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You should see all fields, even empty ones, on the Profile > Edit page.

Empty fields will not be shown on Profile > View.
Are you sure there is data in those fields?

You could narrow down the issue by deactivating the LearnDash plugins one at a time and see if the issue persists.

You can change parameters by passing an array in your overload.

Example – you may need to change the passed values.

<?php 
$args = array(  
        'hide_empty_groups'      => false,
	'hide_empty_fields'      => false
        );
if ( bp_has_profile( $args ) ) : ?>

Hi, that’s what i expected. You’re not after coding errors, but enduser errors, ie you omitted this field…

For each xprofile field you create, BP let you select some option. Depending on them, you can see some messages when a field is left blank. These message are displayed by field type, and so far i know, there is no easy way for cibling precisely a given field once you’ve defined a field type.

The xprofile component is not such a sophisticated tool like ContactForm 7 or similar form plugins. It was created to insert more fields inside the basic WP registration page. Because of this, it is volontary left “simple”. If you need more functionnalities over your custom fields, search for a compatible form plugin who allow that.

I don’t think that BP let you do much more in matter of field option as actually. Not out of the box and not without a lot of custom coding.

I mentionned the front-end xprofile admin because you mentionned you want to delete some fields from “base” group. As site admin, you can access any user profile from front-end and modify the fields.

As site admin, you have also the possibility to access those fields from within the admin dashboard, where you can physically delete xprofile fields…

User Extended Profiles

As i don’t want to login to dropbox to see your screenshot, i ignore what you mean precisely at this time… except “delete some fields” which is, so far, enough for me.

FYI, any xprofile field goes on the registration page. And the fields themselves are in the admin under dashboard > users > xprofile fields

You say nothing about where you try to delete your fields.

So i assume you are using BuddyPress the standart way and are working as “site admin” in the backend.

Read here:

Profile → Edit

Generally, when removing something comes back after you did it, it is because you forgot to save your changes. So far i know, there is no ghost or 4th dimension inside BuddyPress. 🙂

A paid plugin available to import users BuddyPress xprofile fields data.

BuddyPress Members Import

In case anyone runs into this forum topic looking for a similar fix. I needed to do two more things to get this perfect (thanks @danbp for the great start).

Under each field, the default privacy is displayed, so you need to make sure that for every option you add, the default is either “All Members”, or “Only Me” so that “Everyone” doesn’t appear as a default under each field, despite the fact that you’ve hidden the option to chose it once the user hits the Change button.

Additionally, under the name field, “Everyone” is the default, and it can’t be changed. This isn’t really accurate if you site is private, so I have hidden the line that says that the Name field is visible by Everyone with an additional CSS snippet.

/* Remove Everyone option from Profile Fields to ease confusion on a private site */

li.public {display:none!important;}

#buddypress div#item-body div.profile form#profile-edit-form.standard-form.member-information div.editfield.field_1.field_name.required-field.visibility-public.field_type_textbox div#field-visibility-settings-toggle-1.field-visibility-settings-notoggle {display:none!important;}

@johanna75 – looks like an interesting plugin – not sure if it’s a free plugin with paid extensions, or a premium plugin altogether – or how it works- you are best off asking those plugin makers more than likely. I see they have 2 premium add on extensions that seem to fit in with what you are asking about though: the geo members directory and the xprofile fields extensioons – which seem to be priced from $29 – $130 each.

again, not sure how any of the plugin is working for you – it kind of sounds like there is some info that has been added to your member’s profiles.. and if it that’s the case – you may have some luck with adding the “bp profile search” plugin – which is free. There some quick docs on how to get it up and running on a page or wdiget with certain features -> http://dontdream.it/

That may be all you need… if not, I would cough up the money for the premium addon and ask the author of the main plugin – sounds like it’ll be faster and easier to get working..

the buddypress forums are likely going to leave you hanging with no answers if you ask about anything like plugins, themes, custom mods that are premium / aka costs money.

I’d love to know if your plugin maker there has a way to turn off the “google maps” part – I mean it sounds nice on the features page – but I’m pretty sure html5 has a geo location feature that can be tapped into without using google maps.. and if I was to use a plugin like that, I would certainly not be sacrificing my user’s privacy by using something that depended on the big G to get their data. Surely there are other ways / other options.

my 2cents.. your situations may be different

Also by default, a field description can only be filled by a site admin, not by suscribers or visitors. But it is to you to know what is harmfull or not when you customize something in your site.

If you are the only one allowed to create xprofile fields, i doubt that you will voluntary introduce malicious code into your field description… In this case it is certainly harmfull to allow yourself some html tags. 😉

Hi @froshdimeji,

the registration process is part of WordPress. Check on the codex or on the wp forum, but i doubt that a phone number can be used instead of an email. Perhaps it can be added to the mandatory username, password and email fields. But sorry, i have never heard about such.

