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Hello, I had this same problem and this is how I fixed it. It was mentioned in this thread
(https://buddypress.org/support/topic/bad-link-to-profile-edit/)
that there may be a problem in the database table “wp_bp_xprofile_groups”. For some reason the first item id there is not “1” but something else. As you change the id to 1, everything works. Then it also shows the Profile details side Name field (required) in the registration page.

Also there was a problem to edit profile, it went to “Page not found”. This gets fixed also now, now you can edit the fields.

This seems to be some kind of bug in the installing process in some circumstances. I tested this by removing the BuddyPress and also deleting the BuddyPress database tables. They must be deleted manually, they wont get out by deleting the plugin.

New installation put the first id number to “3” to “wp_bp_xprofile_groups” table. Even the group_id in the table “wp_bp_xprofile_fields” was “1” (after I activated some components in BuddyPress menu, before that the tables were empty) for the first field item. So now the field item and the group item never matched.

Hopefully this helps someone. It seems that there are a lot of discussion of this problem, and this is a very annoying problem if you are really using BuddyPress.

Basically the registering had a workaround for example by using plugin “Theme my login”. The registering also looks simpler as there is not that “extra” name field. It is however unknown how BuddyPress works without that name field. Well, but perhaps that is an another story.

Did you create the phone & address fields via wp-admin > Users > Profile Fields?

BP stores profile data in a table called {your table prefix as set in wp-config}_bp_xprofile_data.
So you need to write those fields to that table.

Unless somebody here has used Form Maker, it is doubtful that you will get a detailed answer.

Please use the code button when sharing code.

The fields field_id and field_value do not exist in the function you are attempting to filter.
See this for accepted fields:
https://buddypress.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tags/2.2.1/src/bp-members/bp-members-template.php#L453

I think you want this field retval['include'].

Something like:

function see_woman_gender( $retval ) {
	global $wpdb;

	$field_id = 3;
	$field_value = 'Woman';
	
	$query = "SELECT user_id FROM " . $wpdb->prefix . "bp_xprofile_data WHERE field_id = " . $field_id . ' AND field_value = ' . $field_value;

	$woman_ids = $wpdb->get_col( $query );
  
	if ( !empty( $woman_ids ) ) 
		$retval['include'] = $woman_ids;

	return $retval;
}
add_filter( 'bp_after_has_members_parse_args', 'see_woman_gender' );

There are field re meta data; I don’t think they work with profile data.
But you could try this and let us know if it works:

function see_woman_gender( $retval ) {
     $retval['meta_key'] = '3';
     $retval['meta_value'] = 'Woman';
 
    return $retval;
}
add_filter( 'bp_after_has_members_parse_args', 'see_woman_gender' );

You’ll need to be able to write and debug code.

You can create a template overload of this file:
buddypress\bp-templates\bp-legacy\buddypress\members\single\profile\profile-loop.php

Set a variable with the current user role. Google how to get that value.

Then create an array of profile field ids for a role.
For example :

if ( $current_role == 'model' )
    $show_fields = array( 1, 5, 23 ); 
elseif( $current_role == 'photographer' ) 
    $show_fields = array( 1, 7, 12, 35 );

Then check if the current profile field is in that array.
Something like:

<?php while ( bp_profile_fields() ) : bp_the_profile_field(); ?>

	<?php if ( in_array( bp_get_the_profile_field_id(), $show_fields ) ) : ?>
	
		<?php if ( bp_field_has_data() ) : ?>
	
			<tr<?php bp_field_css_class(); ?>>
	
				<td class="label"><?php bp_the_profile_field_name(); ?></td>
	
				<td class="data"><?php bp_the_profile_field_value(); ?></td>
	
			</tr>
	
		<?php endif; ?>
		
	<?php endif; ?>

Avoid setting any fields to ‘required’ if you’re only going to show them based on role.

BuddyPress search is not 100% accurate. Member search searches usernames and profile fields. Think of it more like a filter than search.

afaik, by default all profile fields are visible ( and editable ) by site admins.
So there is no need for Visibility: Admins Only.
Fields set to Visibility: Only Me will be visible to the member and site admins.

There are several multi-select fields available when you create a profile field.
https://codex.buddypress.org/administrator-guide/extended-profiles/

I’ve added a group in BuddyPress profile panel…

If you add / move that group into the Base (Primary) field group in wp-admin > Users > Profile Fields, then it will appear on the registration screen.

After adding the fields you want using xprofile, go to your regi page. If you are using google chrome, right click on the multiline box and inspect

you should find out the the id of the visual/text box something similar this ‘wp-field_664-editor-tools’ (yours should be a bit different cos field number is different)

you should also find out the id of the mce panel using the same method

After that you should be able to add the custom css to your theme stylesheet.
Example (hiding the item using css):
#wp-field_664-editor-tools {display:none;}

You may need to double check on the edit profile page. if it still appears there, you can use the same method to hide it.
Hope this helps.

Greetings vendocartoni,

Cimy User Extra Fields seem to serialize these entries in the database. I do not know of a tool to assist with the import but if you are familiar with coding you can use maybe_unserialize to unserialize the data to an array then create an update/insert function to store the information to BP Profile.

Why in the world is it this difficult? This should be in buddypress core. Considering that buddypress is supposed to be a social network out of the box, and member profiles are such an integral part of any social network, very little thought has gone into the profiles page.

Compare adding fields in buddypress to any other social network platform (elgg, oxwall, jcow, dolphin, etc.) and it’s just not there. Why should I have to dig into code just to add a profile field. There should be a drag and drop profile builder.

Avatar location, cover photo, customizable sections and profile fields; they should all be drag and drop.

I wish I was a coder. This is #1 on my priority list of buddypress improvements.

I’d love to know more about this as well. I’ve been trying to find anything on modifying and customizing the profile page, but there is a serious lack of info on this subject. It’s like everyone using buddypress is perfectly willing to accept a crappy and mediocre profile page.

The most frustrating part for me is the simple inability to add custom fields from the backend to the profile page. Why in the hell is this so difficult?

Anyway, sorry for the mini rant, but at least I know I’m not alone in my quest.

You can add profile fields via wp-admin > Users > Profile Fields

You can search those fields with this plugin:
https://wordpress.org/plugins/bp-profile-search/