BuddyPress Codex

After activating BuddyPress, you will be automatically redirected to the BuddyPress Welcome Screen if this is the first time you’ve activated BuddyPress or if you’ve just upgraded BuddyPress. After taking some time to check out the new features added to the plugin, go to Network Admin menu > Settings > Components to begin configuring your […]

Before installing BuddyPress, please make sure that you’ve checked the minimum server requirements and WordPress version compatibility. You can install BuddyPress in your Network (multisite) in either of the following setups. Network-wide A. BuddyPress root blog in Main Site B. BuddyPress root blog in Secondary Site One site of the Network C. BuddyPress Activated in […]

Out of the box, all sites in a multisite install will share BuddyPress tables. That means that with a component like Extended Profiles, all sites will share the same profile fields, and changing them in one site will affect all others. However, with a few modifications you can create separate tables for each site, so […]

Version 2.9 is a major BuddyPress feature release. For Version 2.9, the database version (_bp_db_version in wp_options) was 11105, and the Trac revision was 11651. Read the full ticket log here here. Highlights Edit Group Slug Allow administrators to change group names and permalinks. Navigate to the Groups screen in the wp-admin dashboard, click on […]

Version 2.8.0 is a major BuddyPress feature release. For Version 2.8.0, the database version (_bp_db_version in wp_options) was 11105, and the Trac revision was 11431. Read the full ticket log here. Highlights Modernizing the Codebase To continue the migration of legacy code to modern standards and techniques necessary for the BP REST API project and […]

Version 2.7.0 is a major BuddyPress feature release. For Version 2.7.0, the database version (_bp_db_version in wp_options) was 11105, and the Trac revision was 11202. Read the full ticket log here. Highlights Groups Query Overhaul Huge performance improvements on sites using persistent caching. Learn more about the Groups Query rewrite. Improved Profile Date Field New […]

Version 2.5.0 is a major BuddyPress feature release. For Version 2.5.0, the database version (_bp_db_version in wp_options) was 10469, and the Trac revision was 10625. Read the full ticket log here. Highlights Customizable BuddyPress Emails Keep your users coming back with beautiful and flexible email notifications. Edit the content of your emails, create new email […]

Version 2.4.0 is a major BuddyPress feature release. For Version 2.4.0, the database version (_bp_db_version in wp_options) was 10071, and the Trac revision was 10321. Read the full ticket log here here. Highlights BuddyPress Cover Images Built on top of the BuddyPress Attachments API, Cover Images beautify your profile or group header. Thanks to the […]

Version 2.3.0 is a major BuddyPress feature release. For Version 2.3.0, the database version (_bp_db_version in wp_options) was 9848, and the Trac revision was 9912. Read the full ticket log here here. Highlights Upload Profile Pictures with Drag and Drop – You can now drag and drop any image you choose to upload as your […]

Note: This guide is for use with BuddyPress 2.3+. Version 2.3.0 introduced the BuddyPress Attachments API. In the first place, we use it to manage particular user submitted files: their profile photo or the profile photo of the group the user is an admin/creator of. A BuddyPress attachment is a file you “attach” to a […]