BuddyPress Codex

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 […]

BuddyPress uses loops to display the content of its components. In this article you will focus on how to “rearrange” the content displayed in four of its major components : Members, Groups, Blogs and finally Activity. You will achieve this thanks to the type or action argument of the init functions of each of these […]

Using Javascipt or CSS in BuddyPress plugins are interesting ways to take care of the user experience. I think, as a plugin author, you need to have two concerns : you might not be the only one to use Javascript, other plugins can be activated in the community website, your CSS rules might not get […]

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 […]

Documentation for the BP_Group_Member_Query class, introduced in BuddyPress 1.8, will live here.

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. […]

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. The BP_Component class is the basis of getting your plugin initiated into BuddyPress. You extend this class to create custom components. In fact, the core components extend this class to […]

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, […]