Authentication

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To activate user registration on your site, first you need to go to Dashboard ▸ Settings ▸ General and mark checkbox for Membership – Anyone can register.

You can control site authentication from Customizing ▸ Extras ▸ Authentication. You can control the following:

Login & Registration


Site Authentication
On / Off – move trigger to OFF if you want deactivate user block



BuddyPress Account Activation
On / Off – if this option is enabled system will send verification email before finishing the registration process.

Login Popup Heading
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Login Popup Text
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Sign Up Button URL
if you add any URL, system will redirect to that link, instead of showing default popup.

“Remember me” On Login
On / Off – this function allows the browser to remember user password and automatically log them in the website so that they won’t have to re-enter their username and password.

Registration Popup Heading
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Registration Popup Text
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Forgot & Reset Password


Forgot Password Popup Heading
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Reset Password Popup Heading
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Forgot Password Popup Text
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Reset Password Popup Text
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Terms of Use & Privacy Policy pages


Terms of Use Page
choose page for this link from dropdown selector ( read more▸ )

Privacy Policy Page
choose page for this link from dropdown selector ( read more▸ )

Captcha & Recaptcha


Captcha on Login
On / Off

Captcha on Registration
On / Off

Captcha Type
Image Captcha / Recaptcha / Recaptcha v3

For more detailed information about how to configure Google Recaptcha, please visit this page

Social Authentication


Social Authentication
On / Off – select the checkbox if you want to activate native login functionality from social networks

Facebook App ID
For more detailed information about how to register and configure an application, please visit this page

Google oauth Client ID
For more detailed information about creating a Google client ID, please visit this page

Google API Key
For more detailed information please visit this page

Beside the native login functionality from social networks, Boombox theme also support WordPress Social Login plugin. More detailed information about that plugin you can read here.

  • # How to enable account activation via email for users?

    In Dashboard ▸ Settings ▸ BuddyPress you need to make sure that checkbox marked for Notifications​.

    Then go to Customizing ▸ Extras ▸ Authentication and for BuddyPress Account Activation move trigger to ON​.

    In this way after registration on your site users will receive activation emails and they need to activate their account from email.

  • # Who can create post?

    Only Contributors or higher roles can create posts. You should change your Subscribers role to contributors in “users” section of WordPress dashboard to allow theme post creation. Also set in WordPress dashboard ▸ Settings ▸ General ▸ New user default role to Contributor so newly registered user be able to create posts automatically after registration.