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Woops that is the old deprecated method, https://wordpress.org/support/article/roles-and-capabilities/ is the correct one. Table name wp_capabilities although they should still match each other.

The wp_usermeta table will show a wp_user_level which is documented https://codex.wordpress.org/User_Levels
You can check these fields to see if what you are seeing in the front end matches the backend.

If you are unable to change this through the front end it implies a plugin or some custom code is overriding, have you tried disabling all other plugins and re-enabling one by one to see which causes the problem.

After upgrading, I get an error about a blank line causing problems with the plugins for UpdraftPlus and Yoast SEO.
Updraft gives me this error “Warning: Your WordPress installation has a problem with outputting extra whitespace. This can corrupt backups that you download from here.”

Yoast gives me an error when I try to view my sitemap.xml file. “This page contains the following errors:
error on line 2 at column 6: XML declaration allowed only at the start of the document
Below is a rendering of the page up to the first error.”

I installed a plugin that disables everything, then I started turning plugins back on, and when I turned on Buddypress, the error started happening again.

Here is the article on the Yoast website that explains the plugin I used for troubleshooting.

How to check for plugin conflicts

Again this just started happening after I upgraded BuddyPress.
thank you!

You can do that with PB PROFILE SEARCH PLUGIN Plugin url

@nffox contact you theme support, theme vendor have to remove Deprecated functions from theme
You can also disable error message using following codes inside the wp-config.php

Debugging in WordPress

// Disable display of errors and warnings
define( 'WP_DEBUG_DISPLAY', false );
@ini_set( 'display_errors', 0 );

Perhaps this could help

Activity Plus Reloaded for BuddyPress

@sunflowermom you can limit BP access by user roles using plugins like Paid Membership pro https://wordpress.org/plugins/pmpro-buddypress/

Cover and avatar imgs are not stored in the database. They are in the uploads directory and are organized by id.

If you are using a caching plugin, try deactivating it.
Try turning off cloudfare.
Compare your dev environment to your production environment.
Turn on WP debugging.
iow. you have to narrow it down doing all the usual things.

@welshlamb10 create file backup before using plugin https://wordpress.org/plugins/media-cleaner/

@danielafer use private community plugin or BP lock , it will help to keep your community private for logged in users.
If you do not want the private community approaches you can also use no-index.

function no_index_for_buddypress() {
    if ( is_buddyPress() ) {
        echo '<meta name="robots" content="noindex, nofollow">';
    } else {
    }
}
add_action( 'wp_head', 'no_index_for_buddypress' );

@flpagan Can you clarify whether you’re referring to the theme’s header or a default group’s or member’s profile header/ cover image?
If you’re referring to the theme’s header, please contact theme author.
If you’re referring to the cover images for groups or members, try this https://wordpress.org/plugins/buddypress-cover-photo/ – haven’t used it myself. Good luck.

@sjdeveloper check-in your error logs it will help to identify which additional plugin is creating the issue.

Debugging in WordPress

Awesome! Thanks a lot, for interested contributors, you can follow progress here: https://buddypress.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/8326