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found the answer here: https://wordpress.org/support/topic/hide-profile-fields-only-for-certain-fields?replies=3#post-5674749

@henrywright worked like a charm. Now I just need to style it a bit. Thanks!

And thanks to @johnjamesjacoby for the great plugin. The problem was (is) probably that all my profile fields are xprofile fields.

Thanks for the example @mercime !

I got this working with:

add_filter( 'bxcft_show_field_value', 'my_show_field', 15, 4);
function my_show_field($value_to_return, $type, $id, $value) {
  if ($value_to_return == '')
        return $value_to_return;   
   if ($type == 'number') {
        $value = str_replace("<p>", "", $value);
        $value = str_replace("</p>", "", $value);
        $field = new BP_XProfile_Field($id);
        if ($field->id == '18' ) {
		  

	 $f_value=number_format($value,2);
			  $new_value = "&euro; $f_value,-";
       

	   } else {
            $new_value = $value;
        }
        return '<p>'.$new_value.'</p>';
    }
    return $value_to_return;
}

Does anybody have an idea how i can use this for multiple fields? strangely something like ‘2,18,19’ isn’t working…

Hi –

I really appreciate your reply… it’s a little above my head but working on it. How would you then populate the buddypress Xprofile fields (which would be the same, say user_meta is occupation I would have a BP Xprofile field “occupation” and I’d want to copy it across.

I’d also want to hide the ability to change that field in the BP members profile, forcing them to use the Membermouse field in order to change their occupation both in the Membermouse Table and their BP profile…

Hope you can help! Many thanks.

To simplify my question, I’ve pasted the code in that Chris wrote. I just don’t know how to call the buddypress xprofile fields?

// Cleanup when done
function sr_old_user_data_cleanup( $user_id, $old_user_data ){
delete_transient( 'sr_old_user_data_' . $user_id );
}
add_action( 'profile_update', 'sr_old_user_data_cleanup', 1000, 2 );


@commoneasy

I found another solution that was suggested by someone in a different thread I had opened. Instead of modifying the edit.php file, I simply put the following code inside my functions.php file in my child theme. (Or you could put it in bp-custom.php.)

Please be warned that this solution didn’t work when I tried it on my site running BP 1.9.1. (Even though my desired fields were successfully hidden by this solution, I still received a “required fields” error message after clicking the Save button.)

So, in order for this to work, you need to be running BP 2.0 +.

The below profile field ids 1, 32, and 48 correspond to the three fields I needed to hide from editing.

function simple_one_hide_some_profile_fields( $retval ) {	
	if(  bp_is_profile_edit() ) {		
		$retval['exclude_fields'] = '32,48,1';	//field ID's separated by comma
	}	
	
	return $retval;
}
add_filter( 'bp_after_has_profile_parse_args', 'simple_one_hide_some_profile_fields' );

Try inserting the following into your functions.php or bp-custom.php and see if it works. I modified my above code specifically to hide your profile field id 15.

function commoneasy_hide_some_profile_fields( $retval ) {	
	if(  bp_is_profile_edit() ) {		
		$retval['exclude_fields'] = '15';	//multiple field ID's should be separated by comma
	}	
	
	return $retval;
}
add_filter( 'bp_after_has_profile_parse_args', 'commoneasy_hide_some_profile_fields' );

@danbp, I know how to check for errors, but this didn’t helped me too much :). I solved with the blank page, but no more. Your solution works for hiding some xProfile tabs from viewing, but not from editing them. Am I wrong? Sorry!

