BuddyPress Codex

Groups in BuddyPress are gatherings of members, posts, and any other user-generated content. A member can create a group in BuddyPress (if enabled by Super/Site Admin) and thus becomes the group administrator. Every group includes a Status Update form for members and the latest group news which can be kept up to date by group [...]

In BuddyPress 1.7, the Groups Component comes with a great Admin UI that allows Community Administrator to easily manage the created groups (members, settings…) directly from the WordPress backend. As plugin authors, i think we should enjoy this new area and let the Community Administrator manage the settings of the group extension we might use [...]

Quick Note on group creation, When a group first gets created it fires multiple actions some times multiple times. For example, groups_create_group and groups_created_group fire first on the initial details page, and AGAIN when the group is actually created. To bind to when the group is ACTUALLY created use groups_group_create_complete. so:

This tutorial will show you how to add a custom field to the registration process as well as the admin->”edit details” section. I will also show you how to print that out into the header and how to echo that data elsewhere. We are going to do this as a standalone plugin but you could [...]

Function to get custom group meta. If you don’t pass a meta_key it returns ALL meta data associated with that group_id. Returns String or Array of Meta Values. Odd Behavior: If you pass no meta key to get all values and it has none, it returns a blank array. If you passed a key it [...]

BP_ENABLE_MULTIBLOG is a BuddyPress constant that, when defined as true, allows your BuddyPress content to be displayed on any site in your WordPress Multisite network. By default, BP_ENABLE_MULTIBLOG is disabled. Description On a normal BuddyPress installation (with BP_ENABLE_MULTIBLOG disabled), BuddyPress content – groups, profiles, etc – can only be viewed on the “root blog”. So, [...]

BuddyPress allows any member to create a group around a common interest or purpose. Here are some basic settings that will help you get your BuddyPress groups up and running. Privacy Options When creating a group, you have the option of making your group Public, Private, or Hidden. Public groups are visible in all group [...]

The group extension API (1.1+) makes it very easy to add custom creation steps, edit screens, navigation items and pages to a group. It essentially allows you to create fully functional extensions to BuddyPress created groups. Note: If you are building a BuddyPress plugin, please make sure you have read how to check if BuddyPress [...]

bp-groups.php groups_screen_my_groups groups_screen_group_invites groups_screen_group_home groups_screen_group_forum_topic groups_screen_group_forum groups_screen_group_members groups_screen_group_invite groups_screen_group_leave groups_screen_group_request_membership groups_screen_group_admin groups_screen_group_admin_edit_details groups_screen_group_admin_settings groups_screen_group_admin_manage_members groups_screen_group_admin_requests groups_screen_group_admin_delete_group groups_screen_notification_settings groups_promoted_member groups_demoted_member groups_banned_member groups_unbanned_member groups_format_activity groups_format_notifications groups_create_group_step1_save groups_create_group_step2_save groups_create_group_step3_save groups_created_group groups_delete_group groups_new_group_forum groups_new_forum_topic_post groups_new_forum_topic groups_invite_user groups_uninvite_user groups_accept_invite groups_reject_invite groups_send_invites groups_leave_group groups_join_group groups_new_wire_post groups_deleted_wire_post groups_details_updated groups_settings_updated groups_membership_requested groups_membership_accepted groups_membership_rejected groups_remove_data bp-groups/bp-groups-templatetags.php groups_header_tabs groups_admin_tabs groups_creation_tabs bp-groups/directories/bp-groups-directory-groups.php groups_directory_groups_sidebar groups_directory_groups_content Accessing Group [...]

The developer docs are here to help you, as a developer understand how BuddyPress works and can be extended upon. So far we have custom loops documented, which is important for theme developers who want to customize the output of BuddyPress screens. We’re also building up a comprehensive list of actions and filters within BuddyPress, [...]