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<dt style="float: left; width: 6em; font-weight: bold">Revision</dt> <dd><a style="font-weight: bold" href="http://buddypress.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/14195">14195</a><script type="application/ld+json">{"@context":"http://schema.org","@type":"EmailMessage","description":"Review this Commit","action":{"@type":"ViewAction","url":"http://buddypress.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/14195","name":"Review Commit"}}</script></dd>
<dt style="float: left; width: 6em; font-weight: bold">Author</dt> <dd>espellcaste</dd>
<dt style="float: left; width: 6em; font-weight: bold">Date</dt> <dd>2026-01-02 19:10:26 +0000 (Fri, 02 Jan 2026)</dd>
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<pre style='padding-left: 1em; margin: 2em 0; border-left: 2px solid #ccc; line-height: 1.25; font-size: 105%; font-family: sans-serif'>Switch the function that updates the spam status of the member on multisite configs and deprecate `bp_core_update_member_status`.
Since WordPress 5.3, the user status is now updated using the globally available `wp_update_user()` function. So let us use it instead and deprecate `bp_core_update_member_status()`.
It includes some minor Docblock changes.
Props imath.
Closes https://github.com/buddypress/buddypress/pull/434/
See <a href="http://buddypress.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/9173">#9173</a>
Fixes <a href="http://buddypress.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/9167">#9167</a></pre>
<h3>Modified Paths</h3>
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<li><a href="#trunksrcbpcoredeprecated150php">trunk/src/bp-core/deprecated/15.0.php</a></li>
<li><a href="#trunksrcbpmembersbpmembersfunctionsphp">trunk/src/bp-members/bp-members-functions.php</a></li>
<li><a href="#trunktestsphpunittestcasesmembersfunctionsphp">trunk/tests/phpunit/testcases/members/functions.php</a></li>
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<a id="trunksrcbpcoredeprecated150php"></a>
<div class="modfile"><h4 style="background-color: #eee; color: inherit; margin: 1em 0; padding: 1.3em; font-size: 115%">Modified: trunk/src/bp-core/deprecated/15.0.php</h4>
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<span class="info" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px; color: #888">--- trunk/src/bp-core/deprecated/15.0.php 2026-01-02 19:02:18 UTC (rev 14194)
+++ trunk/src/bp-core/deprecated/15.0.php 2026-01-02 19:10:26 UTC (rev 14195)
</span><span class="lines" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px; color: #888">@@ -106,3 +106,47 @@
</span><span class="cx" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px">
</span><span class="cx" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px"> return bp_activity_delete( array( 'id' => $activity_id ) );
</span><span class="cx" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px"> }
</span><ins style="background-color: #dfd; text-decoration:none; display:block; padding: 0 10px">+
+/**
+ * Update the spam status of the member on multisite configs.
+ *
+ * @since 5.0.0
+ * @deprecated 15.0.0
+ *
+ * @param int $user_id The user ID to spam or ham.
+ * @param string $value '0' to mark the user as `ham`, '1' to mark as `spam`.
+ * @return bool
+ */
+function bp_core_update_member_status( $user_id = 0, $value = 0 ) {
+ _deprecated_function( __FUNCTION__, '15.0.0' );
+
+ if ( ! is_multisite() || ! $user_id ) {
+ return false;
+ }
+
+ /**
+ * The `update_user_status()` function is deprecated since WordPress 5.3.0.
+ * Continue to use it if WordPress current major version is lower than 5.3.
+ */
+ if ( bp_get_major_wp_version() < 5.3 ) {
+ return update_user_status( $user_id, 'spam', $value );
+ }
+
+ if ( $value ) {
+ $value = '1';
+ }
+
+ // Otherwise use the replacement function.
