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BuddyPress generally shows the admin bar to all users, whether logged in or not. If it’s not showing, it’s probably due to a plugin or theme issue.

I’ve just downloaded the Point theme and I don’t see anything in the theme that would cause the admin bar to be disabled.

Perhaps you’re running another plugin that disables it? If you’re able to search your codebase, look for the string show_admin_bar.

Hi @ankitjoshi11 – Check out the file buddypress/bp-friends/bp-friends-functions.php. The functions you’ll need are:

friends_add_friend( $initiator_userid, $friend_userid );

which accepts a third $force_accept parameter which makes it unnecessary for user B to manually accept. If you want to handle acceptance separately, look at

friends_accept_friendship( $friendship_id );

You can get the $friendship_id for two users with friends_get_friendship_id( $user_a, $user_b );

Good luck with your project!

You can prevent auto-links in the profile areas.

You need to create a file called bp-custom.php and then add this function to it:

function remove_xprofile_links() {
    remove_filter( 'bp_get_the_profile_field_value', 'xprofile_filter_link_profile_data', 9, 2 );
}
add_action( 'bp_init', 'remove_xprofile_links' );

These are the BuddyPress forums.
The bbPress forums are on another site.

Hi @wackao – Thanks for the post. I agree that the REST API could be a big driver for future adoption. (And I obviously agree that BuddyPress is a superior product to its competitors!) That being said, the BP team is a group of volunteers. The folks who build BP are professional and serious, but they work on projects that interest them, according to their availability. I personally would love to spend more time on the REST API, and hope to in the upcoming months, but if I can’t, it’s not an indication of lack of seriousness.

Anyway, the good news is that “the BP devs” is basically whoever decides to show up. If you have ideas for how the REST API could work – and better still, if you want to start contributing code via pull requests – you are very much encouraged to do so. More hands make for lighter work!

Yes, I can upload an avatar image without problems (but I can remember, that’s I’ve has had a problem with this and the cover-image was loaded without problems) and I don’t use anything like Amazon S3 or CDN. In <wp-uploaddir, which is set in WP-config>buddypress/members/<userid>/cover-image I can find 5a057ea758c30-bp-cover-image.png, which is the image that I want to be the cover.

Thanks for your reply!

Hi @barkins – Unfortunately, BuddyPress doesn’t yet have a full set of CRUD endpoints for BP objects. The team is working on it, and we hope to start rolling out endpoints in the near future. BP-REST is the repo to follow for that.

BP will work fine with the default WP REST API, if all you want to do is access a list of users. However, WP’s user endpoint won’t include any BP data, and you won’t be able to modify/add user data via this endpoint. That said, if your needs are fairly narrow, you can definitely write your own custom endpoint for fetching/updating BP profile data – it’s likely to be much simpler than what’d be required in BP itself, if your needs are pretty specific. Here’s some docs: https://developer.wordpress.org/rest-api/extending-the-rest-api/adding-custom-endpoints/

The easiest way to customize things like this is by creating a child theme and overriding the template – in this case, members/register.php. See https://codex.buddypress.org/themes/theme-compatibility-1-7/a-quick-look-at-1-7-theme-compatibility/#child-themes for some information on getting started with child themes.

Very odd – it appears that this too is caused by your theme, as BuddyPress itself just inherits the mobile styling of the toolbar from WordPress (and the WP toolbar looks fine, as shown by your Dashboard screenshot). Try reaching out to the theme author to see whether they’re able to identify the problem.

Create a template overload of this file: buddypress\bp-templates\bp-legacy\buddypress\members\members-loop.php

And place your code wherever you want in the overload.

bp_displayed_user_id() is incorrect in the context of the members loop.
Instead:

$user_meta = get_userdata(bp_get_member_user_id());
echo($user_meta->description);

Or instead of an overload, use this hook: do_action( 'bp_directory_members_item' );