Character limits on profile fields not enforced
Max and min character limits set on xProfile fields are not enforced or saved after refresh.
Tier I · Proven The best-established problems.
7 public reports · first reported 7 July 2016 · last reported 11 August 2026
What's going wrong
Site owners running BuddyPress who set maximum or minimum character counts on profile fields report that the limits have no effect.
AI-assisted: written with the help of AI from the reports. The idea report has the full summary.
In the idea report
- The full summary.
- The products the 7 reports are about, and how many came each month.
- Related problems.
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