+ $user = wp_update_user(
+ array(
+ 'ID' => $user_id,
+ 'spam' => $value,
+ )
+ );
+
+ if ( is_wp_error( $user ) ) {
+ return false;
+ }
+
+ return true;
+}
</ins></span></pre></div>
<a id="trunksrcbpmembersbpmembersfunctionsphp"></a>
<div class="modfile"><h4 style="background-color: #eee; color: inherit; margin: 1em 0; padding: 1.3em; font-size: 115%">Modified: trunk/src/bp-members/bp-members-functions.php</h4>
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<span class="info" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px; color: #888">--- trunk/src/bp-members/bp-members-functions.php 2026-01-02 19:02:18 UTC (rev 14194)
+++ trunk/src/bp-members/bp-members-functions.php 2026-01-02 19:10:26 UTC (rev 14195)
</span><span class="lines" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px; color: #888">@@ -643,48 +643,6 @@
</span><span class="cx" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px"> }
</span><span class="cx" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px">
</span><span class="cx" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px"> /**
</span><del style="background-color: #fdd; text-decoration:none; display:block; padding: 0 10px">- * Update the spam status of the member on multisite configs.
- *
- * @since 5.0.0
- *
- * @param int $user_id The user ID to spam or ham.
- * @param string $value '0' to mark the user as `ham`, '1' to mark as `spam`.
- * @return bool True if the spam status of the member changed.
- * False otherwise.
- */
-function bp_core_update_member_status( $user_id = 0, $value = 0 ) {
- if ( ! is_multisite() || ! $user_id ) {
- return false;
- }
-
- /**
- * The `update_user_status()` function is deprecated since WordPress 5.3.0.
- * Continue to use it if WordPress current major version is lower than 5.3.
- */
- if ( bp_get_major_wp_version() < 5.3 ) {
- return update_user_status( $user_id, 'spam', $value );
- }
-
- if ( $value ) {
- $value = '1';
- }
-
- // Otherwise use the replacement function.
- $user = wp_update_user(
- array(
- 'ID' => $user_id,
- 'spam' => $value,
- )
- );
-
- if ( is_wp_error( $user ) ) {
- return false;
- }
-
- return true;
-}
-
-/**
</del><span class="cx" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px"> * Process a spammed or unspammed user.
</span><span class="cx" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px"> *
</span><span class="cx" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px"> * This function is called from three places:
</span><span class="lines" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px; color: #888">@@ -711,24 +669,24 @@
</span><span class="cx" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px">
</span><span class="cx" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px"> // Bail if no user ID.
</span><span class="cx" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px"> if ( empty( $user_id ) ) {
</span><del style="background-color: #fdd; text-decoration:none; display:block; padding: 0 10px">- return;
</del><ins style="background-color: #dfd; text-decoration:none; display:block; padding: 0 10px">+ return false;
</ins><span class="cx" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px"> }
</span><span class="cx" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px">
</span><span class="cx" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px"> // Bail if user ID is super admin.
</span><span class="cx" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px"> if ( is_super_admin( $user_id ) ) {
</span><del style="background-color: #fdd; text-decoration:none; display:block; padding: 0 10px">- return;
</del><ins style="background-color: #dfd; text-decoration:none; display:block; padding: 0 10px">+ return false;
</ins><span class="cx" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px"> }
</span><span class="cx" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px">
</span><span class="cx" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px"> // Get the functions file.
</span><span class="cx" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px"> if ( is_multisite() ) {
</span><del style="background-color: #fdd; text-decoration:none; display:block; padding: 0 10px">- require_once( ABSPATH . 'wp-admin/includes/ms.php' );
</del><ins style="background-color: #dfd; text-decoration:none; display:block; padding: 0 10px">+ require_once ABSPATH . 'wp-admin/includes/ms.php';
</ins><span class="cx" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px"> }
</span><span class="cx" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px">
</span><del style="background-color: #fdd; text-decoration:none; display:block; padding: 0 10px">- $is_spam = ( 'spam' == $status );
</del><ins style="background-color: #dfd; text-decoration:none; display:block; padding: 0 10px">+ $is_spam = 'spam' === $status;
</ins><span class="cx" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px">
</span><span class="cx" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px"> // Only you can prevent infinite loops.
</span><span class="cx" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px"> remove_action( 'make_spam_user', 'bp_core_mark_user_spam_admin' );
</span><del style="background-color: #fdd; text-decoration:none; display:block; padding: 0 10px">- remove_action( 'make_ham_user', 'bp_core_mark_user_ham_admin' );
</del><ins style="background-color: #dfd; text-decoration:none; display:block; padding: 0 10px">+ remove_action( 'make_ham_user', 'bp_core_mark_user_ham_admin' );
</ins><span class="cx" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px">
</span><span class="cx" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px"> // Force the cleanup of WordPress content and status for multisite configs.
