BuddyPress Codex

The BuddyPress core allows for a number of ways for you to customize the size and appearance of user avatars. In this tutorial we’ll show you which files to edit in order to make changes to avatars. We’ll also walk through several example customizations. Default BuddyPress Avatar Sizes Before customizing avatars, it’s important to know […]

If you are considering contributing to the codex this simple guide is here to help you with the formatting of pages and standards & conventions to follow to keep a set appearance to pages. The Codex is curated by a team of volunteers they will check and verify articles for accuracy and adherence to Codex […]

bp_activity_add() is used to insert new activity items into the database. Usage Parameters $args An array that describes the activity item that you’re creating. Possible values: ‘id’ (optional) Pass a numerical id to update an existing activity item ‘action’ An HTML string summarizing the activity item, which is used by the template when displaying the […]

BuddyPress Core Filters and Constants BudyPress provides a series of filters and constants you can add to your bp-custom.php or functions.php files to modify the behaviour of your BP install. These range from defining the avatar sizes BP will look for as defined defaults to filters that can be set to deactivate components fully such […]

On August 5, 2013, BuddyPress 1.8.1 was released to the public. This is a maintenance update. For Version 1.8.1, the database version (_bp_db_version in wp_options) was 6080, and the Trac revision was 7340. Summary Fix default sort order for BP_Group_Member_Query to be last_modified (#5106) Fix incorrect template hierarchy path for members directory templates (#5110) Fix […]

Version 1.8 is a major BuddyPress feature release. BuddyPress 1.8 introduces many new features and enhancements, on top of lots of bugfixes. For Version 1.8, the database version (_bp_db_version in wp_options) was 6080, and the Trac revision was 7278. Read the full ticket log here here. Highlights BP’s packaged styles have been streamlined, so that […]

We are currently working on a documentation reboot, here’s the new home of the best accurate docs (WIP). You’re very welcome to contribute to it. Updated documentation for this section is available here. Note: This guide is for use with BuddyPress 1.8+. A guide for using the Group Extension API with earlier versions of BP […]

We are currently working on a documentation reboot, here’s the new home of the best accurate docs (WIP). You’re very welcome to contribute to it. Updated documentation for this section is available here. Archived file. Good only up to BP 1.7 version Note: This guide is for use with versions of BuddyPress older than 1.8. […]

Description Returns a HTML formatted link for a user with the user’s full name as the link text. Top Usage Top Parameters $user_id (integer) User ID to check. $no_anchor (bool) Disable URL and HTML and just return full name. Default false. $just_link (bool) Disable full name and HTML and just return the URL text. Default […]

A detailed look at theme compatibilities template hierarchy BuddyPress 1.7 introduced universal theme compatibility making it easier for WordPress theme designers to work with BuddyPress. What this means is if you are on a BuddyPress page, BuddyPress will look for a specific template file in your theme and use that template to inject its contents […]