When you search your Members directory for City is: London, there is no doubt that all the members in your search results live in London. There is no need to show the value of the City field, or to order the search results by City.

But if you search for City is: London OR Paris, or for City contains: York, then you can’t say where a member in your search results actually lives. In these cases BP Profile Search 5.0.2 shows the value of the City field, and offers the option to sort your search results by City.

You can disable this feature if you don’t need it. Simply add this code to your bp-custom.php file:

add_filter ('bps_sort_options', 'change_sort_options');
function change_sort_options ($sort_options)
{
	$sort_options = array ();
	return $sort_options;
}

add_filter ('bps_details', 'change_details');
function change_details ($details)
{
	$details = array ();
	return $details;
}

The [bps_directory] shortcode allows you to activate this feature independently of the current search.

[bps_directory show='field_4,field_36' order_by='field_4,field_40']

shows the fields with ID 4 and 36 in all your directory (or search results) entries, and offers the option to sort your directory (or search results) by the fields with ID 4 and 40.

Please note that [bps_directory] is not a standard shortcode. You can enter it in a new page, and you’ll get a new Members directory, or you can enter it in the standard Members directory page, and you’ll be able to customize the standard Members directory itself.

BP Profile Search 5.0.2 also fixes a potentially nasty privacy problem. This involves a possible backwards incompatibility, see Potential privacy problem fixed in 5.0.2 for details.

And, last but not least, version 5.0.2 features a much improved compatibility with GEO my WordPress. Enjoy!