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BuddyPress Hashtag 8
BuddyPress Hashtags Introduction
Feature Highlights
BuddyPress Hashtags gives the ability to use hashtags on any BuddyPress or bbpress posts. It comes with searchable hashtags either from widgets provided by the plugin or using BuddyPress search.
– one can use the hashtag in BuddyPress activity, bbPress topics and on WordPress pages and posts.
– Hashtag turns into a link and is used to search-related activities.
– Admin can set minimum and maximum hashtag length.
– Dedicated widgets for BuddyPress activities and bbPress topics.
– Multi-language support.
Installing the Plugin
- Download the zip file from My Account << Downloads section of your wbcomdesigns.com profile.
- Upload the “BuddyPress Hashtag” plugin to the “/wp-content/plugins/” directory via FTP.
- Activate the plugin through the “Plugins” menu.
- Alternatively, you can use WordPress Plugin installer from Dashboard >> Plugins >> Add New to add this plugin.
Requirements
Requirements
- WordPress v4.5 or newer
- BuddyPress v5.0 or newer
How can I set the length of Hashtag
You can set the length of the hashtag by navigating through:
Dashboard >> WB Plugins >> Hashtags >> General
You will have two options here:
Minimum hashtag length – Allows you to set minimum hashtag length. The default value is 3.
Maximum hashtag length – Allows you to set the maximum length of the hashtag. The default value is 16.
Note: For setting length at widgets you have the option inside
Dashboard >> Appearance >> widgets >> BuddyPress Hashtag/bbPress Hashtag >> Limit.
How to show the hashtag at the sidebar
For showing the most used community hashtag at the sidebar head towards:
Dashboard >> Appearance >> Widgets >> Buddpress/bbPress hashtag
Drag these widgets at the desired sidebars it can right sidebar, left sidebar, activity index etc.
You will have the following options to set:
- Title – Allows you to set the title of the widget.
Backend view
Frontend view
- Limit – Allows you to the set limit of the hashtags (number of hashtags you want to show at the widget area.)
Backend view
Frontend view
- Sort – Allows you to sort the hashtags in ascending or descending order as per name or size.
- Display – Allows you to display the hashtag in cloud or list view within a sidebar.
Backend view
Cloud view frontend
List view frontend
Short codes for BuddyPress Hashtag
1) BuddyPress Hashtag Shortcode [bpht_bp_hashtags]
Allows you to show BuddyPress shortcodes at the front end. You can select a specific number of hashtags in list or cloud view and also can sort it in ascending or descending order as per name or size.
i) attribute: displaystyle
Allows you to display the hashtag in cloud or list view.
type: string
required: no
default: cloud
accepts: cloud, list
ii) attribute: sortby
Allows you to sort the hashtags by name or size.
type: string
required: no
default: name
accepts: name, size
iii) attribute: sortorder
Allows you to sort the hashtags in ascending or descending order as per name or size.
type: string
required: no
default: asc
accepts: asc, desc
iv) attribute : limit
Allows you to the set limit of the hashtags (number of hashtags you want to show at the widget area.)
type: number
required: no
default: 12
2) bbPress Hashtag Shortcode [bpht_bbpress_hashtags]
Allows you to show bbPress shortcodes in the front end. You can select a specific number of hashtags in list or cloud view and can sort those in ascending or descending order as per name or size.
i) attribute: displaystyle
Allows you to display the hashtag in cloud or list view.
type: string
required: no
default: cloud
accepts: cloud, list
ii) attribute: sortby
Allows you to sort the hashtags by name or size.
type: string
required: no
default: name
accepts: name, size
iii) attribute: sortorder
Allows you to sort the hashtags in ascending or descending order as per name or size.
type: string
required: no
default: asc
accepts: asc, desc
iv) attribute: limit
Allows you to the set limit of the hashtags (number of hashtags you want to show at the widget area.)
type: number
required: no
default: 12
Getting Started With BuddyPress Hashtags
BuddyPress Hashtags allows users to create hashtags to BuddyPress activity and bbPress topics. These hashtags turn into links that are used to search for activities based on topics.
This plugin requires BuddyPress installed on your WordPress site.
Installing The Plugin
- Get The Plugin
Here is the plugin purchase link. If you have already purchased the plugin, Login to Wbcom Designs go to MyAccount << Downloads
Download the latest version of the plugin zip file. - Install Plugin
Upload the “BuddyPress Hashtags” plugin to the “/wp-content/plugins/” directory via FTP.