Note that BP allows you to add fields to the register page, but these fields will never be part of the registration itself. So even if you add an xprofile phone type field, it won’t be considered (as first) as mandatory for registration.

Hi,

BP pages are not ordinary WP pages. BP use the page system to assign a permanent slug, while content stays dynamic. Usual WP pages are static.

BP pages must be unique. This means also without assigned template, model and of course, should be a slug to a page, and not a sub-page. These page are not intended to be published and exist only for internal use. You don’t need to build a menu for register and activation. Normally, these items come up, depending the context (theme, plugins, widgets) and/or the user status.

Related to “activation” and “register” and most of BP components, you need to declare a “page” for each, despite the fact that BP will only use them to insert a template. Registration will receive xprofile fields which are added to the existing WP registration form.
And another template for the Activation stuff, depending the context: activation key, success message and so on.

If you create a field group called Business Details, you simply add as many fields you want!
Let’s say, you want that users can fill about 5 companies or society. In this case, you need to create a field for each input, in other words 5 fields. And if you need more details for each, you add the fields you need, one by one:

Business 1: [___]

Address 1: [___]

Office 1 hours: [___]

Business 2: [___]

Address 2: [___]

Office 2 hours: [___]

Or if you use a lot of details, you group each businness separately.

For better clarity of the default profile details output, when you have a lot of information to display, is to use this very handy plugin: buddypress-profile-tabs

BuddyPress comes with his own form on xprofile component.

In 99% of cases, you haven’t to use an external form plugin. For the remaining 1%, you need good php knowledge to accomplish some custom work.

Everything you need to know about xprofile fields is explained here:

User Extended Profiles

Hi @darrenllrgmailcom, @adjunkten,

i had the same issue with a custom theme: fields didn’t wrap properly on small screens…
To solve it, i simply copied the concerned form rules from Twenty Sixteen into my child theme css and all went OK after that.

The 2016 rules of the register page:

#buddypress #signup_form.standard-form #profile-details-section,
#buddypress #signup_form.standard-form #basic-details-section,
#buddypress #signup_form.standard-form #blog-details-section {
	float: none;
	width: 100%;
}

@media screen and (min-width: 38.75em) {
	#buddypress #signup_form.standard-form #profile-details-section,
	#buddypress #signup_form.standard-form #basic-details-section,
	#buddypress #signup_form.standard-form #blog-details-section {
		width: 48%;
	}
}

@media screen and (min-width: 38.75em) {
	#buddypress #signup_form.standard-form #profile-details-section {
		float: right;
	}
	#buddypress #signup_form.standard-form #basic-details-section {
		float: left;
	}
}

Is “xprofile component” the feature exposed in “Settings > BuddyPress” named “Extended Profiles” (at the very top of the config page)? (It probably is, but I just want to be sure, thanks.)

Yes it is !

it is possible […] to effect the change of either the email or password fields?

Yes it is ! from here: your-site.abc/members/USERNAME/settings/ – the link can be found under the top right usermenu on wp’s toolbar: username > settings > general OR/AND on the buddymenu, when you’re on your profile: Settings ! And that’s it !

For all other BP related questions, please read through the codex, i really have no time to (re)write all explanations. Sorry, hope you uderstand.

Thanks for the background info about WP, @danbp. It certainly is interesting to see how the little old single-user blog platform called “WordPress” has mushroomed into the gargantuan that it is today, following the old adage, “Man expands to fill the available space.”

Obviously I’m a bit of a noobie to WordPress (I’ll admit, so feel free to flame away ;)), but I’d like to ask about your reference to the clause “When BP is activated, and if you use the xprofile component…” I am a bit confused about “the xprofile component” and was wondering if you can help me understand it a bit better.

Is “xprofile component” the feature exposed in “Settings > BuddyPress” named “Extended Profiles” (at the very top of the config page)? (It probably is, but I just want to be sure, thanks.)

I am fully cognizant of the fact that one can preclude access to the WP Dashboard in a number ways, including by Role, etc., and I plan to do that. However, that causes me to provide exposure to the standard WP Profile fields (or as many of thsoe fields that I want to expose, that is) so that the user can modify them. This includes the critical email and password fields.

Relating to this situation, you didn’t quite address my key question as to whether it is possible (without serious WP core hacking — something I would NEVER do, btw) to effect the change of either the email or password fields?

Now listen, I realize that probably sounds like a shameless noobie question, but it really begs the question of whether modifying the email/password fields outside of the WP dashboard is considered “bad form” in some way.

Thanks in advance for your advice and insights.