BuddyPress Codex

A. One column Layout 1. Create a child theme of the Twenty Twelve theme. 2. Create a new file in your new child theme folder and name it buddypress.php. 3. Copy over the content of Twenty Twelve’s full-width.php file into the new buddypress.php file. 4. The buddypress class is generated in the body tag automatically […]

A. One Column Layout This is the default page layout of the Twenty Eleven theme. There’s no need to do anything else if this is the layout you prefer for all your BuddyPress pages. B. Full-width page If you prefer to have a full-width layout for all your BuddyPress pages, follow the steps laid out […]

BuddyPress Core is first taking care of the members. As a result, when you write a BuddyPress plugin, there is a very good chance that you’ve got to play with the finest element identifying the users : their ID. There are two scenarios: the logged in user and the user whose profile is displayed. Thankfully, […]

Since version 1.8, it is possible to filter groups by Metadata. For instance you can add a meta_query parameter to the bp_has_groups() function. To make this possible, BuddyPress uses a built-in WordPress class : WP_Meta_Query (you will find a link to its WordPress codex page at the bottom of this article). This feature can help […]

Description Get the id of the user in a members loop. If placed outside of a Members loop, it will be empty. Usage Parameters None. Example Source File bp_member_user_id() is located in bp-members/bp-members-template.php.

Version 1.7 is a major BuddyPress feature release. BuddyPress 1.7 introduces many dozens of new features and enhancements, on top of hundreds of bugfixes. For Version 1.7, the database version (_bp_db_version in wp_options) changed to 6067, and the Trac revision was 6900. Read the full ticket log here here. Highlights Theme Compatibility – BuddyPress now […]

Archived file. Good only for BP 1.7 version BuddyPress 1.7 Theme Compatibility * Theme Authors, Make Sure Your Theme Registers BuddyPress Support – @boonebgorges * Add BuddyPress Styles To a Theme – @modemlooper * Overview of Theme Compatibility in BP 1.7 (Customization) – @hnla * Upgrading “Template Packed” Themes to BP 1.7 Theme Compatibility – […]

An explanation of Theme compatibility and its template files BuddyPress 1.7 heralded a new era in BP development with a vastly improved approach to templating, its aim being to far more closely mirror the WordPress core templating loading approach. BuddyPress theme compatibility is based on the great work done by John James Jacoby with the […]

You can filter the output of the Activity loop using bp_ajax_querystring. Read about other queries you can pass the activity stream and learn more about the Activity loop here.   To filter ajax: Source File bp_ajax_querystring() is located in bp-core/bp-core-template.php

BP_User_Query Class The BP_User_Query class was introduced in BuddyPress 1.7 as part of making BuddyPress more scalable. The class lives in buddypress/bp-core/classes/class-bp-user-query.php.  Review the current class for additional arguments not listed here, such as:  member types and xprofile_query. Accepted Parameters type (optional) Defines the type of users to return. Accepted arguments: active, newest, popular, online, […]