Activate the plugin through the “Plugins” menu. Alternatively, you can use WordPress Plugin installer from Dashboard >> Plugins >> Add New to Upload the plugin zip file. Click install and activate.
Setting Up The Plugin
To manage the plugin’s setting navigate to the settings panel:
WordPress Dashboard >> WB plugins >> BuddyPress Hashtag.
“Every Plugin offered by Wbcom Designs can be accessed from here.”
You can access all the settings from here that can be easily understood by their labels.
You can modify the length of the Hashtag Or You can disable Hashtags Or You disallow users to use alphanumeric tags and many more.
Here are the general settings offered by BuddyPress Hashtags:
- Set the minimum and maximum word limit for hashtags
- Clear the old hashtags from the side widgets of BuddyPress, bbPress, and post.
- Enable or disable hashtags for bbPress and posts.
Another thing is Shortcode that could also be modified and then pasted over the pages like activity, members, groups and on Blogs too.
Using the Plugin
- Start creating a post with a # and click on post update. You will find that particular word with a link.
Posting With Hashtag - The Hashtag links are clickable. All the posts that have used the same hashtags will be automatically shown in results
Clickable Hashtags - The link reflects in the search box when clicked.
Searching Hashtags - Here we have disabled the hashtag for bbPress Forums. Now, it is showing a simple text without a link.
Disabled Hashtags
BuddyPress Resume Manager 9
How to add multiple education groups
Education field group is added as repeater fieldset and you can add all your education history one by one.
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- Standard API customers need an API key set up in a project of your choice.
- Google Places API customers with a Premium Plan license need an API key set up in the Google Maps Premium Project (the project created for you when you ordered the Google Maps APIs Premium Plan). If you have not yet purchased access to the API, please contact sales.
Get an API key
If you are using the standard Google Places API Web Service
To get started using the Google Places API Web Service, click the button below, which guides you through the process of activating the Google Places API Web Service and getting an API key.
Alternatively, follow these steps to get an API key:
- Go to the Google API Console.
- Create or select a project.
- Click Continue to enable the API.
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On the Credentials page, get an API key (and set the API key restrictions).Note: If you have an existing unrestricted API key or a key with server restrictions, you may use that key.
- To prevent quota theft, secure your API key following these best practices.
- (Optional) Enable billing. See Usage Limits and Billing for more information.
Do not use this key outside of your server code. For example, do not embed it in a web page or in a mobile application.
How to change the field order for BuddyPress Resume Manager
You can easily change the order of the fields with simple drag and drop.
Front view of the resume
You can check your resume from your profile, you will have resume tab inside the BuddyPress menus and admin bar also. This is how it will look:
Fields options for Resume Manager
Configuring WP Job Manager- Resume Manager
- 1. [submit_resume_form] – This shortcode displays the form on front-end from which users can submit their resumes on your site.
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candidate_dashboard] – Candidate Dashboard is available for logged in users. This shortcode displays the resume submitted by the candidate and allows them to edit or remove the resume.
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[resumes] – This shortcode is used to output resumes to a page.
- Navigate to Resumes > Settings from WordPress dashboard admin menu to configure the plugin.
Getting Started With BuddyPress Resume Manager
BuddyPress Resume Manager adds a separate BuddyPress Resume menu at a user’s BuddyPress Profile Page to display individual member resumes. We have added predefined fields for the resumes and site admin can easily enable and disable them.
BuddyPress Resume Manager Plugin Requires BuddyPress installed on your WordPress site.
Installation
- Get The Plugin
Here is the plugin purchase link. If you have already purchased the plugin, Login to Wbcom Designs go to MyAccount << Downloads
Download the latest version of the plugin zip file. - Install Plugin
Upload the “BuddyPress Resume Manager” plugin to the “/wp-content/plugins/” directory via FTP.
Activate the plugin through the “Plugins” menu. Alternatively, you can use WordPress Plugin installer from Dashboard >> Plugins >> Add New to Upload the plugin zip file. Click install and activate.
Setting Up the plugin
To manage the plugin’s setting, navigate to the settings panel:
Check out this setup video
WordPress Dashboard >> WB plugins >> Resume Manager
“Every Plugin offered by Wbcom Designs comes under this tab.”
General settings in Resume Manager Includes
- Enable and disable visibility of resume menu at BuddyPress profile page
Group settings in Resume Manager Include:
- Creating Complete new field groups to keep information.
