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Have you looked at https://wordpress.org/plugins/bp-activity-shortcode/ Maybe that could do what you want?

#7357 duplicated an earlier created https://buddypress.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/7349

So @tizianopitisci, I closed your ticket in favour of #7349.

Use ‘role__in’.
https://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/get_users

Try increasing your memory. Ref

https://codex.wordpress.org/Editing_wp-config.php#Increasing_memory_allocated_to_PHP

What is this supposed to do? d($included_users);

If you want group members, you need to use bp_group_has_members not bp_has_members.

Turn on debugging while you trouble-shoot your code.

I’m not sure if this is still of interest – but BuddyBoss has developed a premium theme Social Marketplace that could probably do what you’re looking for:

Social MarketPlace

Yes, you would also need WordPress (free) and BuddyPress (free) and WooCommerce (free) to get it running. I haven’t tried it myself yet, but I’m currently working on a site using Social Portfolio by BuddyBoss and I must say they did a great job. It can be quite demanding to get everything working, but so far I have no complaints. Cheers!

I don’t have an exact fix but I went into “Emails” from the WordPress Sidebar and edited the email that is sent on a new message sent trigger. I just took out the {{subject}} and {{quot}} tags and then just put a message that they have to login to view the message. hth

Found this on another forum and after some tweaking finally got this to work. This will only work if you force all new and existing non-paying users into one group however without some further tweaking. If a non-paying user tries to click on the “messaging” tab in wordpress it will redirect them to any page you choose. I chose the memberships level page. =D

function bp_disable_messaging() {
	global $bp;
	
	if ( pmpro_hasMembershipLevel('NonPayingLevel') && bp_is_current_component('messages') ) {
		wp_redirect( site_url("/PAGE URL/") );
		exit();
	}
}
add_action('wp','bp_disable_messaging');

Try this: https://wordpress.org/plugins/buddydrive/

Google this: buddypress file sharing

Depending on your ability as a coder, you could adapt some code or write it from scratch.

…you are losing people and ultimately future profits and benefits

BP is free open source code. There are no direct profits.
These forums are moderated by volunteers.
There is no promise, explicit or otherwise, that you will get an answer.

How does someone who does not constantly do coding for a living really get BuddyPress to function?

The primary intended audience for users of the BuddyPress codebase: Site Builders and WordPress Developers.

The widgets and shortcodes you tried ( BuddyPress Sitewide Activity ? ) probably do not include the images because widgets generally output a compressed view and images can take a lot of screen area. It would be relatively simple to tweak such a widget to include activity images.
If you don’t know how to code, you can post a job here.