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Hi @jannetto96-

I can verify that adding a buddypress.php or community.php file to the root of the active theme directory does result in BuddyPress using that file preferentially over something more generic. Please check that the new file has been created with permissions that allow the _www user (or whatever your webserver runs as) to read the file.

Next, try it with a different theme, like TwentyNineteen or similar. It could be your theme is loading templates in a nonstandard way.

Hi @javimarcal-

It sounds like you’ll need to visit the updates page in your WP admin dashboard to download and use the language files for BuddyPress and other plugins. The updates page is at /wp-admin/update-core.php

Hi @tdurocher-

What screen are you using to change the bbPress “forum name”? (That’s unfamiliar to me.)

BuddyPress uses the user’s profile to manage names, and doesn’t generally interact with the First and Last name fields; it allows the user to manage the Display Name field. For instance, via http://bptest.local/members/admin/profile/edit/group/1/

Adding MemberPress to the mix complicates the issue somewhat, too.

Sure, you can add a filter to the bp_activity_can_comment filter point. It is designed to only allow comments on certain types of posts/objects, but there’s no reason you couldn’t take the current user into account in your filter.

You can read more about filters here:

add_filter()

The filter I’m talking about is here in the code:
https://github.com/buddypress/BuddyPress/blob/4.4.0/src/bp-activity/bp-activity-template.php#L2871

Here’s an example of a filter based on who should be able to comment:
https://github.com/buddypress/BuddyPress/commit/f968ef5198b48273a477227876fbb1d94b108755

It wouldn’t be wise to edit the wp_user table. You could store the info in the user meta table, or better yet use BuddyPress member types: https://codex.buddypress.org/developer/member-types/

Did you read this:

bp-custom.php

You’ll need to create the bp-custom.php file and then upload it to your site as explained in the article.

To upload it, use a FTP tool like Filezilla or if your hosting company provides a File Manager, use that. So ask your hosting provider how to upload files.

Due to something in your theme, you are calling xprofile_get_field_data too early.

In your pre_get_posts filter, you could try calling BP: $bp = buddypress();

Otherwise, you’ll need to talk to the theme creator.