Field Group will have the name, description, new group display position in resume layout content/sidebar, visibility option in profile and resume layout, option to make the field group repeater and privacy through user role or member type.
Field settings in Resume Manager Include:
- Creating a Field
Next up the option to create a resume field and option to assign group, visibility, required and make a field as repeater field option.
Creating A resume from Front-end
- Member can create resume from front end using the fields provided by admin.
- Resume will be seen in Resume tab under profile. Admin can rename it. The resume layout have two parts, sidebar and content area. Admin can choose which group will present in sidebar area and which on comes in content area during group creation.
BuddyPress Profile Resume Tab - Resume fields which are selected to show in member profile field will be shown as below.
Member profile field having Resume fields
BuddyPress Resume Manager is compatible with BuddyBoss Platform. Checkout this setup video.
How to display resume tab at member’s BuddyPress profile?
BuddyPress Resume Manager plugin adds a separate Resume tab at a user’s BuddyPress Profile Page to display individual member resumes.
If you want to display resume tab on member’s profile then enable the option from the backend.
Navigate to Dashboard > WB plugins > BP Resume Manager , Here you can see general settings in which you’ll find this option.
Enable this settings “Add Resume menu at BuddyPress profile page” and now your resume tab will be display on user’s buddypress profile page.
How do Resume Field visibility settings work?
This plugin provides you resume fields visibility settings to display on buddypress profile page so that users can set field visibility according to them. They can set everyone, all member, only me, my friend visibility settings. If user has set “my friend” visibility then all his friends who are connected with him can see the resume fields.
If you want to display resume field visibility settings on profile page, then enable the option from the backend.
Navigate to Dashboard > WB plugins > BP Resume Manager
Enable this option “Enable resume fields visibility settings” and your resume field visibility will be display on buddypress profile page ( buddypress settings).
BuddyPress Activity Social Share 8
How To Install The Buddypress Activity Social Share Plugin
Step 1) Login to the WordPress Dashboard.
Step 2) On the Dashboard of your website, scroll down the left-hand sidebar and click on Plugins.
Step 3) From the Installed Plugins page, click on Add New at the top of the page. Alternatively, click on Add New from the drop-down menu under Plugins on the sidebar.
Step 4) On the Add Plugins page, type BuddyPress Activity Social Share plugin in the search box on the right-hand side, at the top of the page.
Step 5) From the Search Results page, scroll down to your chosen plugin and click the button marked Install Now. If you would like to learn more about your plugin, click the blue link marked More Details.
Step 6) The plugin is now installed and unpacked into your website. The last thing to do now is click Activate Plugin.
Step 7) Once activated, you will be redirected to the Installed Plugins page. From here, you can read all the info about the plugins.
How Con Configure The Settings BuddyPress Activity Social Share Plugin ?
For configuring the settings BuddyPress activity social share plugin
Step 1) Login to the WordPress dashboard.
Step 2) From the Admin Panel, click on Settings. Click on BuddyPress Share to get started.
Step 3) Now you can see settings as given screenshot.
How to add social service ?
Click on the activity social share plugin setting and from here you can add social services.
There are three components-
1. Social Sites– Select the social site from the dropdown list of sites.
2. Font Awesome Icon Class- Fill the Font Awesome Icon Class of selected site
3. Description- Give the site description from here and click on add service.
How To Remove Social Services From Front End Share Option ?
Click on the activity social share plugin setting and here you can see all the service listing. So from here you can remove any service.
Where All Services Listed In Admin Panel ?
Step 1) Login to the WordPress Dashboard.
Step 2) From the Admin Panel, click on Activity social share settings.
Step 3) Now you can see All the services (as given screenshot).
How To Change Setting If We Want To Open Service In New Tab(In Front End ) ?
Step 1) Login to the WordPress Dashboard.
Step 2) From the Admin Panel, click on the Buddypress activity social share settings.
Step 3) Now you can see Extra Options setting and check this box for Open as popup window for service to open as a pop up
Using the plugin
In the frontend, you can see the share icon in the post update.
On clicking share icon, all the service will display.
How to use the Copy Activity setting ?
To copy the activity you can enable this setting copy activity . On enabling this option, copy activity icon will display in the frontend.
In the Frontend-
BuddyPress Private Community Pro 8
Profile Visibility Lock
- Search in your theme directory that if there is a file present at the path BuddyPress/members/single/home.php file.
- If the file is present in parent theme copy the home.php file content and place it inside the buddypress-private-community-pro/templates/members/single/home.php.
