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@djsteveb,

i wouldn’t remove the whole action hook, as other functionnalities from other plugins, can use it. Filtering is even better.

bp_parse_{component}_args is intended to filter template loops.

If you remove an {activity} type with this function, it will remove that activity from each activity feed (swa, profile and group). Something like an all or nothing thing.

bp_parse return values. So if you want to remove something, you have to list what you want to keep to show, and not what to remove !

Here a snippet, listing all existing BP activity types (2.2.x). Simply comment or remove the type you don’t want.

function my_bp_activity_types( $retval ) {
// list of all BP activity types  - remove or comment those you won't show.
    $retval['action'] = array(        
        'activity_comment',
		'activity_update',
		'created_group',
		'friendship_created',
		'joined_group',
		'last_activity',
		'new_avatar',
		'new_blog_comment',
                'new_blog_post',
		'new_member',
		'updated_profile'        
    );
 
    return $retval;
}
add_filter( 'bp_after_has_activities_parse_args', 'my_bp_activity_types' );

IMPORTANT: copy/paste to bp-custom.php or child-theme functions.php. Used as-is will do nothing ! You have to remove the type you don’t want from the list….

Third party plugins (like bbPress) use also activity types. Easiest way to get the right type name is to check xxxx_bp_activity table in DB and search for it in the Type column.

@umar007, removing friendship_created will solve your question.

@djsteveb, remove new_avatar ! 😉

@umar007,

i already shared what is necessary to remove an activity. :smirk:

$retval['action'] = array( 'type_name' );

I don’t know type names of all existing plugins, reason why i told about DB.

@umar007, it’s not a problem, it’s how it’s intended to work. 😉

Above snippet handles the activity output, not the activity filters. I wrote also it’s a kind of all or nothing thing….
Understand that if you have, for example, an activity wall showing only updates and posts, you can’t filter this wall by new member or profile information. You can’t filter what you deactivated !

You can use another approach, by adding eventually other filters or use a specific scope on the template, for example updates, which will show by default an activity wall of only updates, but where users can get all other activities if they use the one or other avaible filter.

As example, try:

function my_bp_add_custom_activity_dropdown_filter() {

//This filters the activity loop by new blog posts, blog comments and forum topics.

        $types = 'new_blog_post,new_blog_comment,bbp_topic_create,new_forum_topic'; 
?>
 
        <option value="<?php esc_attr_e( $types ); ?>">New Content</option>
 
<?php
}
add_action( 'bp_activity_filter_options', 'my_bp_add_custom_activity_dropdown_filter' );

Hope to be clear. 😉