Note: This plugin has now been forked by BuddyDev, the above link will take you to the repacement plugin.
Version Tested: V 2.6.3
BuddyPress Xprofile Custom Fields Type is a BuddyPress plugin that adds a variety of field types to the BuddyPress Extended Profile. The complete list of additional field types is below:
Birthdate.
Email.
Web.
Date-picker.
Custom post type selector.
Custom post type multi-selector.
Checkbox acceptance.
Image.
File.
Colour-picker.
Decimal number.
Number within min/max values.
Custom taxonomy selector.
Custom taxonomy multi-selector.
Range input (slider)
Like most Xprofile plugins there is no configuration to be done after you have installed and activated the plugin. Once active adding or editing a Profile Fields in Dashboard>>Users>>Profile Fields reveals the following list of added field types:
From here your desired field type can be selected. There a wide range of types that are added by this plugin, many are use specific but interesting ones added include the Image, email and colour-picker.
This plugin is simple and delivers a significant enhancement to the extended profile fields available from default BuddyPress. 10 out of 10!
I've been setting up and managing BuddyPress social networks for a few years. I moved from Ning and other platforms and have come to BuddyPress looking to make sites with similar features to them.
6 Comments
Mark
· March 13, 2017 at 1:31 am
Hi,
I must say your blog has provided me with some great solutions. Thank you.
Have you in these couple of years found a solution how to push xProfile data to user meta?
Venutius
· March 13, 2017 at 7:30 pm
Hi there!
Alas, not so far.
Chanel
· April 1, 2018 at 6:15 pm
I have had this plugin installed on my site for a few months and I just got a notification:
“The Plugin “BuddyPress Xprofile Custom Fields Type” has been removed from wordpress.org”
Any suggestions for alternative plugins that have similar functionality?
Venutius
· April 2, 2018 at 5:17 pm
This is a bit of an issue for sure, the issue is that if you have used any of these fields and the plugin stops working you will lose access to that data. Ideally this should have transferred to another curator rather than being closed. I’m debating what to do with this page, I may just remove it since the plugin’s no longer available. In the short-term, the plugin still works, so you can keep on using it for now but be prepared for the possibility of it failing at some point in the future.
BP Post Status adds three new Post Status options; alongside the usual publishing options, the post publishing box now supports Members Only, Friends Only and Group Post statuses, with Group Post providing a drop-down of available groups to assign the post to. It also adds a group posts tab in each group and provides the option to set a post as the group homepage.
BuddyPress Follow allows members of a BuddyPress social network to follow each other, it places follow buttons on each members profile and in the members page and adds extra tab's in each members profile page, one showing who is following you and the other showing who you are following.
6 Comments
Mark · March 13, 2017 at 1:31 am
Hi,
I must say your blog has provided me with some great solutions. Thank you.
Have you in these couple of years found a solution how to push xProfile data to user meta?
Venutius · March 13, 2017 at 7:30 pm
Hi there!
Alas, not so far.
Chanel · April 1, 2018 at 6:15 pm
I have had this plugin installed on my site for a few months and I just got a notification:
“The Plugin “BuddyPress Xprofile Custom Fields Type” has been removed from wordpress.org”
Any suggestions for alternative plugins that have similar functionality?
Venutius · April 2, 2018 at 5:17 pm
This is a bit of an issue for sure, the issue is that if you have used any of these fields and the plugin stops working you will lose access to that data. Ideally this should have transferred to another curator rather than being closed. I’m debating what to do with this page, I may just remove it since the plugin’s no longer available. In the short-term, the plugin still works, so you can keep on using it for now but be prepared for the possibility of it failing at some point in the future.
cema · May 19, 2018 at 11:47 pm
don’t work with buddypress 3
Richard · May 29, 2018 at 12:46 am
Phoenix from the ashes… https://buddydev.com/add-extra-buddypress-profile-fields-with-buddypress-xprofile-custom-field-types-plugin/.