Reply To: phpMyAdmin user status activate members

@fel3000 @robg48
You can activate users using that method. However I would advise backing up the database before doing these edits. Even after activating a user this way they still will not show up in the members directory until they login the first time. Instead of fiddling around in the database why not just use a plugin to activate users:
https://wordpress.org/plugins/buddypress-pending-activations/