- Once you copy theme’s file to the plugin’s file, add $blpro_prof_visib = apply_filters( ‘blpro_profile_visility_home_override’, $visib = true ); after do_action( ‘bp_before_member_body’ );.
- Now, you are supposed to find and replace the following content.
- if ( bp_is_user_front() ) :
- bp_displayed_user_front_template_part();
- elseif ( bp_is_user_activity() ) :
- bp_get_template_part( ‘members/single/activity’ );
- elseif ( bp_is_user_blogs() ) :
- bp_get_template_part( ‘members/single/blogs’ );
- elseif ( bp_is_user_friends() ) :
- bp_get_template_part( ‘members/single/friends’ );
- elseif ( bp_is_user_groups() ) :
- bp_get_template_part( ‘members/single/groups’ );
- elseif ( bp_is_user_messages() ) :
- bp_get_template_part( ‘members/single/messages’ );
- elseif ( bp_is_user_profile() ) :
- bp_get_template_part( ‘members/single/profile’ );
- elseif ( bp_is_user_forums() ) :
- bp_get_template_part( ‘members/single/forums’ );
- elseif ( bp_is_user_notifications() ) :
- bp_get_template_part( ‘members/single/notifications’ );
- elseif ( bp_is_user_settings() ) :
- bp_get_template_part( ‘members/single/settings’ );
- // If nothing sticks, load a generic template
- else :
- bp_get_template_part( ‘members/single/plugins’ );
- endif;
- if ( $blpro_prof_visib ) {
- if ( bp_is_user_front() ) :
- bp_displayed_user_front_template_part();
- elseif ( bp_is_user_activity() ) :
- bp_get_template_part( ‘members/single/activity’ );
- elseif ( bp_is_user_blogs() ) :
- bp_get_template_part( ‘members/single/blogs’ );
- elseif ( bp_is_user_friends() ) :
- bp_get_template_part( ‘members/single/friends’ );
- elseif ( bp_is_user_groups() ) :
- bp_get_template_part( ‘members/single/groups’ );
- elseif ( bp_is_user_messages() ) :
- bp_get_template_part( ‘members/single/messages’ );
- elseif ( bp_is_user_profile() ) :
- bp_get_template_part( ‘members/single/profile’ );
- elseif ( bp_is_user_forums() ) :
- bp_get_template_part( ‘members/single/forums’ );
- elseif ( bp_is_user_notifications() ) :
- bp_get_template_part( ‘members/single/notifications’ );
- elseif ( bp_is_user_settings() ) :
- bp_get_template_part( ‘members/single/settings’ );
- // If nothing sticks, load a generic template
- else :
- bp_get_template_part( ‘members/single/plugins’ );
- endif;
- }
Logged-out User Setting
You can lockdown Buddypress component, post types and lock pages for logged-out
users. You can also edit logged out user custom restriction message according to you.
Lock BuddyPress Components
Enter the message in the ‘Custom Restriction Message’ editor which you wish to be displayed on protected pages.
Logged-In user settings
The plugin provides the following settings for logged-in users :
1. Remove admin roles from members directory
3. Enable profile visibility settings at the front end
4. Lock BuddyPress activities
Restrictions on members listing
BuddyPress Member Groups Settings
1. Number of groups a member can create
2. Number of groups a member can join
3. Number of members per group
The plugin provides [ Limit number of member per group ] setting, where site admin can enter a number so that no groups can have member greater than the limit set by the admin.
Installing The Plugin
- Download the zip file and extract it.
- Upload “buddypress-private-community-pro” directory to the “/wp-content/plugins/” directory.
- Activate the plugin through the “Plugins” menu.
BuddyPress Private Community Pro Plugin Introduction
BuddyPress Private Community Pro offers a feature to lockdown BuddyPress Component and asks users to log in to go further to check the profile or any other protected details. There is limited BuddyPress community features for Logout users and also based on user role or specific user, e.g. Subscriber can not send Private messages.
Installation–
Get The Plugin:
Here is the plugin purchase link. If you have already purchased the plugin, Login to Wbcom Designs go to
MyAccount << Downloads
Download the latest version of the plugin zip file.
Install Plugin:
Upload the “BuddyPress private community pro” plugin to the “/wp-content/plugins/” directory via FTP.
Activate the plugin through the “Plugins” menu. Alternatively, you can use WordPress Plugin installer from Dashboard >> Plugins >> Add New to Upload the plugin zip file. Click install and activate.
