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2 options I see:
1) Use hooks on the register.php page like do_action( ‘bp_after_registration_submit_buttons’ ) add_action('bp_after_registration_submit_buttons','your_function');
function your_function(){
echo do_shortcode( '' );
}
2) Modify register page –> copy wp-content/plugins/buddypress/bp-templates/bp-legacy/members/register.php to wp-content/themes/your-child-theme/buddypress/members/register.php and modify in your-child-theme

do_shortcode()

Hi @bttmrc,

You can add the profile avatar in wordpress menu by simply filtering the wp_nav_menu_items function. A nice article is here. Add a custom menu item. You should know a little bit of coding to achieve it.

host via a server other than WordPress

Are you referring to wordpress dot com ?

Both WP and BP are free and can be hosted on any server.
You don’t need the ‘pro’ membership plugin.

@ftg17 Did you check the Profile Settings Option? If not Login to WordPress dashboard using admin account and navigate to Setting >> Buddypress >> Options >> Profile Settings . Mark tick on allow user to upload profile photo. If you did this kindly change to the WordPress default theme and check if now you can update your profile pic.

Use the support forum for that plugin – BP Profile Search.

@whiteeagle1985 The author links that are shown in the post comes from the the function which is defined in the wordpress theme. Every theme has a redefine function to print the author link. The solution can be creating a child theme and redefine the function according to your need. I am not sure which theme you are using.

I understand you now.

You can try this: Link

@coach-afrane

Functions.php

// Limit the Access To WordPress Dashboard. Only Admin 
add_action( 'init', 'blockusers_init' );
function blockusers_init() {
 if ( is_admin() && !current_user_can( 'administrator' ) && !( defined( 'DOING_AJAX' ) && DOING_AJAX ) ) {
 wp_redirect( home_url() );
 exit;
 }
}

// Limit the Access To WordPress Dashboard. Only Admin and Editor 
add_action( 'init', 'blockusers_init' );
function blockusers_init() {
 if ( is_admin() && !current_user_can( 'administrator' ) && !current_user_can( 'editor' ) && !( defined( 'DOING_AJAX' ) && DOING_AJAX ) ) {
 wp_redirect( home_url() );
 exit;
 }
}

// BP Redirect To Profile 
function redirect_to_profile( $redirect_to_calculated, $redirect_url_specified, $user ) {
if ( ! $user || is_wp_error( $user ) ) {
		return $redirect_to_calculated;
	}
//If the redirect is not specified, assume it to be dashboard
	if ( empty( $redirect_to_calculated ) ) {
		$redirect_to_calculated = admin_url();
	}
// if the user is not site admin, redirect to his/her profile
	if ( ! is_super_admin( $user->ID ) ) {
		return bp_core_get_user_domain( $user->ID );
	} else {
		//if site admin or not logged in, do not do anything much
		return $redirect_to_calculated;
	}
}
add_filter( 'login_redirect', 'redirect_to_profile', 100, 3 );

// Exclude Admins from Directories and BP Widgets 
add_filter( 'bp_after_has_members_parse_args', 'buddydev_exclude_users' );

function buddydev_exclude_users( $args ) {
	//do not exclude in admin
	if( is_admin() && ! defined( 'DOING_AJAX' ) ) {
		return $args;
	}
	
	$excluded = isset( $args['exclude'] )? $args['exclude'] : array();

	if( !is_array( $excluded ) ) {
		$excluded = explode(',', $excluded );
	}
	
	$user_ids = array( 1 ); //user ids
	
	
	$excluded = array_merge( $excluded, $user_ids );
	
	$args['exclude'] = $excluded;
	
	return $args;
}