Set Default Distance to Miles?

Hi ironlion37,

You can add this code to your bp-custom.php file:

add_action ('bps_field_before_search_form', 'set_defaults');
function set_defaults ($f)
{
	if ($f->code == 'field_82' && $f->display == 'distance')
	{
		$f->value['distance'] = 5;	// optional
		$f->value['units'] = 'miles';
	}
}

Replace 82 in ‘field_82’ with the actual field ID of your location field.

Hi Andrea, circling back around to implement this. I don’t have any file in my installation called: bp-custom.php…

No problem, if you don’t have one you can create it. For details, see:

https://codex.buddypress.org/themes/bp-custom-php/

Thank you!

You’re welcome!