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Since I could not find bp-custom.php and I found out that it not a default file, so the directions here: https://codex.buddypress.org/themes/bp-custom-php/ says to create it manually – which I did and added the above code as you directed. Then I located member-header.php in following directory tree shown below and added your code:
/wp-content/plugins/buddypress/bp-templates/bp-legacy/buddypress/members/single/member-header.php

But, I don’t see it working! Did I get the files mixed up?
Thanks for all help.

Hi @pedrohgl18,

and another in single.php child theme too.

Do you mean you used the same code twice? i.e. one in functions.php and one in single.php?

1. This code goes in either your bp-custom.php or functions.php (preferably the bp-custom.php):

function add_another_friend_button() {
	$user_id = get_the_author_meta( 'ID' );
	$mybutton = bp_add_friend_button( $user_id ); 
	if ( ( is_user_logged_in() && ! bp_is_my_profile() ) ) {
		echo $mybutton;
	}
} 

add_action( 'button_here', 'add_another_friend_button' );

2. Then insert the code below into the file where you wish your button to appear:

<div id="another-friend-button">
	<?php 
		do_action( 'button_here' ); 
	?>
</div><!-- #another-friend-button -->

Do you have cover images active?

If so the file you want is cover-image-header.php .

So you are using cover images but they aren’t working? Or do you just mean the button isn’t appearing?

Since you are using cover images the second code segment (number 2 above) needs to be placed in cover-image-header.php . It won’t appear if you put it in member-header.php because that is for profiles when you haven’t activated the use of cover images.

That’s correct it won’t be in your child theme unless you’ve already put it there to make modifications. So it sounds like you need to copy the cover-image-header.php into your child theme following the same file structure. Something like:

mychildtheme>buddypress>members>single

(it goes in the single folder).

Hopefully you’ll see the button now

Maybe ask the wplms authors for help as to why your cover images aren’t working? I haven’t used that theme so can’t help there.

Glad you finally got there!

Haven’t encountered that problem myself so wouldn’t really know where to start. The code above does work fine with notifying the person you are trying to be friends with (I’ve just double checked on my project).

Might even be a conflict with something in your theme or another plugin you are using. You could also try disabling other plugins to check if that is an issue and switching themes to one of the WordPress default themes to see if it works as it should.

Only other suggestion I can give is to start a new forum thread and maybe someone else has encountered that issue.

I’m not on Skype 🙂 .

Glad it worked in the end.

Thanks ripulkr ! that’s correct ! =)