BuddyPress Codex

Thank you for your interest in contributing to BuddyPress! BuddyPress is an open-source project and, as such, is maintained by volunteers just like you. It is vital for the current, and future success of BuddyPress needs to have a healthy group of contributors. You are very welcome to join us to work on making the plugin as […]

Version 5.0.0 is a major BuddyPress feature release. For Version 5.0.0, the database version (_bp_db_version in wp_options) was 12385, and the Trac revision was 124xx. To read the full list of features, fixes, and changes in this version of BuddyPress, visit Trac. Introducing the BP REST API BuddyPress 5.0.0 comes with REST API endpoints for members, groups, activities, users, private messages, screen notifications and extended profiles. BuddyPress endpoints provide machine-readable external access to your WordPress site with a clear, standards-driven interface, paving the way for new and innovative methods of interacting with your community through plugins, themes, apps, and beyond. Ready to get started with development? Check out the BP REST API reference Group invites and Group membership requests. Thanks to the new BP Invitations API, Group invites and membership requests are now managed in a more consistent way. The BP Invitations API abstracts how these two actions are handled and allows developers to use them for any object on your site (e.g., Sites of a WordPress network). Read more about the BP Invitations API. Integrations with WordPress In BuddyPress 5.0.0, the BP Nouveau template pack looks better than ever with the Twenty Nineteen theme. Nouveau also now uses the same password control as the one used in WordPress Core, for better consistency between BuddyPress and WordPress spaces. BuddyPress Blocks now have their own category into the Block Editor. Changes Activity […]

Version 4.4.0 is a BuddyPress maintenance and security release. It was released on July 23, 2019. 2 bugs were fixed and 2 security issues were addressed. For version 4.4.0, the database version (bp_db_version in wp_options) was 11105, and the Trac revision was 12412. Fixes Activity: Fix bug that caused the avatar class to be removed […]

You can filter the email fields by using the bp_email_set_tokens filter hook found in /bp-core/classes/class-bp-email.php. For example, this will limit the BuddyPress message content to 50 words.Change 50 to whatever integer you want.

Version 4.3.0 is a BuddyPress maintenance and security release. It was released on April 25, 2019. 3 bugs were fixed and 9 security issues were addressed. For version 4.3.0, the database version (bp_db_version in wp_options) was 11105, and the Trac revision was r12388. Fixes Blogs: Fix bug that caused wp-signup.php links not to be redirected […]

Version 4.2.0 is a BuddyPress maintenance and security release. It was released on December 5, 2018. 4 bugs were fixed and 2 security issues were addressed. For version 4.2.0, the database version (bp_db_version in wp_options) was 11105, and the Trac revision was r12341. Fixes Blogs: Prevent post_title activity meta from being incorrectly overwritten on blog […]

Version 4.0.0 is a major BuddyPress feature release. For Version 4.0, the database version (_bp_db_version in wp_options) was 11105, and the Trac revision was 12300. To read the full list of features, fixes, and changes in this version of BuddyPress, visit Trac. New tools for data control and privacy BuddyPress boasts a proud history of […]

Version 3.2.0 is a BuddyPress maintenance release. 25 bugs were fixed. For version 3.2.0, the database version (bp_db_version in wp_options) was r11105, and the Trac revision was r12238. Fixes Nouveau: fix developer filters on Directory screens. (#7881, #7955) Nouveau: fix filtering Member Directory when specified by user type. (#7903) Nouveau: fix wrong error message shown […]

“Nouveau” is the name of the new Template Pack bundled within the 3.0.0 release of BuddyPress. You can activate it from the BuddyPress Options Administration screen. “Nouveau” comes with some new Backbone.JS based User Interfaces and one of them, the Group Invites UI, is experimenting an alternative way to deal with single group invites. In […]

Version 3.0 is a major BuddyPress feature release. For Version 3.0, the database version (_bp_db_version in wp_options) was 11105, and the Trac revision was 11965. To read the full list of features, fixes, and changes in this version of BuddyPress, visit Trac. Say hello to “Nouveau”! A bold reimagining of our legacy templates, Nouveau is our celebration […]