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, […]
Playing with the user’s ID in different contexts
Published on November 23rd, 2013 by Mathieu VietGetting Started
Published on October 3rd, 2013 by Hugo AshmoreWe 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. By default, registration in BuddyPress follows this workflow: Welcome to BuddyPress! This section will help you set up your new BuddyPress-powered site […]
Template Hierarchy
Published on June 10th, 2013 by r-a-yA 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 […]
BuddyPress Components and Features
Published on May 17th, 2013 by @mercimeBuddyPress is a powerful plugin that takes your WordPress.org powered site beyond the blog with social-network features like user profiles, member types, activity streams, user groups, group types, and more. You could set up a community site for your university, an intranet for your company, a public/private network for your special interest groups, and many […]
Activity Streams
Published on May 7th, 2013 by @mercimeActivity streams aggregate all of your activities across a BuddyPress installation. Enabled BuddyPress components make use of the activity stream component, which means any sort of activity can be recorded. Blogs posts, new friendships and blog comments are among the most popular activities recorded. Furthermore, custom components can also hook into the activity streams, meaning […]
BuddyPress Widgets
Published on May 7th, 2013 by @mercimeBP Legacy Widgets have been progressively replaced by BP Block Widgets since version 9.0. They were moved into the BP Classic backwards compatibility Add-on during the 12.0.0 BP development cycle. BuddyPress provides widgets which you can add to any of your theme’s widget areas. To activate these, go to dashboard menu Appearance > Widgets. (BuddyPress) […]
Installing Group and Sitewide Forums
Published on January 3rd, 2013 by @mercimeFor 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 […]
BP_ENABLE_MULTIBLOG
Published on February 19th, 2012 by Boone GorgesThis 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, […]
