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@mrditt I think, the plugin does not have any linkup with WordPress to save or display any data. They display details from their server using an iframe.

@elagoon WP SMTP is not updated from last 4 year, try a different plugin like https://wordpress.org/plugins/easy-wp-smtp/
They have inbuilt option to change from email address, you can set it without any additional codes

@erictracz BuddyPress will also be ready with GDPR compliance in coming updates.
There is an ongoing discussion about it.
https://buddypress.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/7698

For 3rd party plugin concern, Site owners are ultimately responsible for the all the plugins they are using at their site, and they also have to understand the functionality of each plugin including their data collection and storage methods before using them.

Regarding 3rd party BuddyPress developers, after BuddyPress GDPR compliance release they can update their plugins to hook all user specific data at BuddyPress option which allow users to delete themselves.

@hdcms You can create a profile fields with terms & condition or take a look at https://wordpress.org/plugins/simple-terms-and-conditions-for-buddypress/ plugin.

This thread seems to have a tip to help:

Disable buddypress login page and switch back to wordpress default login.

@beo9999 It’s already fixed you can followup following discussion
https://buddypress.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/7391

@demiano Profile Name field is mandatory and it’s created at a time of plugin activation. It’s hard to add visibility control on it.
You can also check a related discussion on it
https://buddypress.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/7391

This is a bit of a wordpress issue in general, not just BuddyPress, for example much of the user info is actually from the WP user db, it’s also to do with the applications that you choose to use on WP. I believe the plan is for WordPress to build into core a Privacy Policy management system whereby plugins will be able to register their privacy/compliance options and the system admin will be able to use those to put together privacy policies using the mechanisms made available within this framework. Plugins can of course choose to implement their own solutons to GDPR.

The discussion regarding BP’s response to GDPR is here:

https://buddypress.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/7698 looks like the BP solution to this will be in 3.x.

You could ask for this as a feature request on Trac

There is a premium plugin I know of that does this – BuddyPress Profile Visibility Manager by BuddyDev.

Do you have a validation function in your class?
Something like:

public function is_valid( $values ) {
   $this->validation_whitelist = null;
   return parent::is_valid($values);
}

For a fairly simple example of adding a custom xprofile field, see BP xProfile Location
( yes, I know it does not yet reflect the recent changes to the Google API, but it should pass validation for your purposes )

Sounds like you need to remove the nav item that corresponds to that link.

There’s two menu items that possibly need to be removed. the most common one could be removed with the bp_core_remove_subnav_item( 'settings', 'general' ); function.

Do you also use the WordPress/BuddyPress adminbar?

I think I’d be tempted to raise this as a bug on trac:

https://buddypress.trac.wordpress.org/

https://buddypress.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/7792

I’ve raised a ticket for this.