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I am trying to assign a default member type when users register from a non-buddypress registration form. This is the action I’m adding:

add_action( 'user_register', 'default_member_type', 10, 1 );
function default_member_type( $user_id ) {

	if ( ! bp_get_member_type($user_id) ) {
		
		bp_set_member_type( $user_id, 'member' );
	}
}

…and the member type gets set at the end of the function ( the bp_set_member_type() does set the member type ) but when the user gets dropped into the edit profile screen, the member type is unfilled / unselected. Little help?