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Hi BuddyBoss community,

I’m having trouble activating BuddyBoss components programmatically. I’ve tried several approaches, but the components aren’t being enabled. Here’s what I’ve attempted:

Using bp_update_option()
Direct database updates
Different hooks (init, after_setup_theme)
Current Behavior:

No components activate
No error messages in logs
Tried both single site and multisite
What I Need:

A reliable way to activate components (Groups, Activity, Messages, etc.)
Best practices for programmatic component management
Any known issues with automatic component activation
<?php
/**
* BuddyBoss Components Activator
* Add this to your theme’s functions.php or as a must-use plugin
*/

// Make sure we don’t expose any info if called directly
if (!defined(‘ABSPATH’)) {
exit;
}

// Hook into after_setup_theme to ensure BuddyBoss is loaded
add_action(‘after_setup_theme’, ‘activate_buddyboss_components_on_init’, 9999);

function activate_buddyboss_components_on_init() {
// Check if BuddyBoss is active
if (!function_exists(‘buddypress’)) {
return;
}

// Get current active components
$active_components = get_option(‘bp-active-components’, array());

// Components we want to activate
$components = array(
‘groups’ => 1,
‘activity’ => 1,
‘messages’ => 1,
‘notifications’ => 1,
‘friends’ => 1,
‘settings’ => 1,
‘xprofile’ => 1,
‘members’ => 1
);

// Merge with existing components
$new_components = array_merge($active_components, $components);

// Only update if there are changes
if ($active_components != $new_components) {
update_option(‘bp-active-components’, $new_components);

// Clear BuddyBoss component cache
if (function_exists(‘bp_core_reset_incrementor’)) {
bp_core_reset_incrementor(‘bp_active_components’);
}

// Flush rewrite rules on next load
set_transient(‘bb_flush_rewrite_rules’, ‘1’, 60);
}
}

// Handle rewrite rules flush
add_action(‘init’, ‘bb_maybe_flush_rewrite_rules’, 9999);
function bb_maybe_flush_rewrite_rules() {
if (get_transient(‘bb_flush_rewrite_rules’)) {
delete_transient(‘bb_flush_rewrite_rules’);
flush_rewrite_rules(false);
}
}