nothing helps (((
Test mail and mail from other plugins, including wp_mail, works like a clock

Hi Greg,

BuddyPress 5.0.0 will be released very soon.

Hi I confirm BuddyPress is still under active development. Next major version will be released shortly.