Hi Vivek,

1. The Xprofile custom field types plugin adds extra field types. You should only install it if you need it. We created a fork of the abandoned plugin and rewrote it completely to make it better for future.
You can find it here.
https://wordpress.org/plugins/bp-xprofile-custom-field-types/

You should only use if it if you need fields offered by it.

2. For member type field(all the member type field plugins are provided by BuddyDev only), You don’t need the extra plugin.

You are using our BuddyPress Member Types Pro and it comes with a more powerful field type(single/multiple and a lot more customizations)

You are correct about the member types plugin, It does allows controlling all those features and is a lot more than the member type field.

Regards
Brajesh

Hi Vivek,
Thank you for asking.
No, There is no performance issue. It’s a minor plugin and most of the time you won’t even notice the difference.

The following types are allowed:
File:- ‘doc’,’docx’,’pdf’,
Image:- jpg,jpeg,gif,png

There are filters to allow modify this list. The default allowed limit is 8MB per file(It may be lower depending on how much upload size your server allows).

Regards
Brajesh

Hi Vivek,
Please add this to your bp-custom.php.

I have allowed all image types.

/**
 * Add images types to allowed file extension.
 *
 * @param array $extensions all extension.
 *
 * @return mixed
 */
function buddydev_custom_profile_field_type_file_extensions( $extensions ) {

	$extensions['file'] = array_merge(
		$extensions['file'],
		array(
			'jpg',
			'jpeg',
			'gif',
			'png',
		)
	);

	return $extensions;
}

add_filter( 'bpxcftr_allowed_extensions', 'buddydev_custom_profile_field_type_file_extensions' );

Regards
Brajesh

Hi Vivek,
No,
The answer was in context to “member type field”.

Regards
Brajesh

You are welcome.