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it’s the profile fields you set up in the admin. xprofile = extended profiles. Meaning you can add as many fields as you want.

has_members()
next_member()
rewind_members()
members()
the_member()
bp_rewind_members()
bp_has_members( $args = ” )
‘type’ => $type,
‘page’ => $page,
‘per_page’ => 20,
‘max’ => false,
‘include’ => false, // Pass a user_id or comma separated list of user_ids to only show these users
‘user_id’ => $user_id, // Pass a user_id to only show friends of this user
‘search_terms’ => $search_terms, // Pass search_terms to filter users by their profile data
‘populate_extras’ => true // Fetch usermeta? Friend count, last active etc.

bp_the_member()
bp_members()
//Misc
bp_members_pagination_count()
bp_members_pagination_links()
bp_member_user_id()
bp_get_member_user_id()
bp_member_user_nicename()
bp_get_member_user_nicename()
bp_member_user_login()
bp_get_member_user_login()
bp_member_user_email()
bp_get_member_user_email()
bp_member_is_loggedin_user()
bp_member_avatar( $args = ” )
bp_get_member_avatar( $args = ” )
‘type’ => ‘thumb’,
‘width’ => false,
‘height’ => false,
‘class’ => ‘avatar’,
‘id’ => false,
‘alt’ => __( ‘Member avatar’, ‘buddypress’ )

bp_member_permalink()
bp_member_link()
bp_get_member_link()
bp_member_name()
bp_get_member_name()
bp_member_last_active()
bp_get_member_last_active()
bp_member_latest_update( $args = ” )
bp_get_member_latest_update( $args = ” ) {
‘length’ => 15

bp_member_profile_data( $args = ” )
‘field’ => false, // Field name
bp_member_registered()
bp_get_member_registered()
bp_member_add_friend_button()
bp_add_friend_button( $members_template->member->id, $friend_status )
bp_member_total_friend_count()
bp_get_member_total_friend_count()
bp_member_random_profile_data()
bp_member_hidden_fields()
bp_directory_members_search_form()
bp_total_site_member_count()
bp_get_total_site_member_count()
//Check bp-core-templatetags.php for comments about nav tags
bp_get_loggedin_user_nav()
bp_get_displayed_user_nav()
bp_get_options_nav()
bp_get_options_title()
//Avatar Tags
bp_has_options_avatar()
bp_get_options_avatar()
bp_comment_author_avatar()
bp_post_author_avatar()
bp_loggedin_user_avatar( $args = ” )
bp_get_loggedin_user_avatar( $args = ” ) {
‘type’=> ‘thumb’,
‘width’=> false,
‘height’=> false,
‘html’=> true

bp_displayed_user_avatar( $args = ” )
bp_get_displayed_user_avatar( $args = ” )
‘type’=> ‘thumb’,
‘width’=> false,
‘height’=> false,
‘html’=> true

