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Thanks @venutius.

I’m actually using Paid Memberships Pro plugin for my memberships management and they just recently released a BP integration which takes care of the xprofile fields plugin problem as I was told by one of their tech support. It is better installed when you just create your site as they still have to create syncing issues between their fields and regular old xprofile fields for older members – currently this syncing is not available but will be. So as a result I will have to manually move the data over from the members prior to using their integration (about 200 people but it’s doable) . I’m waiting for the code to be installed on my site by their tech support to do this.

But if anyone is interested, they should check out PMPro for managing bp or other memberships, it really is great and it’s always supported. I am using the Pro version which is expensive per year however you get great tech support and they will go into your site to modify things and help you install various add ons and integrations. This BP integration plugin is available in free version too I believe. If you have a serious memberships site where you do or intent do make money, it’s worth to pay for the yearly fee though for support and access to more add ons.

I’ve tried other membership plugins and just wasn’t working for me.

Hopefully the old xprofile fields plugin can be cloned by someone for those who are not going to use PMpro. It’s odd that there are not many options for this plugin and it’s not supported as it’s very essential.

Here’s PMPro info:

Paid Memberships Pro

The integration plugin below, you need the above memberships plugin installed though:

Paid Memberships Pro – BuddyPress Add On

add_action(‘bp_after_profile_edit_content’,’edit_appointment_settings_xprofile’);

// Displays Editable Fields for Appointments+ email and phone
function edit_appointment_settings_xprofile(){
// Only Logged in users can make these edits
$profileuser = wp_get_current_user();

?>
<h3><?php _e(“Appointments+ Settings”, ‘appointments’); ?></h3>
<form method=”post” action =” “id=”appointment-edit-form” class=”standard-form”>
<table class=”form-table”>
<tr>
<th><label><?php _e(“My email for A+”, ‘appointments’); ?></label></th>
<td>
<input type=”text” style=”width:25em” name=”app_email” value=”<?php echo get_user_meta( $profileuser->ID, ‘app_email’, true ) ?>” <?php echo $is_readonly ?> />
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th><label><?php _e(“My Phone”, ‘appointments’); ?></label></th>
<td>
<input type=”text” style=”width:25em” name=”app_phone” value=”<?php echo get_user_meta( $profileuser->ID, ‘app_phone’, true ) ?>”<?php echo $is_readonly ?> />
</td>
</tr>
<input name=”action” type=”hidden” value=”save_xprofile” />
// Add other fields like location etc .. here if needed

</table>
<div class=”submit”>
<input type=”submit” action = “” name=”appointment-edit-form-submit” id=”appointment-edit-form-submit” value=”Save” />
</div>
<?
}

1. take a look at this page, it shows the general principles https://codex.buddypress.org/themes/theme-compatibility-1-7/template-hierarchy/ also you can look at the BP Template Overloader plugin, it’s designed to make this process more accessible.

Basically you create a buddypress directory in your child theme directory and replicate the directory path to the buddypress/members/register.php file.

Regarding 2, how did you do that? I’ve not got it as an option, I’m aware there’s plugin that added a TOS checkbox, not seen it done directly from the xProfile fields.

But if you did add it as a xProfile field, BP will by default show it in the profile page if the user has set it to publicly visible.

you might like to check out that plugin, I don’t think it uses xProfile fields: BuddyPress Simple Terms And Conditions

1. One way to achieve this would be to overload the BuddyPress register page and replace the current section that adds the username with code that populates this field from the username field.

2. Not sure about that one, I take it this is being added by a plugin? if it’s creating an xprofile field then by default it will show up in profile, unless set to not be shown by the user. There’s a couple of options I think, either add some code to force this to not be displayed or else overload the profile page and set it up to display the profile fields you want to display.