BuddyPress profile progress Settings
You can enable profile progress bar to display at member profile page and also calculate completion profile field set according to base, profile photo and cover photo.
Display profile progress bar: Enabled this setting so that profile progress bar will be displayed at member profile page.
Calculate completion profile field set: Enable these settings to calculate completion profile field set according to base, profile photo and cover photo.
Frontend –
BuddyPress member restrictions settings
You can select profile progress percentage to apply member restriction so that User with less than profile completeness percentage will not get listed in member directory. You can also apply default restriction by selected user roles and also disable some components like activity posting, comment posting and sending private message for users with less profile completeness percentage.
Settings:
Select profile progress % to apply member restriction: Select profile progress percentage to apply member restriction so that User with less than profile completeness percentage will not get listed in member directory. You can also leave it blank to list all the users.
Apply default restriction by selected user role: You can also apply default restriction by selected user roles like Editor, Author, Contributor, Subscriber, Customer, Shop manager, Employer and Candidate.
Applicable restrictions: You can also disable some components like activity posting, comment posting, hide incomplete profile from member directory and sending private message for users with less profile completeness percentage.
BuddyPress Polls 8
Getting Started with BuddyPress Poll
Check out the setup video hereInstallation
- Get The Plugin
Here is the plugin purchase link. If you have already purchased the plugin, Login to Wbcom Designs go to MyAccount << Downloads
Download the latest version of the plugin zip file. - Install Plugin
Upload the “BuddyPress poll” plugin to the “/wp-content/plugins/” directory via FTP.
Activate the plugin through the “Plugins” menu. Alternatively, you can use WordPress Plugin installer from Dashboard >> Plugins >> Add New to Upload the plugin zip file. Click install and activate.
General settings in BP Poll Includes
- Multi-select option
- Hide result before submission to a member
- Setting poll duration with date and time
- Enable image attachment in the poll post.
- Limited polls activities
Creating a Poll
Just select the poll icon and input activity description and image then provide multiple options to choose from.
Showing Polls on activity wall
User can select the polls from dropdown in dashboard to see the result as a graph
BuddyPress Poll – CSS Adjustment with Thrive theme
Every theme has their own style and sometimes we need theme specific CSS fixed to display option better.
To Display Poll better with Poll you will need following CSS code included inside you custom CSS section.
You can also use
width: 53px;
height: 40px;
line-height: 40px;
padding: 0 !important;
}
.bpolls-input{
margin-bottom:0px !important;
height: 40px;
border-bottom: 1px solid #fafafa !important;
border-top: 1px solid #fafafa !important;
}
.bpolls-check-radio-div input[type=”radio”]{
position: absolute;
margin: 6px 0;
}
.bpolls-check-radio-div .bpolls-option-lbl{
margin-top: 1px;
margin-bottom: 0;
margin-left: 20px;
margin-right: 50px;
font-size: 14px;
}
.bpolls-check-radio-div .bpolls-percent{
top: 5px;
position: absolute;
right: 10px;
}
.bpolls-html-container .bpolls-icon{
float: right;
margin-right: 15px;
margin-top: -40px;
position: relative;
z-index: 10;
}
.bpolls-vote-submit {
font-size: 13px;
background: #673ab7!important;
color: #ffffff!important;
margin-bottom: 10px !important;
display: inline-block;
font-weight: 500;
letter-spacing: 1px;
}
label.bpolls-option-lbl {
display: inline-block!important;
}
BuddyPress Polls Features
- Create Polls at BuddyPress activity and groups.
- A poll icon is added to the What’s new in Activity.
- A poll icon is added to the What’s new in Groups.
- Single Option Polls – users can pick just one answer.
- Multiple Option Polls – users can pick more than one answer.
- Responsive Designs, Fits well with all mobile devices.
- Logged out users see the polls on activities, but can’t vote or see the poll results.
- BuddyPress Polls widgets to display Single and multiple Poll results.
- Polls Result widget to show the poll result graph on widget.
- Dynamic Poll widget to give vote on selected activity, through the widget, Dynamically.
Installing The Plugin
Back-end Setting for BuddyPress Polls
- Multi-Select Polls: Enable multi-select polls to allow users to cast more than one vote in each poll. If this option is disabled, users can only cast vote for only one option in each poll.
- Hide Results: If Hide Results option is enabled, results will be hidden from the users who have not voted yet. If disabled, the voting result will be visible to users who have not voted yet.
