Hi. I have a wp multisite configuration and am in process of changing my buddypress network settings. I’m switching from a network activated buddypress with a secondary root site, to a buddypress multinetwork configuration (using the buddypress multinetwork plugin).

I understand this means bp will be segregated, users and settings, per subsite, instead of having one set of users and settings for the whole network. I understand when doing this I may appear to “lose” users and settings on my subsites that were previously there.

I’m currently planning to export/import buddypress profile fields and group settings, using phpmyadmin– from the data tables assigned to the former root site, to the new bp data tables of each subsite. I’m planning on “fixing” the profile fields and group settings on the former root site manually, however, by just re-creating the profile fields and groups within the wp backend.

Where I’m stuck is with the users. When I network activate the multi-network plugin, the users still reside on the wp backend of the subsite that was the former secondary root site. However, they don’t appear on the front end of the site within the membership directory.

I’ve read elsewhere in the forums that this will resolve itself –that when each user next signs in, they will appear in the membership directory. This isn’t satisfactory in my case however, as having all the users in the 400+ membership directory suddenly disappear will be too alarming to the community.

So my first question concerns whether there is a way to get all the users to reappear in the membership directory, without waiting for them to all to individually sign in. This is the issue I’m most concerned about.

Once that is resolved, I’d like to know if there is a more automated solution to copy the profile fields and group settings to the other subsites, rather than doing this manually via phpmyadmin.

Looking forward to any help you can provide.