BuddyPress lets you define different types of users within the WP admin panel. These are separate from the WordPress user types.
Set Member Type On Signup
//*****************************************************
//*****************************************************
//********** NEW USER REGISTRATION COMPLETED **********
//*****************************************************
//*****************************************************
add_action('bp_core_signup_user', 'myplugin_bp_core_signup_user', 10, 5);
function myplugin_bp_core_signup_user ($user_id, $user_login, $user_password, $user_email, $usermeta)
{
//----- SET THE BUDDYPRESS USER TYPE -----
//(You can set this now even though the user still needs to activate their account)
bp_set_member_type($user_id, 'my-member-type-id');
}Get Member Type
$member_type = bp_get_member_type( bp_displayed_user_id() );
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