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Hi, so I want to give new users the ability to register for a newsletter with a checkbox.
When I change the checkbox to a text box field in both my form and buddypress everything works just fine.

$newsletter is either ‘true’ or ‘false’.
Line of code:
$meta_update = xprofile_set_field_data( ‘7’, $user_id, $newsletter);

In Buddypress profile fields I added
Field Title: ‘Newsletter’
Required?: Not required
Field Type: checkboxes
sort order: custom
‘Yes, I want to receive a newsletter’ and ‘default value’ not checked

When registering a new user with a checked checkbox the checkbox on the new user profile page stays unchecked.

Any thoughts?

(WP 3.6, BP 1.8.1)