This is my tested function (as I said, it hiding only from viewing, not from editing):

function flegmatiq_profiles( $retval ) {

   if ( is_user_logged_in() && !bp_is_profile_edit() ) {
      $myfield = xprofile_get_field_data( 'User Type' );
      if( $myfield == "Faculty" ) {
         $retval['exclude_groups'] = '2';
	 //$retval['exclude_fields'] = '6,18,39';
      }
   }

   return $retval;

}

add_filter( 'bp_after_has_profile_parse_args', 'flegmatiq_profiles' );

The next code works as I need, but I think it is not so elegant, and it not allow to use the group ID, only his order number, as ordered by admin:

function hide_profile_group_tabs_from_editing( $group_names ){

   if ( is_user_logged_in() && bp_is_profile_edit() && xprofile_get_field_data( "User Type") != "Faculty" ) {
      for ($x=0; $x<=sizeof($group_names); $x++) {
         if ( $x != 3 ) echo $group_names[$x]; //3 is the order number (from 0) of the tab that I need to hide in the profile edit page. This is not the group ID.
      }
   } else {
      return $group_names;
   }

}

add_filter('xprofile_filter_profile_group_tabs', 'hide_profile_group_tabs_from_editing');

I’m finally back on this – have installed the new BuddyPress.

Have a problem: there are no WYSIWYG editors as option profile fields. I’m trying to find a solution to this – have you seen any?

I also need to be able to use if and then statements so profile fields that are not filled out don’t show in the template.

Just purchased the book on theming BP, but if you have any pointers on the above two items, that would rock. Thanks!

@danbp, thank you! I tested your solution (the last function), but no success. Is enough to put this in the bp-custom.php file?

I tried the next simple function to hide the extended fields group number 2 from editing for all members, but it not working.

function flegmatiq_profiles( $retval ) {	
	
	if(  bp_is_profile_edit() ) {		
		$retval['exclude_groups'] = '2';
	}	
	
	return $retval;
	
}
add_filter( 'bp_after_has_profile_parse_args', 'flegmatiq_profiles' );

@shanebp,

OK, so this is interesting. When I tried inserting the code from @danbp in the functions.php file for another test site that I have, it worked! All 3 fields were successfully hidden during Profile Edit, and I no longer received the error message that all required fields must be filled in. Yippee!!!

Still not sure why I cannot get this to work on my first site, though. FYI, I’m running BP 1.9.1 on that one, and on the other test site (where I got this to work), I’m running BP 2.0.1. I even tried removing all code from my functions.php file on my first site and just leaving the above code, but that didn’t make any difference. So I’m still scratching my head trying to understand why this would work on one of my sites, but not the other.

NOTE: I did discover that this solution ONLY works if you do not have a required field set up in your base profile group. Otherwise, you will still receive the error message about needing to fill in required fields when you click the Save Changes button. I found a way to get around this by moving all required fields (like Display Username) out of the base profile group and putting those required fields in a different profile group.

@danbp,

Thanks. I tried inserting your suggested code into my functions.php, but it did not hide the desire fields. Also, I looked at the references in the links you provided for me to read through. Thanks for those too. However, I’m still stuck on how to resolve my problem.

Just to be clear… I think what I specifically need to figure out is how to add a filter to bp_the_profile_group_field_ids(), which apparently creates a list of the expected field names (for the specific group tab that I’m currently on) when I click “Save Changes” button on Profile Edit page. Until I can find a way to filter out my 3 desired “required” fields during the Save Changes button press, I will continue to receive the error message: “Please make sure you fill in all required fields in this profile field group before saving“.

Is there some other type of coding I can try to insert inside functions.php to resolve this?

Correction to my last post. I meant to say…

I was able to successfully hide certain profile fields from being displaying (by modifying profile-loop.php). And I was able to hide the same fields from being displayed when a user goes to edit their profile (by modifying edit.php).

NOTE: Both files are located in: /bp-templates/bp-legacy/buddypress/members/single/

I still need help figuring out how to avoid the above-mentioned “required fields” error message upon clicking the Save Changes button.

Oops… I just found a problem.

The good news is that I was able to successfully hide certain profile fields from being displaying (by modifying profile.php). That part works great. Also, I was able to hide the same fields from being displayed when a user goes to edit their profile.

However, the problem I just discovered is that if any of those fields that I’ve hidden (using the above code changes) are “required” fields, then when a user goes to the Edit Profile page, the following error message appears upon clicking the Save Changes button: “Please make sure you fill in all required fields in this profile field group before saving.”

Even though I’m certain those hidden fields have values in them, that error message appears and there’s no way to save changes.

Any solution to this?