bp_avatar_admin_step()
bp_get_avatar_admin_step()
bp_avatar_to_crop()
bp_get_avatar_to_crop()
bp_avatar_to_crop_src()
bp_get_avatar_to_crop_src()
bp_avatar_cropper()
//Other
bp_site_name()
bp_core_get_wp_profile()
bp_get_profile_header()
bp_exists( $component_name )
bp_format_time( $time, $just_date = false )
bp_word_or_name( $youtext, $nametext, $capitalize = true, $echo = true )
bp_your_or_their( $capitalize = true, $echo = true )
bp_get_plugin_sidebar()
bp_page_title()
bp_get_page_title()
bp_styles()
bp_has_custom_signup_page()
bp_signup_page()
bp_get_signup_page()
bp_has_custom_activation_page()
bp_activation_page()
bp_get_activation_page()
bp_search_form_enabled()
bp_search_form_action()
bp_search_form_type_select()
bp_search_form()
bp_log_out_link()
bp_custom_profile_boxes()
bp_custom_profile_sidebar_boxes()
bp_create_excerpt( $text, $excerpt_length = 55, $filter_shortcodes = true )
bp_is_serialized( $data )
bp_total_member_count()
bp_get_total_member_count()
bp_signup_username_value()
bp_get_signup_username_value()
bp_signup_email_value()
bp_get_signup_email_value()
bp_signup_with_blog_value()
bp_get_signup_with_blog_value()
bp_signup_blog_url_value()
bp_get_signup_blog_url_value()
bp_signup_blog_title_value()
bp_get_signup_blog_title_value()
bp_signup_blog_privacy_value()
bp_get_signup_blog_privacy_value()
bp_signup_avatar_dir_value()
bp_get_signup_avatar_dir_value()
bp_current_signup_step()
bp_get_current_signup_step()
bp_signup_avatar( $args = ” )
bp_get_signup_avatar( $args = ” ) {
‘size’ => BP_AVATAR_FULL_WIDTH,
‘class’ => ‘avatar’,
‘alt’ => __( ‘Your Avatar’, ‘buddypress’ )
bp_signup_allowed()
bp_get_signup_allowed()
bp_blog_signup_allowed()
bp_get_blog_signup_allowed()
bp_account_was_activated()
bp_registration_needs_activation()
bp_mentioned_user_display_name( $user_id_or_username )
bp_get_mentioned_user_display_name( $user_id_or_username )
bp_get_option( $option_name )
bp_ajax_querystring( $object = false )
bp_last_activity( $user_id = false, $echo = true )
bp_user_has_access()
bp_user_firstname()
bp_get_user_firstname()
bp_loggedin_user_link()
bp_get_loggedin_user_link()
bp_loggedinuser_link()
bp_displayed_user_link()
bp_get_displayed_user_link()
bp_user_link()
bp_displayed_user_id()
bp_current_user_id()
bp_loggedin_user_id()
bp_displayed_user_domain()
bp_loggedin_user_domain()
bp_displayed_user_fullname()
bp_get_displayed_user_fullname()
bp_user_fullname() { echo bp_get_displayed_user_fullname()
bp_loggedin_user_fullname()
bp_get_loggedin_user_fullname()
bp_displayed_user_username()
bp_get_displayed_user_username()
bp_loggedin_user_username()
bp_get_loggedin_user_username()
bp_current_component()
bp_current_action()
bp_current_item()
bp_action_variables()
bp_root_domain()
bp_get_root_domain()
//Conditionals
bp_is_blog_page()
bp_is_my_profile()
bp_is_home()
bp_is_front_page()
bp_is_activity_front_page()
bp_is_directory()
bp_is_page($page)
bp_is_active( $component )
bp_is_profile_component()
bp_is_activity_component()
bp_is_blogs_component()
bp_is_messages_component()
bp_is_friends_component()
bp_is_groups_component()
bp_is_settings_component()
bp_is_member()
bp_is_user_activity()
bp_is_user_friends_activity()
bp_is_activity_permalink()
bp_is_user_profile()
bp_is_profile_edit()
bp_is_change_avatar()
bp_is_user_groups()
bp_is_group()
bp_is_group_home()
bp_is_group_create()
bp_is_group_admin_page()
bp_is_group_forum()
bp_is_group_activity()
bp_is_group_forum_topic()
bp_is_group_forum_topic_edit()
bp_is_group_members()
bp_is_group_invites()
bp_is_group_membership_request()
bp_is_group_leave()
bp_is_group_single()
bp_is_user_blogs()
bp_is_user_recent_posts()
bp_is_user_recent_commments()
bp_is_create_blog()
bp_is_user_friends()
bp_is_friend_requests()
bp_is_user_messages()
bp_is_messages_inbox()
bp_is_messages_sentbox()
bp_is_notices()
bp_is_messages_compose_screen()
bp_is_single_item()
bp_is_activation_page()
bp_is_register_page()
bp_the_body_class()
bp_get_the_body_class( $wp_classes, $custom_classes = false )

Hmm, that’s strange. It’s working for me exactly as advertised.
What’s the history of your theme? Is it default, child, custom etc?

Maybe cookies…
In the Admin, set “let user decide” for some fields.
Log out.
Clear your cookies, make sure to delete all cookies from the domain, and from any test domains, and any local domains (eg. mamp wamp etc. if you’re using that) that you’re developing the site on.
Log in as a subscriber level user.
What result now?

“If I activate it and set a field (e.g. birthdate) to “users only” – nothing happens. There are also no settings for the users in the frontend of buddypress.”

If you set it to “users only” in Admin, you’re not giving your user the choice, and that’s why there is no selector in the front end. The user will only get the selector if you choose “let user decide”.

@philippmuenchen – it works fine. I’m guessing you’re trying to test it while you’re logged in as Admin? The privacy controls don’t apply to Admin. Admin can see everything. Log in as a regular user and then test.

Age calculation: http://code.hyperspatial.com/all-code/buddypress-code/buddypress-age/

@noizeburger – it works for all fieldgroups, not just Base.

You need to override the new user admin email function:
https://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/wp_new_user_notification

Then you need to call on some BuddyPress functions to grab the xprofile data.

xprofile_get_field_data() (located in bp-xprofile.php) will help.

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If all this is foreign to you, short answer is “it’s possible, but requires coding”

The create group function is groups_create_group(); it can be found in /bp-groups.php.

You can add checks for profile fields when a user activates their account with the “bp_core_activated_user” action, available in the bp_core_activate_signup() function (this can be found in /bp-core/bp-core-signup.php).

Hope that gives you a few pointers.

BP Profile Privacy only works for fields in the fieldgroup “Base” (ID 1). In which group did you place the birthday field?

I just tried that plugin and it seems to be working. What didn’t work for you?