- Poll Closing Date & Time: If enabled, users can set poll closing date & time. If disabled, users can vote anytime, polls will always remain open for voting.
- Enable Image Attachment : Enable this option if you want to allow users to attach images with poll activity.
- Limited poll activities– Select the limit by user role or member type to publish poll type activities.
Front-End Options
BuddyPress Polls with Images
BuddyPress polls options to set images
Can Users On Buddypress Publish Content On The Site?
Yes, Users can very easily publish contents and updates on BuddyPress enabled websites.
Any Logged in User should see a “What’s new” section on the website. Here you can post updates.
There are also various plugins which provide addons for content such as media files, polls, status etc to publish on BuddyPress community.
BuddyPress Profanity 8
BuddyPress Profanity Introduction
Features
Features-
- You can add your own list of bad words.
- Options to enable content filter for Activities, Activity comments & BuddyPress Private messages.
- Options for admin to choose which type of word rendering he want to activate for the site.
- You have the choice which type of filter character you want to use to hide bad words.
- Site admin has choice to enable/disable case sensitive filter.
- Options for Strict filters to filter characters within the words.
Installing The Plugin
- Download the zip file and extract it.
- Upload “buddypress-profanity” directory to the “/wp-content/plugins/” directory.
- Activate the plugin through the “Plugins” menu.
- Alternatively, you can use WordPress Plugin installer from Dashboard > Plugins > Add New to add this plugin.
Back-end Settings
Settings–
- Go to Dashboard > BuddyPress Profanity > General.
- Enter the keywords you wish to remove from the community under “Keywords to Remove” option
- You also have the option ( content to be filtered) to enable and disable filter of bad languages for the following: Status Updates, Activity Comments, and Messages.
- Word Rendering option allows you to select the pattern in which the profanity will be displayed in the community’s posts or comments.
- Filter Character option allows you to select the character which will replace the letters of keywords and will be displayed in community’s posts or comments.
- The Case Matching setting provides two option Case Sensitive and Case Insensitive. Case Sensitive filters keywords with strict case matching and are not recommended while Case Insensitive setting capture more words while filtering. We recommend users to use Case Insensitive matching.
- The Strict Filtering with strict mode does not filter embedded keywords. We recommend users to use Strict Filtering ON mode.
Front-End User Option
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
- Yes, It needs you to have BuddyPress installed and activated.
- Yes, multiple keywords can be set to filter with the setting [Keywords to remove] provided under the general tab.
- This can be achieved with the help of filters provided in the plugin. To replace keywords with a custom character for eg. @ write below code in your functions.php file of active theme or wherever you want.
- No, the plugin filters the content to display on the screen, BuddyPress database is unaffected by plugin changes.
- The [Case Matching] setting provides two option Case Sensitive and Case Insensitive. Case Sensitive filters keywords with strict case matching and are not recommended while Case Insensitive setting capture more words while filtering. We recommend users to use Case Insensitive matching.
- The [Strict Filtering] with strict mode on does not filter embedded keywords. We recommend users to use Strict Filtering ON mode.
Cost & Requirements
- $11.00 – Personal License
- $51.00 – Developer License
- WordPress 4.5 or newer
- BuddyPress 2.7.x or newer
Getting Started With BuddyPress Profanity
Installation
Get The Plugin-
Here is the plugin purchase link. If you have already purchased the plugin, Login to Wbcom Designs go to My Account >> Downloads
Download the latest version of the plugin zip file.
Install Plugin
Upload the “BuddyPress Profanity” plugin to the “/wp-content/plugins/” directory via FTP.
Activate the plugin through the “Plugins” menu. Alternatively, you can use WordPress Plugin installer from Dashboard >> Plugins >> Add New to Upload the plugin zip file. Click install and activate
Setting Up the plugin
To manage the plugin’s setting, navigate to the settings panel:
WordPress Dashboard >> WB plugins >> Profanity
General settings in Profanity Includes
- Allows you to enter keywords which you want to remove from the community.
- Allows you to filter content from:
Status Updates
Activity Comments
Messages - Choose the pattern of how you want to render the restricted words
- Allows you to the filter character
- Select case matching
- ON/OFF strict filtering
Front End View
BuddyPress Profanity is also compatible with BuddyBoss Platform.
BuddyPress Moderation Pro 13
BuddyPress Moderation Pro Introduction
Installing the plugin
- Download the zip file and extract it.