@jgflores
As per my understanding

— BuddyPress does not save any data related to IP address inside cookies.
— All the profile fields which you have created for your users are kept inside your WordPress database only, not linked to any 3rd party application. If you are using Akismet plugin for spam protection for BuddyPress, they will check logged in member IP address to cross check with their spammer’s database log, again that’s not the BuddyPress thing.

@orero It will suggest using Gravity form user registration add-on, it will give you WordPress user meta and BuddyPress xprofile fields mapping option as well as gravity form fields.
https://www.gravityforms.com/add-ons/user-registration/, it will take care of all user and field validation as well.

As a free option, you can check https://wordpress.org/plugins/frontend-registration-contact-form-7/

@normancates you can check for https://wordpress.org/plugins/bp2wp-full-sync/ plugin, it will allow mapping your xprofile fields with WordPress User Fields.

That’s awesome.

Why is this not a standard part of Buddypress? (Rhetorical question)

IMO, any fields should be designated (or able to be designated) as linked to the WP profile information.

THis is a CONSTANT source of confusion for me and any users. Because some plugins use the WordPress profile info, and some the Buddypress info.

I get that they probably need to do that. But at least let us synchronise the data.

Including display name options…

Please, BP / WP developers, slam an interface on this and let us keep our data consistent.

Cheers,
Norm

BuddyPress does not use WordPress user roles or capabilities. Technically, there is a bp_moderate capability, but we map that to roles that have manage_options capability (by default), or Network Admins, in multisite.

Even so, some parts, including the Profile Fields admin screen in wp-admin, require the manage_options capability.

So, basically, add the bp_moderate capability to all your custom roles, and if that doesn’t work, they’ll need the manage_options role — which, warning, gives them a lot of WordPress admin power as well.

No ways around this at the moment.

Mind, one possibility is to overload the page template for the users profile page and remove the call that displays the additional xProfile fields. But that would remove all of them, not just those added by S2 Member.

@twwebbie You will have user data same and after activating BuddyPress, you will also have Profile for all. Ultimate Member saves profile details to user meta, you can export them as CSV data and with CSV you can import them into BuddyPress xprofile fields.
For UM activities, they can not be imported directly into BuddyPress activities, you can check with your developer to create migration script for UM activities.

For BuddyPress WooCommerce integration you can use https://wordpress.org/plugins/wc4bp/
Paid membership pro also offer free add-on for it https://wordpress.org/plugins/pmpro-buddypress/

Hey guys, @grounder is talking about xprofile fields plugin, not Buddypress. Read the thread title.

I assume it’s this plugin as it has been abandoned by wordpress recently as it has not been updated in 3 years or so.

Buddypress Xprofile Custom Fields Type

I am also using this plugin and looking for an alternative. My hosting (wp-engine) just notified me that this plugin has a security vulnerability and they have contacted the developer to fix it but I doubt it will happen.

I think this plugin might be an alternative but have to look into it, if anyone is also in this situation. This one is also not updated:

Advanced XProfile Fields for BuddyPress

Whoops, I forgot instructions on how to change the account details fields. Here, I updated it:

To change the text on the regular (Account Details) fields, make a copy of wpcontent/plugins/buddypress/bp-templates/bp-legacy/buddypress/members/register.php and place it in themes/your-child-theme/buddypress/members (a folder which you will have to create).

Then, open that file and replace every instance of <?php _e( '(required)', 'buddypress' ); ?> with your asterisk (*).

Then, to change the text on profile fields (Profile Details), just add the following code to bp-custom.php (which, if it doesn’t exist, you’ll need to create in wpcontent/plugins).

function bp_change_required_label($translated_string, $field_id) {
		return '*';		
}
add_filter('bp_get_the_profile_field_required_label', 'bp_change_required_label', 10, 2);

This function hooks into the function bp_get_the_profile_field_required_label() in buddypress/bp-xprofile/bp-xprofile-template using the supplied filter. It takes the translated “(required)” string and replaces it with “*”. which will also remove any translation – but that should be acceptable for a symbol in most cases.