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I had the same issue, and since I couldn’t find a solution, I had to make one myself. I thought I’d share.

Add the following to your functions file

function fix_private_message_login() {
    Global $bp;
    if (isset($bp->canonical_stack['component']) && $bp->canonical_stack['component'] == 'messages' && !is_user_logged_in()) {
        header('Location: ' . get_site_url() . '/wp-login.php?redirect_to=' . $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI']);
        die();
    }
}
add_action('bp_do_404', 'fix_private_message_login');

If you’re admin, you will most likely be redirected to the admin panel after login (instead of the message), however for all other users, it will redirect you to the message.

Hi @excel1,

such URL is odd and shouldn’t appear on a correctly install setup:
example.com/index.php/beispielbeitrag/

In brief, your install WP at the site root which is: exemple.com
BP is a wp plugin and by the way, will also be at the root.

And as wp is also a blog, that blog is also at example.com (on a page defined in wp’s Read settings).

This means that you can create a page for the blog and name it “besipielbeitrag” and asign this page to posts in WP settings. And make it private or whatever.

BP members or groups will be at exemple.com/members/ or example.com/groups/ and the users at example.com/members/USERNAME/

index.php is one of the files in a theme, but has nothing to do with BP pages or a dedicated blog page.

Also, if emxampel.com and example.com are 2 URL for the same site, or if you installed wp in emxampel.com and BP in example.com, BP won’t work.

I would recomend you to read attentively the install guide from the begin.

Each group has the option to have an associated forum.
Groups can be public, private or hidden.
There can also be site-wide or ‘general’ forums.

Forums require the use of an additional plugin: bbPress.

I also want people who are workshop leaders to be able to see and post to any forum.

You make them members of all groups.
If you’d rather not, then you’ll need to write some custom code.

For option 1 it sounds like you want to set up a private network – not allowing non-logged in users to view profile details etc.

There’s a few options as to how to go about this, here’s a few:

http://buddyuser.com/category/plugin-review/private-network

For option 2, one option might be to display the registration form in a widget area on the front page, it’s possible to only display this widget for logged out users:

http://buddyuser.com/plugin-review-buddy-registration-widget

Thank you so much for this code! I’ve spent several hours trying to use other people’s code to hide the button and even tried to make my own but nothing worked until I found your code. I just switched it around because I only wanted one particular group to not be able to send messages while the rest can.

Posting in case someone in the future needs the opposite of your code:

add_filter( 'bp_get_send_message_button', function( $array ) {
    if ( pmpro_hasMembershipLevel('NAMEOFPMPLEVEL') ) {
        return '';
    } else {
        return $array;
    }
} );

Also, I am looking for the same code as you to restrict non-paying users from sending private messages. I found a code that looks promising but unfortunately doesn’t work. It sees if the user is logged in and if not redirects them. Then if the person is logged in it checks their role but if they’re not that role they’re supposed to be redirected. But it just breaks my whole site. Any ideas?

function my_function() {

    if ( ! is_user_logged_in() && bp_is_current_component( 'messages' ) ) {
        // Current user is not logged in so don't let them see stuff. In this case, private messages 
        wp_redirect( home_url() );
        exit;
    }
        
    $flag = false;
    // Get current user info.
    $user = wp_get_current_user();

    if ( ! in_array( 'student', $user->roles ) ) {
        // The current member is not a student.
        $flag = true;
    }

    if ( $flag && bp_is_current_component( 'messages' )  ) {
        The currently logged-in member is not a student and is trying to view private messaging. Let's redirect them away.
        wp_redirect( home_url() );
        exit;
    }
}
add_action( 'init', 'my_function' );

Have you tried setting the forum to Private? Or Hidden?
Go to wp-admin > Forums > Forum Name > Edit > Visibility

btw – these are the BuddyPress forums.
For support for bbPress you should use their forums.

There’s a few plugins that do that but BP Registration Options allows you to set it as a private network, in BP Registration>>BP Registration

I asked seventhqueen for help and they said the problem is from buddypress, they can not help.

When you have a private group and go to approve some member the warning is showed but after approving, when the page reload saying that the membership was approved, the warning dissapears, is the only page where the warning is not being showed.

Set it as a private network?

This works and hides the button, but I’m curious. Can someone still send a private message to another user when they are “not” friends using URL manipulation or should the _wpnonce stop that?

