Remove Social Stuff

[Kramer]

I am sure I could figure this out, but I was hoping someone could tell me quickly how to remove all that social stuff from the base profile. I may want to add it later in a different way, but for now it is kinda extra stuff getting in my way.

[Alyssa]

@chiefgeek try adding this to functions.php:
remove_action("bp_after_profile_field_content","buddyboss_user_social_fields");

[Kramer]

Hmmm, that didn’t seem to work. Is is different for the “boss” theme?

[Kramer]

Hey @tjchester

So I went into the profile loop and commented out several do_actions and noticed the social links disappear… now I know the appropriate way to do this would be to remove the action hooks in the functions.php file and I understand it is important to hook into the right area…. but I am relatively new with hooks and their actions and filters. I am still wrapping my head around it a bit.

Where do I find what these things do? I guess by that I mean… where are the tags for the hook located? Where do I “hook” into and where is the associated action?

Here is the code I commented out below… where do I see what these “tags” do? Where is the do_action ‘bp_profile_field_item’ listed? Sorry for my newish questions. I used to program a while back and I’m getting back into it. Any help is much appreciated.

<?php //do_action( 'bp_profile_field_item' ); ?>

<?php endwhile; ?>
					
</table>
</div>

<?php //do_action( 'bp_after_profile_field_content' ); ?>

<?php endif; ?>

<?php endwhile; ?>

<?php //do_action( 'bp_profile_field_buttons' ); ?>

<?php endif; ?>

<?php //do_action( 'bp_after_profile_loop_content' ); ?>

[Alyssa]

@chiefgeek I would not recommend commenting actions as it may break other plugins, here is confirmed working code to remove social:

function bb_remove_social() {
remove_action('bp_after_profile_field_content','buddyboss_user_social_fields');
}
add_action( 'bp_init' , 'bb_remove_social' );

[Kramer]

Awesome, that worked!

[Matthew]

this was a great post – thanks

[Alyssa]

Glad it helps 🙂