I followed 2 steps to successfully display usernames in the BP members directory & other pages instead of default Display names:

1st step was to install the BP Usernames only plugin: https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/buddypress-usernames-only/
This replaced display names across the site by usernames however, when I used the search box on the members directory to search a member, it returned results with members display names again and not usernames. To resolve this, I additionally followed step 2 explained here: http://customwebdesignseo.com/activity/p/3002/

Are you using this: https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/bp-template-pack/?

Same problem here. No one is able to complete the registration process successfully.

Using the last versions of both, WordPress and Buddypress.

You’ll want to take a look at the bp_get_displayed_user_nav() function.

There’s a filter there that applies to each menu item, which you can hook into and override.

This is a bug that’s been mentioned here:
https://buddypress.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/4532

Until that’s fixed, mercime is right to just check the wordpress.org plugins repository:
https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/search.php?q=buddypress

OK. Now, I see another forum topic that says:

@mercime said 1 day, 19 hours ago:
The plugins have always been hosted at the WP Plugin Repository. You can find a list of plugins tagged BuddyPress @ https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/search.php?q=buddypress

No problem, but I suggest it could be a good idea to do a URL redirection when the users clics to “Plugins”.menu. Regards,

Roby
Buenos Aires, Argentina

B. At the bottom of the same 16 files, replace:
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with the following (except for registration/register.php):
`

`

with the following for registration/register.php:
`

jQuery(document).ready( function() {
if ( jQuery(‘div#blog-details’).length && !jQuery(‘div#blog-details’).hasClass(‘show’) )
jQuery(‘div#blog-details’).toggle();
jQuery( ‘input#signup_with_blog’ ).click( function() {
jQuery(‘div#blog-details’).fadeOut().toggle();
});
});

`

Save files.

C. Upload the 6 BP folders containing the 16 files you’ve just revised to your server wp-content/themes/wallbase/

D. Copy the style modifications made in BP Twenty Ten at https://codex.buddypress.org/theme-development/theme-dev-bp-template-pack-walkthrough-twenty-ten-bp-1-5/3/ and paste to your theme’s stylesheet. Adjust to taste.

@guitaragora Based on the structure of your theme, you need to change 16 template files within the 6 BP folders transferred to your wallbase theme folder in server during the compatibility process.

If you’ve previously changed any of the BP template files in your wallbase theme folder in server, replace all of them for a clean slate by deleting the 6 BP folders – /activity, /blogs, /forums, /groups, /members, and /registration – then re-run Appearance > BP Compatibility.

Download the 6 clean BP folders to your computer hard drive.

A. At the top of each of those 16 template files I linked to above, replace
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@twc01 Based on the structure of your theme, you need to change 16 template files within the 6 BP folders transferred to your risen theme folder in server during the compatibility process.

If you’ve previously changed any of the BP template files in your risen theme folder in server, replace all of them for a clean slate by deleting the 6 BP folders – /activity, /blogs, /forums, /groups, /members, and /registration – then re-run Appearance > BP Compatibility.

Download the 6 clean BP folders to your computer hard drive.

A. At the top of each of those 16 template files I linked to above, replace
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B. At the bottom of the same 16 files, replace:
`

`

with the following (except for registration/register.php):
`

`

with the following for registration/register.php:
`

jQuery(document).ready( function() {
if ( jQuery(‘div#blog-details’).length && !jQuery(‘div#blog-details’).hasClass(‘show’) )
jQuery(‘div#blog-details’).toggle();
jQuery( ‘input#signup_with_blog’ ).click( function() {
jQuery(‘div#blog-details’).fadeOut().toggle();
});
});

`

Save files.

C. Upload the 6 BP folders containing the 16 files you’ve just revised to your server wp-content/themes/deliciousmagazine/

D. Copy the style modifications made in BP Twenty Ten at https://codex.buddypress.org/theme-development/theme-dev-bp-template-pack-walkthrough-twenty-ten-bp-1-5/3/ and paste to your theme’s stylesheet. Adjust to taste.