It could be, difficult to answer since you have not given a great deal of detail on what features you want. You can create multiple extra profile fields which are searchable, you can use a plugin like BP Profile Search to enable all sections of the profile to be searchable, and of course BP supports public and private forums.

Have you tried deactivating all plugins and testing this? By default, activity in private groups stays within the group.

hi @masoud1111,

all i found was how to hide that button, or remove it.
but not show it only on some profiles

You just need to add some conditionnals.

Try this (in bp-custom.php) and give feed back if it works.

function bpex_private_message_button( $button ) {
$user = bp_loggedin_user_id();

    if ( is_super_admin() ) { 
		return $button;
	}

	if ( !empty( $user->roles ) && is_array( $user->roles ) ) {

		if ( $role == 'subscriber' || $role == 'contributor' || $role == 'author' || $role == 'editor' )  {
			// hide button for these roles
			$button = '';
		}
	}

	// allow the button to appear on admin's profile only
	if ( bp_is_active( 'xprofile' ) && bp_is_user() )  {	
		$user_id = bp_displayed_user_id();	
		// assuming admin's ID is 1
		if ( $user_id == 1 ) {
			return $button;
		}

	}

}
add_filter( 'bp_get_send_message_button', 'bpex_private_message_button', 1 , 1 );

1. Which version of WordPress are you running? 4.6.1

2. Did you install WordPress as a directory or subdomain install? directory

3. If a directory install, is it in root or in a subdirectory? root

4. Did you upgrade from a previous version of WordPress? If so, from which version? yes 4.6.0

5. Was WordPress functioning properly before installing/upgrading BuddyPress (BP)? e.g. permalinks, creating a new post, commenting. yes

6. Which version of BP are you running? 2.7.0

7. Did you upgraded from a previous version of BP? If so, from which version? 2.6.2

8. Do you have any plugins other than BuddyPress installed and activated? If so, which ones?

– AsynCRONous bbPress Subscriptions
– BackWPup
– BAW Login/Logout menu
– bbP private groups
– bbPress
– bbPress auto subscribe for new topics and replies
– BP Direct Menus
– BuddyPress
– BuddyPress for LearnDash
– BuddyPress NoCaptcha Register Box
– Cloudflare
– CodeStyling Localization
– Contact Form 7
– Content Aware Sidebars
– Custom Post Type Page Template
– Draw Attention
– Gallery Carousel Without JetPack
– Google XML Sitemaps
– LearnDash & BBPress Integration
– LearnDash – Gradebook
– LearnDash Content Cloner
– LearnDash LMS
– LearnDash Pro Panel
– LearnDash WooCommerce Integration
– Livemesh SiteOrigin Widgets
– MailChimp for WordPress
– Members page only for logged in users
– Page Builder by SiteOrigin
– Post Types Order
– Postman SMTP
– Prevent Content Theft Lite
– Revolution Slider
– Simple User Profile
– SiteOrigin Widgets Bundle
– Slideshow
– Slim Stat Analytics
– The Events Calendar
– Theme My Login
– Ultimate Posts Widget
– User Login Log
– W3 Total Cache
– Widget Importer & Exporter
– WooCommerce
– WooCommerce MailChimp
– WordPress Importer
– WP Better Emails
– WP Smush

9. Are you using the standard WordPress theme or customized theme? customized

10. Which theme do you use ? Invent

11. Have you modified the core files in any way? no

12. Do you have any custom functions in bp-custom.php? no

13. If running bbPress, which version? Or did your BuddyPress install come with a copy of bbPress built-in? 2.5.10

14. Please provide a list of any errors in your server’s log files. none

15. Which company provides your hosting? InMotion Hosting

16. Is your server running Windows, or if Linux; Apache, nginx or something else? Apache

I did the tests you recommended and it was my W3 Total Cache plugin that was causing the issue. I will have to look into that to figure out what setting was messing it up. @Scaffies doesn’t have that plugin, so guess our issues were caused by different things.

The function is working correctly on my install.

Perhaps you have an issue with quotes, ie after copy/pasting the snippet from a topic where the code whas inserted without using the code button.
Which software do you use to publish bp-custom ?

Copy/paste following and give a try:

function buddydev_hide_members_directory_from_all_except_admin() {

if ( bp_is_members_directory() && ! is_super_admin() ) {
//should we add a message too?
//bp_core_add_message( 'Private page.', 'error' );
bp_core_redirect( site_url('/') );
}
}
add_action( 'bp_template_redirect', 'buddydev_hide_members_directory_from_all_except_admin' );