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I am currently using:

– WordPress v6.8.1
– Theme: Sweetdate by SeventhQueen v3.9.2
– BuddyPress v14.3.4
– Elementor v3.29.2
– Elementor Pro v3.29.2

I have noticed a strange behavior occurring on BuddyPress group and profile pages. Specifically, the issue is:

When visiting a BuddyPress group, sometimes:

– If the user is not a member, they are automatically added to the group without clicking the join button.

– If the user is already a member, they are automatically removed from the group without clicking the leave button.

When visiting a user profile, sometimes:

– If the visitor is not a friend, a friend request is automatically sent.

– If they are already friends, the friendship is automatically cancelled.

It seems like if the “Join Group”, “Leave Group”, “Add Friend” and “Cancel Friendship” buttons are being triggered automatically upon loading the corresponding pages. This does not happen every time, so it has been difficult for me to replicate it to show it to you, but it occurs frequently enough to negatively affect the user experience.

In an effort to identify the cause, I have done the following tests:
– Deactivated all custom scripts.
– Deactivated all plugins except those required for WordPress and the theme to function correctly.
– Cleared and purged all caches.

While running these tests, the issue did not occur. However, as I began reactivating plugins one by one (still with my custom scripts deactivated), I found that the issue reappears when Elementor Pro is activated. This leads me to believe the problem may come from a conflict between Elementor Pro and BuddyPress, the theme, or WordPress itself.

I am sharing a video where I was able to replicate the issue: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1uuLIc-hGQHHq5BGY3b5M3pklMMEQqKyx/view?usp=sharing

Do you have any idea what could be causing this behaviour, and if it is an incompatibility with BuddyPress?

Thank you all in advance.