</span><span class="cx" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px"> if ( $do_wp_cleanup ) {
</span><span class="lines" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px; color: #888">@@ -777,37 +735,46 @@
</span><span class="cx" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px"> update_blog_status( $site_id, 'spam', $is_spam );
</span><span class="cx" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px"> }
</span><span class="cx" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px"> }
</span><del style="background-color: #fdd; text-decoration:none; display:block; padding: 0 10px">-
- // Finally, mark this user as a spammer.
- bp_core_update_member_status( $user_id, $is_spam );
</del><span class="cx" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px"> }
</span><span class="cx" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px">
</span><del style="background-color: #fdd; text-decoration:none; display:block; padding: 0 10px">- // Update the user status.
- $wpdb->update( $wpdb->users, array( 'user_status' => $is_spam ), array( 'ID' => $user_id ) );
</del><ins style="background-color: #dfd; text-decoration:none; display:block; padding: 0 10px">+ // Update user status on multisite configs.
+ if ( is_multisite() ) {
+ $updated_user = wp_update_user(
+ array(
+ 'ID' => $user_id,
+ 'spam' => $is_spam ? '1' : '0',
+ )
+ );
</ins><span class="cx" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px">
</span><del style="background-color: #fdd; text-decoration:none; display:block; padding: 0 10px">- // Clean user cache.
- clean_user_cache( $user_id );
</del><ins style="background-color: #dfd; text-decoration:none; display:block; padding: 0 10px">+ if ( is_wp_error( $updated_user ) ) {
+ return false;
+ }
+ } else {
+ // We need to perform the query as WordPress sends an error when using `wp_update_user()` for non-multisite configs.
+ $wpdb->update( $wpdb->users, array( 'user_status' => $is_spam ), array( 'ID' => $user_id ) );
</ins><span class="cx" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px">
</span><del style="background-color: #fdd; text-decoration:none; display:block; padding: 0 10px">- if ( ! is_multisite() ) {
</del><ins style="background-color: #dfd; text-decoration:none; display:block; padding: 0 10px">+ // Clean user cache.
+ clean_user_cache( $user_id );
+
</ins><span class="cx" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px"> // Call multisite actions in single site mode for good measure.
</span><span class="cx" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px"> if ( true === $is_spam ) {
</span><span class="cx" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px">
</span><span class="cx" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px"> /**
</span><del style="background-color: #fdd; text-decoration:none; display:block; padding: 0 10px">- * Fires at end of processing spammer in Dashboard if not multisite and user is spam.
</del><ins style="background-color: #dfd; text-decoration:none; display:block; padding: 0 10px">+ * Fires at end of processing spammer in Dashboard if not multisite and user IS spam.
</ins><span class="cx" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px"> *
</span><span class="cx" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px"> * @since 1.5.0
</span><span class="cx" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px"> *
</span><del style="background-color: #fdd; text-decoration:none; display:block; padding: 0 10px">- * @param int $value user ID.
</del><ins style="background-color: #dfd; text-decoration:none; display:block; padding: 0 10px">+ * @param int $user_id user ID.
</ins><span class="cx" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px"> */
</span><span class="cx" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px"> do_action( 'make_spam_user', $user_id );
</span><span class="cx" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px"> } else {
</span><span class="cx" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px">
</span><span class="cx" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px"> /**
</span><del style="background-color: #fdd; text-decoration:none; display:block; padding: 0 10px">- * Fires at end of processing spammer in Dashboard if not multisite and user is not spam.
</del><ins style="background-color: #dfd; text-decoration:none; display:block; padding: 0 10px">+ * Fires at end of processing spammer in Dashboard if not multisite and user IS NOT spam.
</ins><span class="cx" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px"> *
</span><span class="cx" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px"> * @since 1.5.0
</span><span class="cx" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px"> *
</span><del style="background-color: #fdd; text-decoration:none; display:block; padding: 0 10px">- * @param int $value user ID.
</del><ins style="background-color: #dfd; text-decoration:none; display:block; padding: 0 10px">+ * @param int $user_id user ID.
