Frequently Asked Questions
Registration
I don’t see the register button on my BuddyPress site!
Login to the WP admin area, navigate to “Settings > General”, and make sure “Anyone can register” is checked.
If you’re using WordPress in network mode, login to the WP admin area, navigate to “Super Admin > Options”, and under “Allow new registrations”, select any option but “Disabled”.
BuddyPress isn’t sending out emails (eg. activation emails, email notifications)
This appears to be a problem with certain web hosts (Bluehost primarily).
Members of the BP community have had success using:
- Mail From Plugin
- WP Mail SMTP Plugin
- Configure SMTP Plugin
- WP-Better-Emails Plugin
WP Mail SMTP and Configure SMTP can send a test email which often provides useful debug information. Check also with your webhost’s tech support for more information.
Activity Stream
BP 1.2 Default Theme – Set the Activity Stream as front page, blog posts on another page
1) Login to the WP backend, navigate to “Pages > Add New”. Create an empty, new page called “News” or “Blog” or whatever you want. This page will contain the blog updates.
2) Under “Settings > Reading”, set front page to “Activity Stream” and your posts page to the new page that you just created.
How do I disable activity stream comments for blog and forum posts?
1) Login to the WP backend, navigate to “Buddypress > General settings”.
2) Under “Disable activity stream commenting on blog and forum posts?” Select “Yes”.
Extending BuddyPress
Avatars
Why can’t I upload avatars on my server?
This could be a number of things, but make sure you have the GD image library installed. It might also be permissions, so make sure the web server has correct permissions.