Notes:
1. Not sure if the Woo breadcrumbs will work in the inside pages of the BP components.
2. If there’s error/s shown on screen after you upload the changes, remove the following from the top of the file:
“
and the error persists, remove the breadcrumb as well
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@mariareh64 Based on the structure of your theme, you need to change 16 template files within the 6 BP folders transferred to your deliciousmagazine theme folder in server during the compatibility process.

If you’ve previously changed any of the BP template files in your deliciousmagazine theme folder in server, replace all of them for a clean slate by deleting the 6 BP folders – /activity, /blogs, /forums, /groups, /members, and /registration – then re-run Appearance > BP Compatibility.

Download the 6 clean BP folders to your computer hard drive.

A. At the top of each of those 16 template files I linked to above, replace
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== we would like to redirect BP member pages to the new URLs without deleting the profile ==

Basically, go to Settings > BuddyPress > Pages – Members > choose page “People, Teachers, Guest, Lectures, Students” and Save. Then in Appearance > Menu, you can create a new menu item named Members and add the URL to the page “People. ….. Students”

Edit – modemlooper didn’t see your post, I took too long to answer

you can change the slug of the members page to whatever you like, then install BP Extended settings and choose option to have root profiles.

So your urls would be

.com/people-teachers…
.com/username

If you want to keep .com/members/username then you would need to create a new page and use a page template with the members loop inside.

@guitaragora yes, that’s a nice theme on the front end. I may be wrong, but I’ve heard that web2feel themes have base64 encodes and that would not be kosher to use. Just in case I’m wrong, we could start step 3 of the BP compatibility process, please open up wallbase’s header.php file, copy all content, paste in pastebin.com, click submit, and post the generated URL here. Do the same for wallbase’s page.php, index.php, sidebar.php, footer.php and the template for the full-width page.

You could download a plugin like this: https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/safecss/ and add these lines of css to your style sheet, or If you have a created a child theme, you can just add these lines to your style.css file

`.field-visibility-settings-toggle {
display:none;
}

.field-visibility-settings-notoggle {
display:none;
}`

What version of Buddypress are you running? Since 1.6 the “Buddybar” has been replaced in exchange for the WordPress Admin Bar. When you initially upgrade from 1.5 to 1.6 it asks you which bar you want. Here’s a forum post on how to get it back that might be helpful.

https://buddypress.org/community/groups/how-to-and-troubleshooting/forum/topic/how-do-i-get-the-buddybar-back/

In addition to what mrjarbenne said above, for your reference there are “template-packed” WordPress themes at https://codex.buddypress.org/theme-development/wordpress-to-buddypress-theme/#template-packed-wordpress-themes

Just to re-iterate what @karmatosed is asking: you need to assign a wordpress page to the forums: http://screencast.com/t/ssfUP6jqLRWl

If that’s done, and you have FTP access to your site, you could check to see if the bb-config.php file has been created: it should be sitting at the root of your site (not inside a folder like wp-content). There is a link in this forum post to the bb-config file if you need to manually add it:

https://buddypress.org/community/groups/installing-buddypress/forum/topic/bbpress-2-0-2-forums-cant-find-existing-bb-config-php/?#post-129751

As an initial step, you need to activate this plugin: https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/bp-template-pack/ to create the folders necessary to make BP play nice with your theme. I will say that it is still clunky at that point, and may need some massaging. If you aren’t comfortable tweaking CSS, you may be better served choosing a Buddypress Theme, rather than trying to get a WordPress theme to work.

The Devs are aware of this and are currently building Theme Compatibility right into the plugin: you can read more about that here: http://wpmu.org/coming-in-buddypress-1-7-compatibility-for-all-wordpress-themes/ You may want to wait for this if you are integrating into an established site and you don’t want to change themes.

@crazyalcayne I assume you installed and activated the BP Template Pack if you’re using a WP theme. So which theme are you using? We have a list of “template-packed” themes @ https://codex.buddypress.org/theme-development/wordpress-to-buddypress-theme/#template-packed-wordpress-themes

Sounds very promising.

Pity it seems to be dead https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/bp-members-avatar-map/

Even developer’s website seems dead http://web-world.co.il/

@hnla Could you possibly consider taking over this plugin and updating it for BP 1.6.1?