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nice one thanks for that might have to add an embed field to see what folks do with that.

Yup.

ah gotcha so just put that into the bp-custom file then?

Any oEmbed WordPress allows but you have to match up field name with code

oh i figured she was just talking about as an update. That code you have there is pretty cool @modemlooper would that work with any oEmbed or just youtube? you know me and code but it looks like it would work with any oEmbed. Also is that something which would be placed inside bp-custom? BTW i like your site design.

I wrote you a code sample: http://modemlooper.me/allow-youtube-embed-in-buddypress-profile-fields/

no i’m saying if you put the link (as text not anchor tag) it will substitute the embed automatically it’s called an oEmbed more info here:

https://codex.wordpress.org/Embeds

fyi you should not be pasting embed code you should be pasting the youtube page url or shortlink for the video

Adding and using custom user profile fields

You can show the bp profile fields loop and then write a custom save. Not too difficult but a little work.

have you correctly installed BP ?
Read here: https://codex.buddypress.org/user/setting-up-a-new-installation/installation-wizard/

If you use only the BP’s profile component, somewhere it’s like using a hammer to kill flies. 🙂

nina

Just check in your file that per link I posted, the line of code with the green highlight is there

Hi @scoobydoobydoo wouaaaaaaaah,

the rock’n’roll answer of the day is NO ! I tested on my site and i can insert a youtube URI without problem. The field shows a well formed URI

If you use a custom theme test your config with bp-default and all plugins deactivated and begin to debug…
If you use bp-default, deactivate all plugins and begin to debug…

The issue was fixed in BP 1.6 https://buddypress.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/4362 Could you check your wp-content/plugins/buddypress/bp-xprofile/bp-xprofile-classes.php to check if your BP was upgraded properly?

@scoobydoobydoo I’ve seen this issue before with old BP version and another one with a theme which has not been updated for some time. What are your WP/BP versions? Are you using BP Default theme?

The WP standard fields are not used, this is default usage with BP activated.
But you can create your own custom fields on the profile.
More about this here: https://buddypress.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/3335

if you drag a field onto another field group tab you can move fields to other sections.