Well, I see I hadn’t set the correct setting for preview in BB settings, Doh. so it now showing a preview and embedding Youtube. But it still doesn’t embed the Youtube vids as well as Activity Plus—it stretches the videos length and looks ugly.

I’d still be interested to know if it’s really a bad idea to use the two together?

Cheers,
Tracy

Hi Tracy,
Good to know that you found the settings. Since BuddyBoss already adds the functionality we do no plan to duplicate the effort. That’s why we recommend sticking with their media solution for this.

Hi Daniel,
You are right, we haven’t given the option for the enabling/disabling of the buttons in the UI. Please allow me 24 hours to think if we can add it in the settings. If not, Ravi or I will assist you with the code to achieve the same.

Regards
Brajesh

Hello Daniel,

Please use the following code it will only allow friends to post comments or reply on user activity.

/**
 * Allow only friends to post a comment and reply
 *
 * @param bool $can Can comment or not.
 *
 * @return bool
 */
function buddydev_only_friends_can_comment_on_activity( $can ) {
	
	if ( ! bp_is_user() ) {
		return $can;
	}
	
	$activity = new BP_Activity_Activity( bp_get_activity_id() );

	if ( ! friends_check_friendship( get_current_user_id(), $activity->user_id ) ) {
		$can = false;
	}

	return $can;
}
add_filter( 'bp_activity_can_comment', 'buddydev_only_friends_can_comment_on_activity' );
add_filter( 'bp_activity_can_comment_reply', 'buddydev_only_friends_can_comment_on_activity' );

Please do let me know if it works or not.

Regards
Ravi