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Your snippet use some deprecated code. (bp_is_page( BP_MEMBERS_SLUG ) since 1.8)

Here a similar one who let you make BP almost private…

function bpfr_guest_redirect() {
global $bp;
// enter conditional here
   if ( bp_is_activity_component() || bp_is_groups_component() || bp_is_blogs_component() ||  bp_is_members_component() || is_bbpress() ) {
	
// not logged in user - user will be redirect to any link to want
   if( !is_user_logged_in() ) { 
      //wp_redirect( get_option('siteurl') ); //back to homepage    			
      //wp_redirect( get_option('siteurl') . '/intranet' ); // back to whatever page 
      wp_redirect( get_option('siteurl') . '/register' ); // back to register page	
      } 
   }
}
add_filter( 'get_header', 'bpfr_guest_redirect', 1 );

There’s a few different ways you could go about this, there’s a few privacy plugins that will hide different aspect of the site from public view. One is BP Registration Options, this installs new member moderation (so you can choose who to allow on you site) and BuddyPress privacy, where the BuddyPress pages are all private, but the WordPress pages and posts are still public.

If that’s not private enough for you then there’s BP Simple Private which allows you to hide all aspects of your site apart from the homepage.

You could have normal users simply subscribe to a mailing list, there no need to have them as site members, then you could run the BuddyPress install as private, so that one logged in members see those pages.

Hem… you’re free to use BuddyPress to your needs, but i guess there is a moment where you reach the software limit.
If you publish private activities in the public activity stream, what do you expect ? To compromise privacy or the way the software works ?
As with 99,9% of software, you have to answer by Yes or No to each option you find. For groups, you have 3 options: 1 OR 2 OR 3 and not a bit of each, depending the current wind speed ! It’s private or it’s public, but not Y and N.

So far i know, hidden group members see the hidden group activities when they are on their group activity page. A group is hidden means that “public” can’t see/access to it, so you can’t see those activities on the site activity page.

please use forum’s search before asking !
https://buddypress.org/support/search/private+message+button/

For example:

Disable or Hide Private Message Button

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 );