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opps ] Let me provide you with an alternative approach that disables the activity form for users, making it more secure. You can achieve this by disabling the form functionality entirely. Here how you can modify the code to accomplish thi

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function disable_activity_form_for_non_admins() {
if ( ! current_user_can( ‘administrator’ ) ) {
remove_action( ‘init’, ‘function_that_creates_activity_form’ );
}
}
add_action( ‘init’, ‘disable_activity_form_for_non_admins’ );
In this code snippet, replace ‘function_that_creates_activity_form’ with the actual function name or hook that creates the activity form. This modification disables the activity form functionality for non-administrative users by removing the action that creates the form during the init hook.

This way the form wont be available in the HTML markup, making it more secure compared to just hiding it with CSS. Remember to place this code in your theme’s functions.php file or in a custom plugin file.

Again make sure to back up your site before making any changes, and test the modified code in a safe environment first to ensure it works as expected. If you encounter any issues or have further questions, feel free to ask!

Old post, but I think the behavior you see is WP-driven. The reason I say that is that I have disabled the REST API for WordPress and the link above (e.g. /wp-json/buddypress/v1/members/3) or similar do not retrieve any data.

I used guidance from this SO article.

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/41191655/safely-disable-wp-rest-api

@awol, regarding your bbPress tangent — my experience is that neither the BP forum (this one) nor the bbP support forum work the way BP and bbP do “out of the box.” Perhaps it has something to do with the theme, or perhaps they’re customized. But if you want to see how they’re going to work together your you, I’d suggest setting up a test site and installing them with your theme. Also robin-w on the bbpress forum has a plug-in that allows for a lot of customization and is pretty good about answering these kind of questions.

Hi again @imath,
This is a separate query from before, and is really a question about what the new BP will change, if anything, with regard to the methods of adding activities. The reason I ask is that I have been trying to do the following on the latest version of the ‘old’ BP; at present I have certain posts being created automatically when users click/tap or hold certain buttons, via a form plugin; some of these are custom post types, but some are regular posts. I have had no problem with the custom post types in terms of adding them to either the main Activity stream, or individual Group Activity streams (both or just one), but cannot get regular posts to go anywhere other than the main Activity stream (and the Profile Activity of the user), and what I want is to be able to post them to either both main and group, or to just group (Profile Activity is not an issue). If there are no changes coming that impact this, I will need to create another custom post type to deal with this, but obviously I would rather avoid that if I can as it would entail quite a lot of extra coding/changes to existing code, so if there are any further details on existing or planned changes in this area it would be great if there is some link to them, or if you have any information you can share. I haven’t yet got all the relevant code for my existing site set up on my test site for beta BP, which I will do if you can confirm that there are changes in the beta that will allow me to achieve my aims.

Also, what are the plans for the Legacy theme? Should I plan to move to Nouveau? Or will a new BP theme become available that will work alongside my WP child theme? I am using Nouveau in my test site but I am struggling to achieve certain things that I can do with Legacy on my existing setup. But I am not particularly happy with either of them because of the amount of css edits I need to make, particularly with relation to things like buttons, inputs, tabs etc.

I appreciate all the work that has been and is being put in, so please don’t take my comments and questions as criticism, I’m just trying to avoid unnecessary work!

Hello,

It seems like you’re working on a multi-author website and you’re looking for a way to control access to user profiles. Specifically, you’ve implemented code to deny access to administrators’ profiles, and you’re interested in extending this functionality to subscribers as well.

To achieve this, you can modify the code you provided to include conditions for subscribers. Here’s an example of how you might achieve this:

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// deny access to admins and subscribers profiles. Users are redirected to the homepage
function bpfr_hide_admins_and_subs_profile() {
global $bp;

// Get the current user’s role
$current_user = wp_get_current_user();
$user_roles = $current_user->roles;

// Check if the user is an admin or a subscriber
if (bp_is_profile && $bp->loggedin_user->id != 1 &&
(in_array(‘administrator’, $user_roles) || in_array(‘subscriber’, $user_roles))) :
wp_redirect(home_url());
exit;
endif;
}
add_action(‘wp’, ‘bpfr_hide_admins_and_subs_profile’, 1);
This code snippet checks if the currently displayed user’s role is either “administrator” or “subscriber,” and if the conditions are met, it redirects the user to the homepage.

Remember to replace ‘administrator’ and ‘subscriber’ with the actual role names used in your WordPress setup.

Thank you for reaching out, and a special shoutout to “TWITCHFOLLOWERFORGE“. If you have any further questions or need additional assistance, feel free to ask!

No one ever answers questions raised here. It’s so annoying and frustrating.

Hi @clicksnlikes. I feel your pain. The thing is, this is a volunteer-led community, so everyone tries to help when they have some time available.

Registered Users and members are unable to use the create topic function on my site as somehow it’s only available for guests or non-registered members and admin.

Has this behavior you’re describing been like this from the start, or has it started to occur recently?

No one ever answers questions raised here. It’s so annoying and frustrating.

Registered Users and members are unable to use the create topic function on my site as somehow it’s only available for guests or non-registered members and admin.

I’ve been trying for an entire week and none of the topics here helps at all so i’m not sure you’d get any answer to your questions either.

Hi @josiejackson

A few basic questions:

• Did Editing Basic Profile Group work before, i.e. is this a new error message, or has this been like this from the start?
• Did you try switching to a different theme, to see if the error still shows up?

