BuddyPress Codex

For New Installations: The following is a step-by-step guide for installing the Group and/or Sitewide Forums  for the latest BuddyPress and bbPress plugins. Forums Setup Forums in BuddyPress make use of the bbPress software to function and we made it easy for you to install from the wp-admin backend with a few clicks. Depending on […]

This page is incomplete or needs checking and verifying or updating. BP_ENABLE_MULTIBLOG is a BuddyPress constant that, when defined as true, allows your BuddyPress content to be displayed on any site in your WordPress Multisite network. By default, BP_ENABLE_MULTIBLOG is disabled. Description On a normal BuddyPress installation (with BP_ENABLE_MULTIBLOG disabled), BuddyPress content – groups, profiles, […]

Themes for BuddyPress are available at: https://wordpress.org/extend/themes/tags/buddypress Make sure that the theme tagged as “buddypress” is compatible with the BP/WP version activated in your server. As of BuddyPress 1.7, BuddyPress works with most any WordPress out of the box. BuddyPress 1.7 includes base template files that should fit into any WordPress theme without any need […]

Since BuddyPress 1.5, we have integrated WordPress’ native Embeds functionality. So now it’s easy to embed videos, images, and other content into your Activity Stream, Group Forum, and Private Message posts. All you have to do is add your embed URL on its own line in the textarea. eg. This is awesome! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ROBmgYcIBww And your […]

There could be a number of reasons uploads would fail, your server error logs may provide a clue as to what has happened. The predominant reason uploads fail is due to the server being unable to write to the uploads directory, the ‘server’ in this instance is the server process that is running your web […]

A common error after installation of BuddyPress from within the WordPress admin panel is to not set pretty permalinks. If you fail to do this then all of the links in the header will return 404 errors. To fix this problem, enter the WordPress admin panel > Settings > Permalinks – set to any configuration […]

Please read the following and if your problem cannot be resolved then feel free to post in the support forums. Make sure that you include important troubleshooting information. Check error logs in server. Switch to a WordPress Default Theme like the Twenty Fourteen or Twenty Thirteen themes, etc. to rule out possible issue/s caused by […]

So you’ve decided to stop using BuddyPress. That’s too bad. If something went wrong during your installation or if you ran into its “limitations” make sure to check out: – The Support Forum for help – The Plugin Directory for awesome BuddyPress plugins. If you still want to stop using BuddyPress you can just follow […]

Backing up your database and site files on a regular basis is one of the best practices to maintain your site. Backups of the database as well as the site’s folders and files in the server are essential to recover from a disaster such as hardware failure or if your site is compromised. There are […]

You’ve probably heard a lot of talk about a bp-custom.php file on the BuddyPress forums or WordPress forums. So what is it? bp-custom.php is a file that resides in your WordPress ‘plugins’ folder where you can add a bunch of custom code hacks and modifications to BuddyPress. bp-custom.php is often compared to your theme’s functions.php […]