Vikinger - BuddyPress and GamiPress Social Community

Can I change the page that users are redirected to after they login? Yes! You have that option inside the customizer.Just go to Vikinger Settings -> Login - Register -> Login - Redirect Page.

Can I hide the footer? Yes! You have that option inside the customizer.Just go to Vikinger Settings -> Footer.

Can I remove the blog tab of the members profile? Yes, just go to "Customizer" -> "Vikinger Settings" -> "Members" and you can disable it.

BuddyPress is not sending emails with activation code to users after they register to the site Please check that your WordPress email configuration is correctly setup and if emails are being sent for other actions.If you are using an email plugin (i.e.: https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-mail-smtp/), please check if thi ...

How can I customize the Login page? The theme uses the default WordPress login and forgot password pages, we include several options in the "Customizer" like text and background customization.For further customization, please check the WordPress docs on how to ...

Can I hide the side menu? Yes! You have that option inside the customizer.Just go to Vikinger Settings -> Side Menu.

I can't post a BuddyPress activity with images or video Please check your WordPress site health page (WordPress backend panel -> Tools -> Site Health), the most common cause of being unable to make an activity post with media (images or video) is due to having an outdated MariaDB ...

Where are all images and videos saved? Videos (and images) uploaded by users are saved in your WordPress install "uploads" directory (wp-content/uploads/vikinger).

Can I change the avatars from hexagons to circles/squares? Yes! You can change the shape of the avatars, just go to "Customizer" -> "Vikinger Settings" -> "Avatar" and choose the one you like the most.

Can users upload blog posts from the front end? Sorry, but it's not possible at the moment, the WordPress blog feature works from the backend and they have an already really powerful editor with lots of blocks and features (and constantly getting updates).If you don't want ...

Can i change GamiPress badges, quests, ranks names or create new ones? 1) Renaming existing achievement and rank types: You can change / translate the names throughout the site but it's very important that you don't change the information (name, slug, etc) that is assigned to them in the GamiP ...

Where are the color presets stored? Color presets are stored as options in your WordPress install database (“yourprefix_options” table), you can find each preset name in the “vikinger/includes/customizer/vikinger-customizer-utils.php” file, “vikinger_ ...

How can i change the theme font? You can change the theme font (Google Fonts) by using the Customizer options: "Customize" -> "Vikinger Settings" -> "Font" You can get your Google Fonts API Key here.  After entering your API Key in the Customizer "Goog ...

How can I add new SVG icons? 1) To add new icons you need to create:a) A new script file that includes the SVG code and include it in your theme "functions.php" (we recommend using the child theme as to not lose changes after a theme update).You can use ...

Disable WooCommerce "Lost Password" page and use WordPress default To remove the page that WooCommerce adds for "Lost Password", you need to remove the respective endpoint setting found in the WooCommerce backend options: WooCommerce > Settings > Advanced > Account endpoints, delete lost-pa ...

How do I create Groups? Groups must be created from the frontend.We created a system so users can easily create and manage groups. Just go to your front-end settings menu (the cog wheel icon at the top right) and click on "Manage Groups".There you'l ...

Can I remove the WordPress bar at the top? Users can individually remove the toolbar by going to the WordPress admin, Users -> Profile and unchecking the Toolbar option.BuddyPress adds the toolbar for logged out users too, you can change this by going to Settings -> B ...

Can I order/change the positions of the forums? Yes, the forum positions are managed from the backend. You have to number them in the order that you want them to be shown (1, 2, 3…), check this screen:

I'm having issues installing the theme / theme doesn't work If you haven't done much yet, we recommend you to do a clean install to start again to make sure that the things you've done don't interfere with the setup.For a successful install and setup process, please follow the instruc ...

Can I customize all pages with Elementor? No, you can only use Elementor to edit pages created with Elementor (like the landing page) or create new pages. This is mainly due to, for example, plugins like BuddyPress, or GamiPress, don't allow for Elementor customizati ...

Can I change the order of the members profile tabs? Yes, just go to "Customizer" -> "Vikinger Settings" -> "Members" and change the numbers to order them in the way you want.

I changed the name of a BuddyPress profile field or group and now its not displaying on the site The theme uses the BuddyPress xProfile groups and fields to allow site members to enter information about themselves, like bio, personal, interests, social links and account information.To be able to show each xProfile field ...

Images/elements seem out of place/broken or theme functionality is not working as expected First, please ensure that you have completed all steps of the theme setup process as failing to complete a step can cause styling issues to appear on the site.Sometimes, there can be third party plugins that are conflicting w ...

Why are all the quests images the same? What you’re seeing isn’t and issue! They are shown like that because the quests aren’t unlocked yet (the icon means locked or “open” quest)! Once users earn them, they will be shown the colored token, this way peo ...

Can I remove the section headers? Yes! You can do it inside the WordPress Customizer.Just go to Vikinger "Settings" -> "Page Headers", and choose "Hide"

Can I change the default user avatars and covers? Yes! You have that option inside the customizer.Just go to Vikinger Settings -> Members and Vikinger Settings -> Groups.

Where can users register? The theme uses the WordPress or BuddyPress (if the plugin is installed and active) default register pages.Please, make sure that the WordPress option for anyone to register is enabled. You can find it inside Settings -> Gen ...

Having issues while Installing / Importing demo If you haven’t done much yet, we recommend you to do a clean install to start again to make sure that the things you’ve done don’t interfere with the setup (be sure to install the latest version of the theme!) After th ...

Where can I find the folders and illustrations mentioned in the documentation? Please be sure that when you go to your downloads page, you not only download the installable WordPress file, but also the main files.Many things, like the demo imports and illustration files are inside that main zip file so ...