Custom Profile Menu for BuddyPress vs BP Profile Search

Ever wished you could add custom pages to the BuddyPress profile menu? Here’s a plugin for that. Simply install and activate the plugin, add your custom menu page(s). That’s it, Bingo! The Custom Profile Menu for BuddyPress plugin lets you add custom static pages to the BuddyPress profile menu. Extend the extremely limited BuddyPress profile menu by adding your desired number of custom pages to it, with your desired content along with the built-in Home, Activity, Profile, Notifications, and Settings items. Use Cases The major use case of this plugin would be adding custom sections to the BuddyPress profile, e.g. a terms & conditions page or static pages with shortcodes for forms, appointment bookings, WooCommerce products, and other infinite possibilities. Core Features The core features of the plugin include the abilities to: * Add custom static pages to the BuddyPress profile menu * Add submenu pages by assigning a parent menu page * Set a default submenu page for a parent submenu page * Re-order the menu items. Installation Installation of the Custom Profile Menu for BuddyPress plugin is very simple. Follow along with the installation procedure in the dedicated Installation tab. Usage Install and activate the plugin Go to your WordPress Dashboard→BP Custom Menu Add a new page, enter your content, and publish. It will automatically show up as a menu item in the BuddyPress profile. In order to create a submenu page, please specify a “Parent” under the “Menu Page Options” in the right sidebar of the edit screen. In order to specify a default submenu for a parent page, select a submenu page in the “Set Default Submenu” selection under the “Menu Page Options” in the right sidebar of the edit screen. In order to re-order the menu items, enter an index in the “Order” field under the “Menu Page Options” in the right sidebar of the edit screen. A higher index means a higher level in the menu. Support If the above usage steps don’t answer your question(s), if you want to report an issue or if something is not working as expected, please create a topic in the Support Forum. Contribute If you want to contribute to the plugin by reporting issues, implementing new features and so on, here’s its development repository on Github. Sponsor You can sponsor this project and support my open-source development by becoming a Patron!

BP Profile Search is a member search and member directories plugin for BuddyPress. It provides: A form builder to build the member search forms The [bps_directory] shortcode to customize the BuddyPress Members directory, or to build additional member directories Each search form has a target directory. When you run a search, you are redirected to the form’s target directory, filtered according to your search. Build a search form With the form builder you can: Add, edit, rearrange, and remove the search fields Use as search fields the BuddyPress profile fields, the users and usermeta data (including roles), the BuddyPress user groups, and the user taxonomies (including BuddyPress member types) Use search by distance fields when you install the free companion plugin BP Distance Search Select, for each search field, one of the available search modes Select the BuddyPress Members directory, or one of the member directories built with this plugin, as the target directory Select the form template to display your form If in doubt, use the Help tab above the screen title The form template works just like any other BuddyPress template. To override a form template, copy it to the buddypress/members directory in your theme’s root, then edit the new copy according to your needs. Display a search form After you build your search form, you can display it: In its target directory, using the option Add Form to Directory in the form settings In a sidebar or widget area, using the widget Profile Search In a post or page, using the shortcode [bps_form] Run a search On the front-end, when you hit the Search button in a form, BP Profile Search shows the form’s target directory filtered according to your search. Both the All Members tab and the My Friends tab are filtered. Additionally, the plugin: Displays an active filters section containing the active search filters and a Clear button to clear them Displays for each member a member details section containing the values of the searched fields Adds to the Order By drop-down the options to sort the directory by the searched fields The active filters section and the member details section are displayed by two dedicated templates, that can be overridden just like any other BuddyPress template. Build a member directory With the [bps_directory] shortcode you can: Customize the BuddyPress Members directory, or build additional member directories Add hidden filters to a directory Add more sort options to a directory Show additional member information in each member details section, e.g. the value of profile fields Use a different Members directory template for each directory You can enter the shortcode in an empty page to build a new member directory, or you can enter it in the BuddyPress Members page to customize the BuddyPress Members directory. Additional documentation Form Builder Search Modes Custom Directories Form Templates In the screenshots below, the City field is provided by the free companion plugin BP Distance Search.