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Read this to grab the data of a xprofile field:

https://buddypress.org/forums/topic/editing-the-core-elements-of-buddy-press#post-41651

You have two ways to add the xprofile field:

1) Hook into the profile action to display custom data (preferred)

In your child theme’s functions.php, add the following:

function my_bp_xprofile_about_me() {

bp_profile_field_data('field=About Me');

}

add_action('bp_before_member_header_meta','my_bp_xprofile_about_me');

This method is preferred because you won’t have to worry about theme updates.

2) Copy /bp-themes/bp-default/members/single/member-header.php to a child theme and make your changes there

Manually add the bp_profile_field_data(‘field=About Me’) line to the file.

@r-a-y After doing this, how do you remove the field from also displaying below?

@r-a-y Using the technique above, preferred, can you also remove individual items such as the required ‘Name’ for instance? I see no reason why this field is displayed when it is provided above adjacent to the user avatar. Or am I hearing that omission must be done by manipulating the profile loop?

@r-a-y I’m reaching here to figure this out:

function my_bp_xprofile_name() {
bp_profile_field_data(‘field=Name’);
}
remove_action(‘my_bp_xprofile_name’);

@r-a-y Gotcha. Thanks for the help…