its ok i posted to soon, after searching for an answer for ages i stumbled upon a working one just now, always the damn case lmao.
If you want to do the same here is the code i came across
add_action( 'xprofile_data_before_save', 'disable_name_change' );
function disable_name_change( $data ) {
if ( 1 == $data->field_id )
$data->field_id = false;
return $data;
}
This seems to work ok from initial testing, it could be better though meaning this still lets users type a new name into the profile field but clicking on the save changes button it will now give them an error saying ‘There was a problem updating some of your profile information. Please try again.’
ideally i would rather them not have the option to even try to change it either , if anyone has a better solution give us a shout please, thx
hi @mcpeanut,
this snippet useable from BP 2.0.1 and above, can be added to bp-custom.php
it will hide the field ID 1 which is the default Name field to all, except site admin.
it will also avoid the user to edit that field. So if you use this, i recommand you tell them on register page that once they entered a name it they could change it later. You can than ask them $$$$ to do it. 😀
function bpfr_hide_profile_field_group( $retval ) {
if ( bp_is_active( 'xprofile' ) ) :
// hide profile group/field to all except admin
if ( !is_super_admin() ) {
//exlude fields, separated by comma
$retval['exclude_fields'] = '1';
//exlude field groups, separated by comma
$retval['exclude_groups'] = '1';
}
return $retval;
endif;
}
add_filter( 'bp_after_has_profile_parse_args', 'bpfr_hide_profile_field_group' );
More here:
Using bp_parse_args() to filter BuddyPress template loops
@danbp n1 dan, i will try it in next hour or so, haha i love the charging of $$$$ to change their own names hahahaha, that tickled me.
What i want to do is allow them to change usernames and not their real names tbh, i know im doing things backwards but hey..lol, besides brajesh seems to have a neat plugin to allow usernames to be changed, i have disabled signing in with them so this is ideal as now users have to use their emails to sign in.
im not a big fan of the whole username thing, maybe im just old fashioned…i dunno!! lol
cheers dan the code is a much better solution than the one i was using earlier bud ;
