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Hi @asmaajaved,

I’m not sure if this an edge case, so more information is required, e.g.:

1. WordPress version
2. WordPress permalink setting(plain or pretty URLs)
3. WordPress theme in use
4. BuddyPress version
5. BuddyPress template pack in use
6. What does your error log reveal?

It would also help to have a screenshot of:

the single groups pages show up empty

For some reason you are getting a 404 page (Page not found”). Does this happen immediately after you create a group? Meaning, after creating a group you should be taken to the newly created group page but you are redirected to a 404 page, is this correct?

Also, this anomaly happens with all group types (public, private & hidden)?

Unfortunately, I’ve not seen this before, so it may take a while to figure what is going on. Until I can duplicate this anomaly, it is hard to say what a fix would be.

Let’s not do that, I would prefer not to get involved in that way.

It looks like after group creation, there should be a 302 redirect to the newly created group page. Since you are able to delete groups, I assume you are doing so from wp-admin > groups page.

Notwithstanding the 302 redirect after group creation. Since the groups appear to be created, you should be able to access any of the created groups directly, e.g.:

https:example.com/groups/new-group

I’m not sure if this is actually a BuddyPress issue.

I’ll ask around and see if anyone else on the team has heard of this.

Can you visit member pages successfully? Like /members/example? But not /groups/example?

If so, then there is something conflicting in your WP site (because the BP pages are generally working) like a second page with the same slug or a custom post type with the same slug–something is preventing WP from reaching the BP groups page. Can you visit just /groups/?

@asmaajaved – out of curiosity, I’m interested in knowing the value that is set for the BP_GROUPS_DEFAULT_EXTENSION constant. This information can be found within the Site Health Info tab, e.g., wp-admin/site-health.php?tab=debug, scroll down to the last panel (BuddyPress Constants) then open the panel and find the aforementioned constant.

This might provide an additional clue as to what may be occurring.

Thanks,

BP_GROUPS_SLUG (deprecated), as indicated is deprecated and shouldn’t be defined/used. However, BP_GROUPS_DEFAULT_EXTENSION is defined as “forum” which is what is causing the initial 404 redirect (page not found). Apparently, there was a “forum” nav item for any given group and now there is not therefore, that page can’t be found.

Somewhere, perhaps wp-config.php, there is a line that contains define( 'BP_GROUPS_DEFAULT_EXTENSION', 'forum' );, find it and either remove it or comment it out and then you won’t need the redirect plugin. Perhaps, the bbPress plugin was previously activated and all groups had “Group Forum” enabled and thus the constant being defined as it was.

Well that’s odd unless someone has used the const keyword to define it. Search for just BP_GROUPS_DEFAULT_EXTENSION and see what that finds.

The Bottom line is that this constant is being set to the value of “forum”, just need to find how and where.

Hmmm… is this a production or development or staging site? We know the constant is being set. Would someone actually use a base64_decode hack to hide the fact?

Hiding – not easily seen.

The constants you’ve indicated are for WordPress and are typically defined within wp-config.php, if you search for one of those constant names, does it show up in your search results?

I see that this is a multisite installation, not that this should matter, it’s just that more information gets revealed over time. I noticed that define(‘WP_ALLOW_MULTISITE’, true); is listed twice; is this verbatim or just something that happened with copy & paste, just curious?

As to base64_decode, this may not apply, this would have been a malicious attempt to obfuscate, I was just trying to rationalize why you aren’t finding where the BP_GROUPS_DEFAULT_EXTENSION constant is being defined.

Perhaps I should ask the question differently; what tool are you using to search for the BP_GROUPS_DEFAULT_EXTENSION constant? Typically constants are defined in wp-config.php, it appears, however, the BP_GROUPS_DEFAULT_EXTENSIONcan be defined in a child theme'sfunctions.php` or a “Must Use” plugin, etc, etc.