BuddyPress.org

Environment:
PHP 7.0.3
Apache webserver
MySQL v5.5.49
WordPress v4.7.3
BuddyPress v2.8.2
Theme: Emmet Lite v1.5.0
Other plugin: none

Hi,

I have installed BuddyPress on a fresh local install and used the Emmet Lite theme.

My problem is that when I create a user, login to the site using a completely different browser, with the cache purged and browsing history removed on start, and go to the user profile, I do not have the option to change the profile visibility. The dropdown for the Name is not showing at all.

Please see settings-profile-visibility on the BuddyPress codex.

When you view the image you will see “Base -> Name” and “Visibility -> Everyone” in a dropdown. In my install the “Visibility -> Name” is not a dropdown and not selectable attall.

Thanks in advance for helping me figure this one out.