</ins><span class="cx" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px"> */
</span><span class="cx" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px"> do_action( 'make_ham_user', $user_id );
</span><span class="cx" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px"> }
</span><span class="lines" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px; color: #888">@@ -826,7 +793,7 @@
</span><span class="cx" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px"> *
</span><span class="cx" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px"> * @since 1.5.0
</span><span class="cx" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px"> *
</span><del style="background-color: #fdd; text-decoration:none; display:block; padding: 0 10px">- * @param int $value Displayed user ID.
</del><ins style="background-color: #dfd; text-decoration:none; display:block; padding: 0 10px">+ * @param int $user_id Displayed user ID.
</ins><span class="cx" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px"> */
</span><span class="cx" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px"> do_action( 'bp_make_spam_user', $user_id );
</span><span class="cx" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px"> } else {
</span><span class="lines" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px; color: #888">@@ -836,7 +803,7 @@
</span><span class="cx" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px"> *
</span><span class="cx" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px"> * @since 1.5.0
</span><span class="cx" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px"> *
</span><del style="background-color: #fdd; text-decoration:none; display:block; padding: 0 10px">- * @param int $value Displayed user ID.
</del><ins style="background-color: #dfd; text-decoration:none; display:block; padding: 0 10px">+ * @param int $user_id Displayed user ID.
</ins><span class="cx" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px"> */
</span><span class="cx" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px"> do_action( 'bp_make_ham_user', $user_id );
</span><span class="cx" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px"> }
</span><span class="lines" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px; color: #888">@@ -857,6 +824,7 @@
</span><span class="cx" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px">
</span><span class="cx" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px"> return true;
</span><span class="cx" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px"> }
</span><ins style="background-color: #dfd; text-decoration:none; display:block; padding: 0 10px">+
</ins><span class="cx" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px"> /**
</span><span class="cx" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px"> * Hook to WP's make_spam_user and run our custom BP spam functions.
</span><span class="cx" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px"> *
</span></span></pre></div>
<a id="trunktestsphpunittestcasesmembersfunctionsphp"></a>
<div class="modfile"><h4 style="background-color: #eee; color: inherit; margin: 1em 0; padding: 1.3em; font-size: 115%">Modified: trunk/tests/phpunit/testcases/members/functions.php</h4>
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<span class="info" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px; color: #888">--- trunk/tests/phpunit/testcases/members/functions.php 2026-01-02 19:02:18 UTC (rev 14194)
+++ trunk/tests/phpunit/testcases/members/functions.php 2026-01-02 19:10:26 UTC (rev 14195)
</span><span class="lines" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px; color: #888">@@ -477,7 +477,12 @@
</span><span class="cx" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px"> $bp->displayed_user->id = $u1;
</span><span class="cx" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px">
</span><span class="cx" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px"> // Bulk spam in network admin uses update_user_status
</span><del style="background-color: #fdd; text-decoration:none; display:block; padding: 0 10px">- bp_core_update_member_status( $u1, '1' );
</del><ins style="background-color: #dfd; text-decoration:none; display:block; padding: 0 10px">+ wp_update_user(
+ array(
+ 'ID' => $u1,
+ 'spam' => '1',
+ )
+ );
</ins><span class="cx" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px">
</span><span class="cx" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px"> $this->assertTrue( bp_is_user_spammer( $u1 ) );
</span><span class="cx" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px">
</span><span class="lines" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px; color: #888">@@ -508,7 +513,12 @@
</span><span class="cx" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px"> $this->assertTrue( bp_is_user_spammer( $u1 ) );
</span><span class="cx" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px">
</span><span class="cx" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px"> // Bulk unspam in network admin uses update_user_status
</span><del style="background-color: #fdd; text-decoration:none; display:block; padding: 0 10px">- bp_core_update_member_status( $u1, '0' );
</del><ins style="background-color: #dfd; text-decoration:none; display:block; padding: 0 10px">+ wp_update_user(
+ array(
+ 'ID' => $u1,
+ 'spam' => '0',
+ )
+ );
</ins><span class="cx" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px">
</span><span class="cx" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px"> $this->assertFalse( bp_is_user_spammer( $u1 ) );
</span><span class="cx" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px">
</span></span></pre>
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