Facebook Clone – How to Allow new users to Register on your BuddyPress Site

I just finished installing BuddyPress on my Wordpress website and first thing I was looking for was how to allow new users to create an account on my BuddyPress site.  I didn’t see any registration links anywhere and was puzzled since this is a multi-user platform and should allow new signups.  I realized that I just needed to enable a feature in the settings and it worked. Below is a screenshot of the BuddyPress New User Registration Form.

BuddyPress New User Registration Form

Steps are below:

1.  Login to your Wordpress administrator account

2.  Along left navigation, Click on ‘Settings’

3.  Under ‘General Settings’, set the following value:

• Membership = check this box to ‘Anyone can register’

4.  Click on ‘Save Changes’

5.  Refresh your BuddyPress website and at the top left, you should see a ‘Signup’ button now available.

Thanks,

Elaine

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