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Further, just had a quick look at the db, seems visibility levels are saved in the wp_usermeta field bp_xprofile_visibility_levels. Buddypress reads this field and enforces the policy there, so even though you have changed the site wide policy it still enforces the per user settings (if that makes any sense). What you need to do is update each users policies each time the site wide is changed. The plugin was only ever supposed to be an example on how to do it so I don’t think it is robust enough for a live server.

I just installed this plugin and it does work but it seems that previous policies are remembered so even if you change the site wise privacy policy on a field to “Admin Only” each registered user still has it’s old setting. If you set the field so that the user can change their policy then log in as that user and change it to “Admin only” the policy is correctly enforced. I haven’t had time to delve into the db and see where the setting is saved but I suspect that when the site wise policy on a field is set to be enforced each individual user has to be changed at the same time.

You can choose the my friends option to at least block all fields to a users friends. You can also look over @boone code to add your own visibility options. https://github.com/boonebgorges/bbg-custom-bp-field-visibility

If the xprofile fields(custom profile fields) are not appearing, you may want to modify this in your code
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That should make them appear.

If a plugin doesn’t work, you need to contact its author for support. You’ll be glad to learn we’ve added this into the 1.7 version of BuddyPress (which is still in development) so it will help in future.

You could use jQuery to check the value of the drop-down.

Otherwise, you will need to hook into BuddyPress’ validation hook. Perhaps this link will get you pointed in the right direction:
https://buddypress.org/community/groups/how-to-and-troubleshooting/forum/topic/buddypress-validate-required-registration-field-but-not-with-bp-profile-setup/

Go into the wp-admin Users > Profile fields and change the visibility options to profiles fields

You will need to edit your theme to pull this off.

Try googling the following: “display xprofile fields on member page buddypress”

You can remove the name field by going to the wp admin Users > profile fields.

Anything in the base/first section is required at sign up.

This sounds like a basic jQuery+WordPress question and not necessarily a BuddyPress-specific question. You will need to do a couple of things to pull this off:

1) Enqueue jQuery
2) Write/copy-and-paste a jQuery script that limits the number of characters in a specific field. Then enqueue that script

Start here (https://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/wp_enqueue_script) and know that there will be a bit of a learning curve!

== In my profile page (http://www.luchotv.com/miembros/Luciano/profile/) it says “Base Name” with just my name as information, it looks like a group even though groups were disabled. ==

No, this is not part of a Group/Group Forums at all. /Luciano/profile/edit/group/1/ refers to the first group of Profile Fields. As you can create more profile fields based on your community, you can also create more than one group of Profile Fields to organize profile information – https://codex.buddypress.org/getting-started/configure-buddypress-components/#users-profile-fields
– Note that all the fields you add in the first group of Profile Fields will also show up in the Registration Form if you have that enabled. Those in the 2nd group or so will only show up in e.g. /Luciano/profile/edit/group/2/ and /Luciano/profile/edit/group/3/ if you have more than one or two groups of Profile Fields.

@ronnie_fantastic Looking good.

1. Missing BuddyPress styles: Go to Appearance > BP Compatibility. and uncheck “Disable BP Template Pack CSS”
– you need the BP template pack CSS to properly align the BuddyPress sections.

2. Enable registration: Go to Settings > General and look for the line where you allow registration (it’s off by default)

3. “It has what looks like a 2 cell table with ‘Base’ written above it and the name/username within”
– This is the Profile page and it shows profile fields. BP Codex is your friend https://codex.buddypress.org/getting-started/configure-buddypress-components/

Has this changed at all since you last posted?
I had the same question and got here.
I am new to BuddyPress. It seems ridiculous that a site admin couldn’t alter profile details of a user on his site.
In my case, I want to pre-populate a site with an set of guaranteed users whose info I want to enter for them.
Surely, if BuddyPress was just a part of WordPress alongside it, all BuddyPress user profile info should be accessible and editable under WordPress user profile admin, not just the core WordPress fields?

I think a better bet is to collect that info on the BP registration page and then not display it on the user profile (that way you’ll still be able to use it in other ways). With BP 1.6. you can change the visibility of each xprofile field to friends only, logged-in users, or public (and force that level or allow the user to override your selection). (Visible to admin only is coming in BP 1.7, btw, which would totally fix you up.) At the moment, you can modify your theme template file (themes/yourtheme/members/single/profile/profile-loop.php) to hide some fields like this:
`about line 17:

<?php $no_display_fields = array( // Enter the field name of any field that you don't want to appear on the user profile.
‘E-mail’,
‘Name of Field Hide’,
‘Another’
);

if ( bp_field_has_data() && !in_array( bp_get_the_profile_field_name(), $no_display_fields ) ) : ?>`

It’s a hack, but it works for me (until BP 1.7).

Fields are hidden on a profile until a user edits their profile and adds something to that field.

Can you can post a code snippet so others that search can find info on this?