There’s a good template to follow here that helps the community helping you troubleshoot what the problem might be.

EDIT: I checked your page again and saw that your registration fields now seem to be back on the page?

Did you find out what the problem was?
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@rightanglecreative90 ok, I would start asking several questions, many of which are included here

When Asking for Support

as Mathieu suggested.

Are you able to provide answers to those questions (e.g. not only WP and BP versions but also, did you upgrade from prior versions and which versions were they, do you have any other plugins, etc.) ?

Thanks for the reply @imath. I was simply implying to look and see what they are doing – SOME of what they are doing I think fits into general interest (look at how they deal with media). They are doing research and it would be foolish to ignore some parts, even if it in the end it leads to ways we can mold it more toward BuddyPress thinking.

Sometimes you can lead my example, other times you can lead by taking something and making it better in some way.

There’s a balance with addons – too many and a user can get overwhelmed with choices and research but overall I lean toward simple as possible. Perhaps it’s something that is simple for a niche purpuse that uses BuddyPress “under the hood”. It’s not a great example but thinking about “how can I spin up a special kind of to-do app that I can add my friends and share and collab with, while still owning my data, control, etc”. Thought of this today while my kid was showing me what she does in Notion today.

Ok, so if the WordPress repo is our advantage – then how do we use that advantage? how do we stand out (from member sites and other social plugins)? how do we feature BB plugins that are trust worthy and maintainable that avoid people having to dive into thousands of plugins in this “important advantage”? Good questions, looking forward to hearing more from people about them.

I don’t believe BuddyPress is missing THAT many features. Part of this is also changing with the times. Which means maybe thinking a little differently – even if it’s me thinking differently from how I look at BuddyPress when I started with it so many years ago. ☮️

Just my opinion and just an AI translation:

Where are the sticking points?

BP core:
After 9 months with BP and several free BP plugins, there are still a lot of questions. Group handling and invitation are too complex and partly illogical. (Example: Group Owner is allowed to remove himself and then the administrator has to ‘intervene’). Furthermore, internal e-mail, where you have to select users based on their usernames (@…). Also not visually appealing and sometimes rather confusing in use. Other BP features (sorting/displaying members within groups!) that don’t work even on a WP default theme (Twenty Twenty-Two). Just annoying!

In principle, the core plugin provides too little (in terms of functionality). Best example: Blogging and media. Something that defines WP at its core. In addition to two larger commercial “BP providers” and some ancient plugins in the WP repo, the selection and comparability is difficult if you want to use them for specific rights and groups. I understand that you want to offer an open and expandable system, but something “more” would be desirable or necessary.

BP mailing list:
Hardly any actions, but many (trivial) questions and no answers. On the other hand, technically interesting answers are often 10 years or more in the past (and unfortunately still up-to-date in principle), but where there is no attempt to test them in a current BP version.

ToDo (Plugins into Core):
Directory: Very important! Of course you can use “BP Custom Fields” but there’s no option to do a filter search, based on different fields to exclude displaying other profiles – or I just can’t find the options. Tried “BP Profile Search”

Why not just embed a few components “more tightly” into the core, why not simply take over the source code of others who simply “copy” BP themselves without returning anything to the community? There was an interesting discussion about this recently on another platform site.

Wishes:
– Rights management for pages/posts or for individual BP components (either private/public or at user level) – e.g. “User Access Manager”
– E-mail communication between each other without having to use the real e-mail address and being able to leave the borders of BP – e.g. “BP Reply By Email”

It’s a pity, but currently STILL not enough for uncomplicated use and sometimes stopped in development. In addition, commercial providers who copy BP as well as other WP Social Media Group solutions that are more complete and appear more self-contained.

To name a few plugins that could be partially included:

Theme: BuddyX (free)
BP 11 (dev) &
BP Attachments (dev) (what does it do? Substitution of BuddyDrive?)
– bbPress (smarter integration)
– BP Profile Search (no filter options found)
– BP Reply By Email (should be core as option)
– BuddyDrive (should be Core)
– Buddpress Docs
– BuddyPress Xprofile Custom Field Types (should be core)
– BuddyPress Xprofile Conditional Fields (should be core)
– Rendez Vous (should be core as option)
– “BuddyPress XY Blog” (should be core)
– “BuddyPress XY Search”

Many thanks for the quick response. I’m not a developer so please excuse two clueless questions:
1) Do these snippets work on their own, or does your User Roles plugin need to be activated?
2) Do I insert both of the above snippets in the child theme, like this?
add_filter( ‘bp_get_group_join_button’, ‘venutius_restrict_group_join’, 10, 2 );

function venutius_restrict_group_join( $button, $group ) {
global $bp;
if ( current_user_can( ‘manage_options’ ) || $group->is_member ) {
return $button;
}

$membership_total = count( BP_Groups_Member::get_membership_ids_for_user( $bp->loggedin_user->id ) );

if ( $membership_total >= 1 ) {
return false;
}

return $button;
}
add_action( ‘groups_join_group’, ‘venutius_group_join_filter’, 10, 2 );

function venutius_group_join_filter( $group_id, $user_id ) {
global $bp;

if ( current_user_can( ‘manage_options’ ) ) {
return;
}

$membership_total = count( BP_Groups_Member::get_membership_ids_for_user( $user_id ) );

if ( $membership_total >= 4 ) {
groups_leave_group( $group_id, $user_id )
}

}