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@kookidooki Are you using the bp-default theme or a custom one here? Providing all pertinent detail is very important. Rogers guidance in his first post pointed out that there are actually instructions on how to add further xprofile fields, if you have created new profile fields then it should now be a simple matter of following the guide in the member-header file, let us know if that is proving an issue and perhaps provide an example of the code you are trying to add.

If you are not tech savvy, it sounds like you would be best to hire a developer to do this development work.

It would also be helpful if you posted full information on here – like the theme you are trying to modify – I notice you have asked the same question on the Frisco theme forums

Every BuddyPress version from 1.0.1 to 1.5.6 comes with bp-default as part of the plugin package.

Start with the documentation on theming BuddyPress: https://codex.buddypress.org/theme-development/the-bp-default-theme/

Also, look at the BuddyPress files in your plugin directory.

I’ve seen this bug once myself, pre-populating only xprofile fields. I jumped into the database to see how the data was presented, or why it was displayed, and noticed that all of the xprofile values that were appearing in the registration form had a user id of “0” associated with them. Not sure if that’s helpful, but deleting the value from within the database cleared the registration fields.

Search here to remove links in profile fields. It’s a BuddyPress feature for searching users who are similar

Anyone find a solution? Also looking for widget/plugin to show members with similar interests and match up various profile fields. The group idea is interesting, but could be extensive, i.e we have a field for state that would be at least 50 groups, not to mention we hope to go international.

Have a look at the member-header.php file in bp-default theme. It documents how to add fields.

Follow those instructions to add them in the member-header equivalent in your child or standalone theme… or add them in an action hooked on to bp_profile_header_meta

Ok, to set new fields for your members you should read the paragraph ‘Optional: Set Profile Fields’ of this tutorial
http://wpmu.org/the-illustrated-guide-to-installing-and-setting-up-buddypress-1-5/

if you mean login in with email, then you can try this interesting plugin https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wp-email-login/

then you can add a function in the functions.php file of your active theme to change the label of the sidebar login form :

add_action('bp_after_sidebar_login_form', 'bp_login_by_email_adapt_login_form');

function bp_login_by_email_adapt_login_form() {
?>

jQuery(document).ready(function($){
usernameoremail = $("#sidebar-user-login").parent().html().replace(/Username/ig, 'Username or email' );
$("#sidebar-user-login").parent().html(usernameoremail);
});

<?php
}

or if you’re using a child theme of BP-default theme, you can add/edit the template sidebar.php and replace the label for=sidebar-user-login by Username or email.

To build this kind of feature, you need to be a PHP developer:

• You’d add new profile field groups for each type of stat (or if the stats are too complex for profile fields – a custom component to handle them).
• You’d then assign a role to each member based on whether they are a batter, pitcher or fielder – ideally implemented using the underlying WordPress user roles.
• Finally, you’d implement conditional logic in your templates to display appropriate profile field groups based on the member’s role.

Hi websitevala,

To add custom fields to your registration page, you’ll need to add xprofile fields. To do so in WP Backend, you should go / BuddyPress menu / Profile fields submenu

And for the other thing, as you noticed emails are hidden, there might be a spam risk reason to that. And as a user, i wouldn’t like to have my email shown on my profile.. So i dont think it’s a good idea.

From time to time, we hear reports of this. No-one has figured out if it’s a theme issue, or a plugin issue, or a BuddyPress issue, or some sort of WordPress config issue. I’ve never been able to recreate it, nor have the other core developers, which suggests it’s something outside of BuddyPress or the BP-Default theme.

This has been brought up in the forums before. I recall some causes to pre-filled profile fields in registration page:
– plugin conflict with an SEO plugin and a captcha plugin – can’t recall specifically which ones but deactivating all plugins except BuddyPress, then activating plugins by batches of three helped them identify the culprit/s.
– theme conflict where theme added options for SEO and the like

Hi @creaturis,

I think the best solution is to avoid recording an activity if the post has one of the category you want to exclude from activity stream, in the functions.php file of your active theme, you can try this code :

function do_not_record_this_category( $post_id, $post ){

/* this is the array that contains the category to exclude */
$ids_to_exclude = array( 4 );

if ( 'publish' != $post->post_status )
return false;

$categories = get_the_category( $post_id );
$in = false;

if( count($categories) > 0 ) {

foreach ( $categories as $category ) {

if( in_array( $category->cat_ID, $ids_to_exclude) )
$in = true;

}

/* if the post has at least one excluded category, then we remove the BuddyPress hook that records an activity */
if( $in )
remove_action( 'save_post', 'bp_blogs_record_post', 10, 2 );

}

}

add_action( 'save_post', 'do_not_record_this_category', 9, 2 );

In 1.6 you can set the visibility of profile fields to logged in users, friends or anyone. I haven’t seen the behavior you’re describing.

I believe everything in the Base profile field group is on the registration form.

If you create a new group of profile fields, those won’t be on the registration form.

The only change to the database structure for BP 1.6 is to the bp_activty table. We’re adding the following column, and index:

is_spam tinyint(1) NOT NULL DEFAULT 0,
KEY is_spam (is_spam)