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Hi @dimensionmedia

@vapvarun brought your topic to our attention during today’s dev-chat. I believe both needs can be satisfied if we migrate our custom URI to WP’s Rewrite API.

If you look at this comment/patch I had a proof of concept working (the patch probably needs a huge refresh). Our main concern is the potential damage that BuddyPress Plugins/Themes could face.

One possible way to finally progress about it is to use the patch to build a plugin so that it’s easy to deactivate if there’s an issue, and it’s also faster to iterate from the plugin to solve one by one the compatibility issues as they arrive.

I’ll look into it once 8.0.0 is released 👋

1- BuddyPress does not bundle any theme itself
2- theme-specific questions
3- ideally you can view it at domain.com/forums/single-forum-slug or domain.com/forums
to isolate any theme-specific limitation you can also test with WordPress default 2021 theme.
4- theme my login plugin provides role base redirect and also when you are using different login pages, they act differently.

@epgb101 you can test https://wordpress.org/plugins/buddy-registration-widget/ it offers a shortcode for the register page, which can be used in plugin settings.

In our next update, we are going to provide options to map any custom page to display restricted content which will give you better content over the content.

Hello
When I install that plugin (https://wordpress.org/plugins/lock-my-bp/) it works perfectly – except now, my existing buddypress registration and login (with custom signup questions) is now replaced by what looks like standard WP Login/Register fields.

Q: how can I disable keep my original Login/Register signup page/fields?
(I cannot see any shortcodes in my exiating BuddyPress register page to enter in lock-my-bp ‘Custom Form’ field – it’s blank)

The page I need help with: https://www.101christianchat.com/members/

Look up Wbcom Designs – Shortcodes & Elementor Widgets For BuddyPress in the wordpress.com plugin database. I used this to make a main feed with the activity shortcode they offer. But sitename.com/activity does it as well without any additional plugin.

Found this plugin that worked for me:

Wbcom Designs – BuddyPress Activity Filter

> This requires that the site admin be able to add a validated member without the user log in.

So they can make the payment without signing up as a WordPress user on your site?
If they don’t have a login name, then they don’t have an ID and cannot be added to a group – by any method.

If they do have a WP login name, then you can add them in wp-admin.
Go to Groups, mouse-over a Group Name and click Edit.
On the Edit screen you will see this section: Add New Members.

Hi Reiner, I’ve got two options for you. Firstly I’ve built this into a plugin of mine – BP Messaging Control – https://wordpress.org/plugins/bp-messaging-control/

So that’s the easy option.

The alternative is to add this code to your functions.php file in your child theme folder:

function venutius_user_deletion_notify( $user_id ) {
	
	$site_admin_email = get_option( 'admin_email' );
	$userdata = get_userdata( $user_id );
	$subject = __( 'User deleted', 'bp-messaging-control' ) . ': "' . $userdata->user_login . '"';
	$message = __( 'A user has been deleted.', 'bp-messaging-control' );
	$message .= "\r\n\r\n";
	$message .= __( 'User Name', 'bp-messaging-control' ) . ': ' . $userdata->user_login . "\r\n";
	$message .= __( 'User ID', 'bp-messaging-control' ) . ': ' . $user_id . "\r\n";
	$result = wp_mail( $site_admin_email, $subject, $message );
	
}
add_action( 'bp_core_pre_delete_account', 'venutius_user_deletion_notify', 10 );

I think you can do that with a WP filter

add_filter( 'wp_mail_from', 'custom_wp_mail_from' );
function custom_wp_mail_from( $original_email_address ) {
    //Make sure the email is from the same domain 
    //as your website to avoid being marked as spam.
    return 'webmaster@mydomainname.com';
}

wp_mail_from

I have that exact same problem with a custom theme. Tried switching back to wordpress theme and disabling all extensions. It did not work.

The buddypress rest api is not installed automatically (like the wordpress api) right?

So if I haven’t specifically installed the BP REST API then I can just update normally in my next scheduled site maintenance, correct? Just checking.

Hi Akstar,

Existing users will become BuddyPress users, however their BP profile information will be blank, ideally you’d add some code to force them to complete any extra items you have added such as https://github.com/buddydev/bp-profile-completion.

That’s pretty much the only difference.

Another feature you may want to think about is if you want the BuddyPress pages to be public or only available to logged in users. For that you would need a plugin, such as https://wordpress.org/plugins/lh-private-buddypress/

Other than that it would be case of enabling the BP features you want for your site.