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@destac There are different ways to implement the new feature. For the screenshot, I did it in 4 simple steps.

Note that you might need to adjust how the widgets are registered, named, or styled based on your theme.

1. Registered three new widget areas in the child/theme’s functions.php file.

<?php // Only add this line if you are adding this to an empty functions.php file
/**
 * Register three widget areas for Members front page.
 *
 * @since My Child Theme 2.6.0
 */
function my_child_theme_widgets_init() {
	register_sidebar( array(
		'name'          => __( 'bp-members-1st', 'my-child-theme' ),
		'id'            => 'bp-members-1st',
		'description'   => __( 'Appears on each member\'s front page.', 'my-child-theme' ),
		'before_widget' => '<aside id="%1$s" class="widget %2$s">',
		'after_widget'  => '</aside>',
		'before_title'  => '<h2 class="widget-title">',
		'after_title'   => '</h2>',
	) );

	register_sidebar( array(
		'name'          => __( 'bp-members-2nd', 'my-child-theme' ),
		'id'            => 'bp-members-2nd',
		'description'   => __( 'Appears on each member\'s front page.', 'my-child-theme' ),
		'before_widget' => '<aside id="%1$s" class="widget %2$s">',
		'after_widget'  => '</aside>',
		'before_title'  => '<h2 class="widget-title">',
		'after_title'   => '</h2>',
	) );

	register_sidebar( array(
		'name'          => __( 'bp-members-3rd', 'my-child-theme' ),
		'id'            => 'bp-members-3rd',
		'description'   => __( 'Appears on each member\'s front page.', 'my-child-theme' ),
		'before_widget' => '<aside id="%1$s" class="widget %2$s">',
		'after_widget'  => '</aside>',
		'before_title'  => '<h2 class="widget-title">',
		'after_title'   => '</h2>',
	) );
}
add_action( 'widgets_init', 'my_child_theme_widgets_init' );

Adjust items registered in child theme based on how your theme is setting up the widget areas.

2. Created a new file front.php which should be located as follows: wp-content/my-child-theme-folder/buddypress/members/single/front.php
(Create the buddypress, members, and single directories/folders if you do not have those in your theme yet.)

Added the following in the front.php file:

<?php
/**
 * BuddyPress - Members Front Page
 *
 * @since My Child Theme 2.6.0
 */
?>

<div class="bp-member-front-wrap">

	<div class="bp-member-front-1">
		<?php dynamic_sidebar( 'bp-members-1st' ); ?>
	</div>

	<div class="bp-member-front-2">
		<?php dynamic_sidebar( 'bp-members-2nd' ); ?>
	</div>

	<div class="bp-member-front-3">
		<?php dynamic_sidebar( 'bp-members-3rd' ); ?>
	</div>

</div>

3. Added some styles:

.bp-member-front-wrap {
	clear: both;
	margin-bottom: 2em;
}

@media screen and (min-width: 46em) {
	.bp-member-front-wrap {
		clear: both;
		margin-bottom: 1em;
	}
	.bp-member-front-1,
	.bp-member-front-2 {
		float: left;
		margin-right: 1.5%;
		width: 32%;
	}
	.bp-member-front-3 {
		float: left;
		width: 32%;
	}
}

4. Went to Appearance > Widgets and add widgets to the Member Front Page Widget Areas.

As mentioned above, there are other ways to implement this new feature. Happy customizing!

Installing Group and Sitewide Forums

read the above carefully

BuddyPress 2.6.1 was just released, which fixes this issue.

wordpress.org still needs to be updated, but you can grab the release here:
https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/buddypress.2.6.1.zip

I think your question would be better suited on the bbPress forums since bbPress provides forum functionality for BuddyPress groups:
https://bbpress.org/forums

Hi @navyspitfire,

when you pick up code somewhere, you should also read the comments. The solution to your issue was in one of them.

Here is what wil exclude site admin from members directory and exclude also the logged_in user. The total member count will also be adjusted correctly on All members [x] tab and for the pagination count. $count-2 instead of $count-1 do the trick.

Excluded members, incl. admin, are of course excluded from search.

function bpex_hide_admin_on_member_directory( $qs=false, $object=false ){

	// Id's to hide, separated by comma
	$excluded_user = '1' ;

	// hide to members & friends 
	if($object != 'members' && $object != 'friends')
	return $qs;
	
	$args = wp_parse_args($qs);
	
	if(!empty($args['user_id']))
	return $qs;	
	
	if(!empty($args['exclude']))
	$args['exclude'] = $args['exclude'].','.$excluded_user;
	else
	$args['exclude'] = $excluded_user;
	
	$qs = build_query($args);
	
	return $qs;
	
}
add_action( 'bp_ajax_querystring','bpex_hide_admin_on_member_directory', 20, 2 );

// once admin is excluded, we must recount the members !
function bpex_hide_get_total_filter( $count ){
	return $count-2;
}
add_filter( 'bp_get_total_member_count', 'bpex_hide_get_total_filter' );

function bpex_exclude_loggedin_user( $qs = false, $object = false ) {

 //list of users to exclude
 if( !is_user_logged_in() )
     return $qs;

 //if the user is logged in , let us exclude her/him
 $excluded_user=  get_current_user_id();
  
 if( $object !='members' )//hide for members only
	return $qs;
  
 $args=wp_parse_args($qs);
  
 //check if we are listing friends?, do not exclude in this case
 if( !empty( $args[ 'user_id' ] ) )
	return $qs;
  
 if( !empty( $args['exclude'] ) )
	$args['exclude'] = $args['exclude'] .','. $excluded_user;
 else
	$args['exclude'] = $excluded_user;
  
	$qs = build_query( $args );
  
 return $qs;
  
}
add_action('bp_ajax_querystring','bpex_exclude_loggedin_user', 20, 2 );

Codex Reference

Playing with the user’s ID in different contexts

I’m using https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/mass-messaging-in-buddypress which seems to do the trick.

dont use Event Espresso….have used events organizer and events manager this 2 plugins which support buddypress…does Event Espresso support buddypress?

May be reading this topic can help you to debug ?

Fatal error on a BuddyPress 2.6.0 upgrade

Hi,

seems same issue as the one related here (has fix).

Notifications displaying “array”

https://wordpress.org/plugins/buddypress-docs/

@rintusibi – If you’re referring to this fix:
https://buddypress.trac.wordpress.org/attachment/ticket/7140/7140.01.patch

This will be part of BuddyPress 2.6.1.

Hi,
I have the same problem like “Fatal error: Call to undefined function bp_get_current_group_id() in /home/…/public_html/…/wp-content/plugins/buddypress/bp-groups/classes/class-bp-group-extension.php on line 484”. The solution given above can fixed the issue, but it is affecting when i am updating the plugin. So, how can i override this file inside the theme so that the change wont lose when i update the plugin buddypress.

@infrablue,

i haven’t see your topic. Typo error in Readme is fixed.
You can download the file from here:
https://translate.wordpress.org/locale/fr/default/wp-plugins/buddypress

Thank you @henrywright