BuddyPress Codex

BuddyPress provides admin dashboard panels to help you manage all the different activities throughout the site, similar to the way you manage comments and other content. This screen is customizable in the same ways as other management screens, and you can act on activities using the on-hover action links or the Bulk Actions. There are […]

The notifications component was added to BuddyPress 1.9 and works identically to the previous core notifications functionality, but now separates everything into it’s own component. This page will give you a quick overview of it’s functionality. Functionality Overview Notifications are a central aspect of the user experience on a BuddyPress site. By default new notifications are displayed […]

When writing BuddyPress themes and plugins, it can be essential to know the sequence in which action hooks are invoked. The diagram below is especially useful during the site loading process, and will help you make better informed choices of actions to hook into for the loading and initialization of your plugin or theme. The […]

On February 5, 2014, BuddyPress 1.9.2 was released to the public. This is a maintenance update. For Version 1.9.2, the database version (_bp_db_version in wp_options) was 7731, and the Trac revision was 7800. Summary Fix bp-default compatibility when switching themes (#5325) Better theme compatibility for themes with conditional template loaders (#5301) Fix theme compatibility sometimes […]

On January 2, 2014, BuddyPress 1.9.1 was released to the public. This is a maintenance update. For Version 1.9.1, the database version (_bp_db_version in wp_options) was 7553, and the Trac revision was 7720. Summary Fix bp-default to be minimally compatible with new Notifications component (#5299) Improve logic that excludes notifications from inactive components from notifications […]

BuddyPress should work on most mobile smartphone browsers in the same manner it works on desktop browsers. However, you can optimize the mobile experience in a few different ways. Responsive Themes Responsive web design or responsive themes are themes that shift its layout depending on the available screen size of the device someone has used […]

Some of the most powerful features of BuddyPress relate to how it enhances your multisite network. Creating a network allows your members to start their own full-powered public or private WordPress blogs. Members can track new posts and comments from public blogs across the network of sites as they are posted in the sitewide activity […]

Version 1.9 is a major BuddyPress feature release. BuddyPress 1.9 introduces many new features and enhancements, on top of lots of bugfixes. For Version 1.9, the database version (_bp_db_version in wp_options) was 7553, and the Trac revision was 7682. Read the full ticket log here here. Highlights The new Notifications component, which adds a Notifications […]

A. One column Layout If you prefer to have a one column layout for all your BuddyPress pages, follow the steps below. 1. Create a child theme of the Twenty Ten theme. 2. Create a new file in your new child theme folder and name it buddypress.php. 3. The Twenty Ten theme has a one […]

A. One column Layout This is the default layout of the Twenty Thirteen theme if and only if you do not add any widget in the Secondary Widget area in Appearance > Widgets. Otherwise, the Twenty Thirteen theme will automatically have a two-column layout if you add widget to the Secondary Widget area. If you […]