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Hi there
I'm converting a WP site with 2800+ members to BP. The trial version of the site is at http://www.claverton-energy.info

I am slightly bewildered by the Users concept...
- Community Stats shows 2800+ users (many are spam registrants and need to be removed)
- Members page shows 25... (but only after I ran a Sync plugin...)

Research in implementing BP suggested that WP users needed to be synchronised with BP, so I installed and ran "Activate Users In Buddypress." That did not go particularly well :slight_smile:

I'm now wondering if the latest versions of WP and BP have eliminated those previous user issues...

Question: Does BuddyPress "login" page now process existing WordPress users and add them as active BP members when/if they login?

Thanks
Ben Kemp
http://www.TheSEOguy.co.nz

  • Timothy
    • Chief Pigeon

    Hey there.

    I'm converting a WP site with 2800+ members to BP. The trial version of the site is at http://www.claverton-energy.info

    How do you mean?

    BuddyPress is just a plugin for WordPress and thus uses WordPress and it database for members.

    You don't need to convert anything or perhaps I'm not understanding?

    As Boone over at BP says:

    The BP-WP profile syncing is basically a syncing mechanism for full names and email addresses. That’s because WP doesn’t have very extensive built-in profiles. On the vast majority of BP installations, users will never have any contact with their WP profile data – all of their profile management will happen through BP, with changes automatically synced back to WP.

    Question: Does BuddyPress "login" page now process existing WordPress users and add them as active BP members when/if they login?

    They are WordPress Members, BuddyPress plugins in, as mentioned above you can sync their full name and email addresses.

    Take care.

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