@chetbutikofer – I have not run into that exact thing – but you can go into your site via ftp or file mananger, under wp-content / plugins and simply delete the buddypress folder. That will usually deactivate just about any wp plugin.
I ran into the same or similar issue. From my debug logs it appears to be an issue when login with ajax is also an active plugin…these are the two errors that repeat endlessly until there’s a server timeout:
[03-Oct-2015 22:00:33 UTC] PHP Warning: current() expects parameter 1 to be array, null given in /var/www/html/_wp/wp-content/plugins/buddypress/bp-core/bp-core-template-loader.php on line 223
[03-Oct-2015 22:00:33 UTC] PHP Stack trace:
[03-Oct-2015 22:00:33 UTC] PHP 1. {main}() /var/www/html/_wp/wp-admin/plugins.php:0
[03-Oct-2015 22:00:33 UTC] PHP 2. require_once() /var/www/html/_wp/wp-admin/plugins.php:10
[03-Oct-2015 22:00:33 UTC] PHP 3. require_once() /var/www/html/_wp/wp-admin/admin.php:31
[03-Oct-2015 22:00:33 UTC] PHP 4. require_once() /var/www/html/_wp/wp-load.php:37
[03-Oct-2015 22:00:33 UTC] PHP 5. require_once() /var/www/html/_wp/wp-config.php:106
[03-Oct-2015 22:00:33 UTC] PHP 6. do_action() /var/www/html/_wp/wp-settings.php:353
[03-Oct-2015 22:00:33 UTC] PHP 7. call_user_func_array() /var/www/html/_wp/wp-includes/plugin.php:503
[03-Oct-2015 22:00:33 UTC] PHP 8. LoginWithAjax::init() /var/www/html/_wp/wp-includes/plugin.php:503
[03-Oct-2015 22:00:33 UTC] PHP 9. LoginWithAjax::getRegisterLink() /var/www/html/_wp/wp-content/plugins/login-with-ajax/login-with-ajax.php:91
[03-Oct-2015 22:00:33 UTC] PHP 10. bp_get_signup_page() /var/www/html/_wp/wp-content/plugins/login-with-ajax/login-with-ajax.php:270
[03-Oct-2015 22:00:33 UTC] PHP 11. bp_has_custom_signup_page() /var/www/html/_wp/wp-content/plugins/buddypress/bp-members/bp-members-template.php:1902
[03-Oct-2015 22:00:33 UTC] PHP 12. bp_locate_template() /var/www/html/_wp/wp-content/plugins/buddypress/bp-members/bp-members-template.php:1885
[03-Oct-2015 22:00:33 UTC] PHP 13. bp_get_template_stack() /var/www/html/_wp/wp-content/plugins/buddypress/bp-core/bp-core-template-loader.php:90
[03-Oct-2015 22:00:33 UTC] PHP 14. current() /var/www/html/_wp/wp-content/plugins/buddypress/bp-core/bp-core-template-loader.php:223
[03-Oct-2015 22:00:33 UTC] PHP Warning: next() expects parameter 1 to be array, null given in /var/www/html/_wp/wp-content/plugins/buddypress/bp-core/bp-core-template-loader.php on line 229
[03-Oct-2015 22:00:33 UTC] PHP Stack trace:
[03-Oct-2015 22:00:33 UTC] PHP 1. {main}() /var/www/html/_wp/wp-admin/plugins.php:0
[03-Oct-2015 22:00:33 UTC] PHP 2. require_once() /var/www/html/_wp/wp-admin/plugins.php:10
[03-Oct-2015 22:00:33 UTC] PHP 3. require_once() /var/www/html/_wp/wp-admin/admin.php:31
[03-Oct-2015 22:00:33 UTC] PHP 4. require_once() /var/www/html/_wp/wp-load.php:37
[03-Oct-2015 22:00:33 UTC] PHP 5. require_once() /var/www/html/_wp/wp-config.php:106
[03-Oct-2015 22:00:33 UTC] PHP 6. do_action() /var/www/html/_wp/wp-settings.php:353
[03-Oct-2015 22:00:33 UTC] PHP 7. call_user_func_array() /var/www/html/_wp/wp-includes/plugin.php:503
[03-Oct-2015 22:00:33 UTC] PHP 8. LoginWithAjax::init() /var/www/html/_wp/wp-includes/plugin.php:503
[03-Oct-2015 22:00:33 UTC] PHP 9. LoginWithAjax::getRegisterLink() /var/www/html/_wp/wp-content/plugins/login-with-ajax/login-with-ajax.php:91
[03-Oct-2015 22:00:33 UTC] PHP 10. bp_get_signup_page() /var/www/html/_wp/wp-content/plugins/login-with-ajax/login-with-ajax.php:270
[03-Oct-2015 22:00:33 UTC] PHP 11. bp_has_custom_signup_page() /var/www/html/_wp/wp-content/plugins/buddypress/bp-members/bp-members-template.php:1902
[03-Oct-2015 22:00:33 UTC] PHP 12. bp_locate_template() /var/www/html/_wp/wp-content/plugins/buddypress/bp-members/bp-members-template.php:1885
[03-Oct-2015 22:00:33 UTC] PHP 13. bp_get_template_stack() /var/www/html/_wp/wp-content/plugins/buddypress/bp-core/bp-core-template-loader.php:90
[03-Oct-2015 22:00:33 UTC] PHP 14. next() /var/www/html/_wp/wp-content/plugins/buddypress/bp-core/bp-core-template-loader.php:229
Simple fix is to deactivate login with ajax, then deactivate buddypress, then activate login with ajax.
This error might also present itself with other plugins/themes that have custom signup pages.
@bentleykfrog – that worked! Thank you so much for this information. I’m not even sure how or why I installed login with ajax in the first place… But deactivating that plug-in allowed me to deactivate buddypress and then delete it.
thank you!
Chet
