BuddyPress.org

If the Activity meta table really was deleted, you’ll want to restore that table (and likely the entire database) from before your attack occurred.

If you have evidence of BuddyPress being the attach vector (and not simply that your site is running BuddyPress) please follow the instructions provided at the link below:

https://codex.wordpress.org/FAQ_Security

Er. I’m not sure this is a valid WordPress setup?

How exactly does BuddyPress not work with this at the moment? Does everything else work fine, including blog permalinks?

@somethingelse

You can render an editor using the WordPress function wp_editor()

https://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/wp_editor

Also, you might need to remove some BP filters on the member bio content areas – I’m not sure if there are any in place which strip HTML etc.

Hi @a77a77

Try rtMedia’s BuddyPress Media plugin:

https://wordpress.org/plugins/buddypress-media/

Hi @mykrabuilding

To my knowledge, the time of the latest update isn’t recorded. The latest update info is stored in user meta. To get it you’d do something like:

$update = get_usermeta( $user_id, 'bp_latest_update' );

You then have the option to get either the activity ID or the content (no timestamp I’m afraid).

echo $update['id'];
echo $update['content'];

You can of course add your own user meta when somebody writes a status update. You could record a timestamp and then fetch it as described above.

See:
https://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/update_user_meta

I think bp_activity_posted_update is the hook you’ll need.

Here is a similar plugin that encourages the use of real names instead of login words…..

https://wordpress.org/plugins/buddypress-real-names/

WordPress.org accounts cannot be deleted. If it’s an emergency, contact one of us directly.

I use the tubepress plugin for video… You can show many thumbnails on your site and play them in a light-box popup… or in their original YouTube page – which solves your user comment issue without having to make new templates

http://tubepress.com/demo/

the Activity Plus plugin allows users to post videos with their comments, just like Facebook, but for BuddyPress….

@modemlooper : A BuddyPress member cannot delete their account. But a WordPress administrator can delete a user from the dashboard.. If you have been following the recent EU moves on the Internet, such as forcing sites to post “We use cookies on this site” dumb messages, it will probably soon be necessary for members to be able to cancel their own accounts, for the sake of privacy…

@shaunokeefe @gvanamu,

This plugin does modify ALL WP & BP emails:
https://wordpress.org/plugins/welcome-email-editor/

Try it out and see if it resolves your issue. 🙂

@gfam105,

If you are looking for an UI that allows only video commenting, then I am afraid you will have to code a plugin that does just that.

But given the plethora of bp plugins that support video, you might just give these plugins a try:
https://wordpress.org/plugins/buddypress-media/
https://wordpress.org/plugins/buddypress-activity-plus/

Any of these plugins allow your users to upload videos in comments.

Hope this helps 🙂

@Mbonner,

That same plugin that hasn’t been updated since early 2013 works superbly. It wasn’t updated because there’s absolutely nothing to update! It does such a basic task that doesn’t warrant any upgrades whatsoever. More so, there are some plugins that haven’t been updated since 2010 that are still working fine.

Do a proper search in the BP plugins repo and as of the last count, there is a valid plugin that solves your issue.

Utilise Better WordPress Security plugin to make your wp-admin inaccessible and this plugin to take care of ALL non-admin users:
https://wordpress.org/plugins/bp-redirect-to-profile/

Hope this solves your problem.

@fkapnist,

Slow down with that Mr. Journalist! Will you!?

It shouldn’t be probably out of your league investing in some enterprise-class social networking package out there or simply employ an in-house wordpress developer to do your bidding. It’s quite cheaper than you think!

If you encounter any problems with your upgrade, courtesy (which you people often harp about in your profession these days) demands that you ask politely.

@henrywright – A fellow BP enthusiast asked you a simple question with the aim of lending a hand, but obviously you couldn’t pass up the opportunity to throw that worn-out jibe.

Next time, ask a developer how to properly manage a bp install. Wisdom preaches that you maintain at least 2 separate installs of BP (one as production site and the other as development install [a cornucopia of your production install]).

When an upgrade such as this is pushed, you would want to play around with it on your development install for proper behaviour before pushing it in live.

@WPDragon,

This is what you are looking for:
https://wordpress.org/plugins/bp-display-name/

It will allow you to enforce a certain display name change throughout your site… Users won’t be able to override it either.

Hope it works for you. 🙂

Hi @BuddyBoss,

Try and play with this plugin if you really want to import user data to custom CRM applications (it’s a little old and was developed for another WP plugin):
https://wordpress.org/plugins/simple-crm-buddypress-xprofile/

Feel free to download that plugin, study its source, implement whatever customisations you want as per Woopra and test to see if it solves your issue.

P.S. If you end up modifying that plugin to accommodate other important user data fields, don’t forget to rename it to something else and block off ALL its internal call for updates (whenever the parent plugin is pushed for updates, otherwise ALL your changes will disappear should you mistakingly push through with the update).

@thisisbbc,

Before BP is made fully compatible with WP right out of the box, I am afraid integration such as you want will continue to be a conundrum.

However, in addition to @henrywright’s contribution, why not give this plugin a try:
https://wordpress.org/plugins/bp-xprofile-wp-user-sync/

Feel free to download the plugin, study its source, implement whatever customisations you want as per Woopra and test to see if it solves your issue.

P.S. If you end up modifying that plugin to accommodate other important user data fields, don’t forget to rename it to something else and block off ALL its internal call for updates (whenever the parent plugin is pushed for updates, otherwise ALL your changes will disappear should you mistakingly push through with the update).

@mtm-solutions

Try add_filter( 'bp_do_register_theme_directory', '__return_true' ); added to bp-custom.php

See https://codex.buddypress.org/themes/bp-default-theme-moving-forward-with-bp-1-9/ also http://bpdevel.wordpress.com/2013/11/13/the-future-of-the-bp-default-theme/ and https://buddypress.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/5212

Alternatively, what about https://github.com/modemlooper/Buddy-Default

Buddypress 2.0 should have a new template pack – see https://buddypress.trac.wordpress.org/milestone/2.0

I added these lines to my theme settings to remove WordPress dashboard icons from the toolbar:

#wp-admin-bar-wp-logo { display:none; }
#wp-admin-bar-site-name { display:none; }

https://codex.wordpress.org/Forum_Welcome#Deleting_Accounts

Best thing is to just change email to something else and then never use it.

Helpful link to set up WordPress locally: http://wp.smashingmagazine.com/2011/09/28/developing-wordpress-locally-with-mamp/

I’m guessing the URL path to the image is linking to your other site, possibly a local development site with “localhost” in the URL?

Anyways, find out the broken URL fragments and update them all to the correct URL of your new site. This plugin helps to update all of the URLs in one instant: https://wordpress.org/plugins/velvet-blues-update-urls/