- Upload “buddypress-moderation-pro” directory to the “/wp-content/plugins/” directory.
- Activate the plugin through the “Plugins” menu.
Plugin General Settings
Who can report/moderate item: Admin can also enable setting for who can report items and moderate items.
Activity comment flagging settings
The plugin provides following settings for flagging activity comment:
Link text when flag
The option helps in setting button text while flagging activity comment which is set to ‘Flag’ by default. In below screenshot, we can see the flag comment action link in activity comment actions row.
Link text when unflag
The option helps in setting button text while unflagging activity comment which is set to ‘Unflag’ by default. In below screenshot, we can see the unflag comment action link in activity actions row.
Enable automatic moderation
Site admin can enable/disable automatic moderation for flagged activity. This setting is complemented with Automatic moderation limit. When automatic moderation is enabled the flagged activity update gets hidden for reporters or all site members depending upon the hide mode setting
Automatic moderation limit
This setting complements Enable automatic moderation. This setting accepts a numeric value. If automatic moderation is on and the number of reporters becomes greater than or equal to the automatic moderation limit for the flagged activity comment then that activity comment gets hidden for reporters or all site members depending upon the hide mode setting. Default automatic moderation value is 5.
Hide Mode
Hide mode setting provide two ways of hiding content. When Reporters option is selected then the content is hidden only for reporters, while when All members option is selected content is hidden for all site members. When hide mode is set from the plugin settings section, the mode is assigned to newly flagged content. Apart from this admin can set hide mode individually for every flagged content. In the screenshot, we can see the Hide Mode settings under related actions post meta section.
Send email notification to admin
This setting enables email notification to admin when any content is flagged
BuddyPress notification
This setting enable buddypress notification to user whose content is flagged.
Activities report subjects
User can add various report subject.
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Activity Update Flag Settings
The plugin provides following settings for flagging activity update:
Link text when flag
The option helps in setting button text while flagging activity update which is set to ‘Flag’ by default. In below screenshot, we can see the flag activity button in activity actions row.
Link text when unflag
The option helps in setting button text while unflagging activity update which is set to ‘Unflag’ by default. In below screenshot, we can see the unflag activity button in activity actions row.
Enable automatic moderation
This option lets side admin enable/disable automatic moderation for flagged activity. This setting is complemented with Automatic moderation limit. When automatic moderation is enabled the flagged activity update gets hidden for reporters or all site members depending upon the hide mode setting.
Automatic moderation limit
This setting complements Enable automatic moderation. This setting accepts a numeric value. If automatic moderation is on and the number of reporters becomes greater than or equal to the automatic moderation limit for the flagged activity then that activity update gets hidden for reporters or all site members depending upon the hide mode setting. Default automatic moderation value is 5.
Hide Mode
Hide mode setting provide two ways of hiding content. When Reporters option is selected then the content is hidden only for reporters, while when All members option is selected content is hidden for all site members.When hide mode is set from the plugin settings section, the mode is assigned to newly flagged content. Apart from this admin can set hide mode individually for every flagged content. In the screenshot, we can see the Hide Mode settings under related actions post meta section.
Send email notification to admin
This setting enables email notification to admin when any content is flagged.
BuddyPress notification
This setting enable buddypress notification to user whose content is flagged.
BuddyPress Activity in Spam
Enable this option so that all flagged activity listed in spam. Once admin approve then your submitted activity will be appear on fronted.
Activities report subjects
User can add various report subject.
Private Message Flag Settings
The plugin provides the following settings for flagging private messages:
Link text when flag
The option helps in setting button text while flagging private message which is set to ‘Flag’ by default. In below screenshot, we can see the flag message action link in message actions row.
Link text when unflag
The option helps in setting button text while unflagging message which is set to ‘Unflag’ by default. In below screenshot, we can see the unflag message action link in message actions row.
Enable automatic moderation
This option lets side admin enable/disable automatic moderation for a flagged message. This setting is complemented with Automatic moderation limit. When automatic moderation is enabled the flagged message gets hidden for reporters or all site members depending upon the hide mode setting.
Automatic moderation limit
This setting complements Enable automatic moderation. This setting accepts a numeric value. If automatic moderation is on and the number of reporters becomes greater than or equal to the automatic moderation limit for the flagged activity then that activity update gets hidden for reporters or all site members depending upon the hide mode setting. Default automatic moderation value is 5.
Hide Mode
Hide mode setting provide two ways of hiding content. When Reporters option is selected then the content is hidden only for reporters, while when All members option is selected content is hidden for all site members. When hide mode is set from the plugin settings section, the mode is assigned to newly flagged content. Apart from this admin can set hide mode individually for every flagged content. In the screenshot, we can see the Hide Mode settings under related actions post meta section.
Send email notification to admin
This setting enables email notification to admin when any content is flagged
BuddyPress notification
This setting enable buddypress notification to user whose content is flagged.
Activities report subjects
User can add various report subject.
Group Flagging Settings
The plugin provides the following settings for a flagging group:
Link text when a flag
The option helps in setting button text while flagging group which is set to ‘Flag’ by default. In below screenshot, we can see the flag group button in the group actions row.
Link text when unflag
The option helps in setting button text while unflagging group which is set to ‘Unflag’ by default. In below screenshot, we can see the unflag group action button in group actions row.
Enable automatic moderation
This option lets side admin enable/disable automatic moderation for flagged groups. This setting is complemented with Automatic moderation limit. When automatic moderation is enabled the flagged groups gets hidden from groups directory listing to reporters or all site members depending upon the hide mode setting.
Automatic moderation limit
This setting complements Enable automatic moderation. This setting accepts a numeric value. If automatic moderation is on and the number of reporters becomes greater than or equal to the automatic moderation limit for the flagged group then that group gets hidden from groups directory listing for reporters or all site members depending upon the hide mode setting. Default automatic moderation value is 5.
Hide Mode
Hide mode setting provide two ways of hiding content. When Reporters option is selected then a group is hidden only for reporters, while when All members option is selected, a flagged group is hidden for all site members.When hide mode is set from the plugin settings section, the mode is assigned to newly flagged content. Apart from this admin can set hide mode individually for every flagged content. In the screenshot, we can see the Hide Mode settings under related actions post meta section.
Restrictions for reported group
There are some restriction for reported group like removing group from group’s directory listing and remove access to update status. Selected restrictions will be applicable on flagged group according to the hide mode selected. For eg: if hide mode is selected for reporters, then flagged group will be hidden from directory for reporters only.
Send email notification to admin
This setting enables email notification to admin when any content is flagged
BuddyPress notification
This setting enable buddypress notification to user whose content is flagged.
Activities report subjects
User can add various report subject.
Member flagging settings
The plugin provides the following settings for flagging members:
Link text when a flag
The option helps in setting button text while flagging member which is set to ‘Flag’ by default. In below screenshot, we can see the flag member button in member actions row.
Link text when unflag
The option helps in setting button text while unflagging member which is set to ‘Unflag’ by default. In below screenshot, we can see the unflag member action link in member actions drop-down.
Enable automatic moderation
This option lets side admin enable/disable automatic moderation for flagged members. This setting is complemented with Automatic moderation limit. When automatic moderation is enabled the flagged member gets hidden from members directory listing to reporters or all site members depending upon the hide mode setting.
Automatic moderation limit
This setting complements Enable automatic moderation. This setting accepts a numeric value. If automatic moderation is on and the number of reporters becomes greater than or equal to the automatic moderation limit for the flagged member then that member gets hidden from members directory listing for reporters or all site members depending upon the hide mode setting. Default automatic moderation value is 5.
Hide Mode
Hide mode setting provide two ways of hiding content. When Reporters option is selected then the member is hidden only for reporters, while when All members option is selected, a flagged member is hidden for all site members. When hide mode is set from the plugin settings section, the mode is assigned to newly flagged content. Apart from this admin can set hide mode individually for every flagged content. In the screenshot, we can see the Hide Mode settings under related actions post meta section.
Restrictions for reported member
When a member is flagged certain restrictions can be imposed on a member. Restrictions provided by the plugin are as following:
Remove a member from member’s directory listing: On checking this option flagged member will not get listed in buddypress member’s directory listing for reporters or all site members depending upon the hidden mode saved. Individual restrictions can also be imposed on site member using related actions post meta section for any flagged member data.
Remove access to update status: On checking this option moderated or spammed member will not be able to do status updates.
Remove access to send private messages: On checking this option moderated or spammed member will not be able to send a private message to any site members.
Account lock message
Using this setting admin can set account lock message which will be shown at the login screen when a locked member tries to login into the account. Site admin can flag member account by using Lock member account option provided in related actions post meta section as shown in the screenshot. Also, site admin can also set different lock message for individual members using Account lock messageprovided in related actions row. When a site admin locks a flagged member account a mail is sent to the locked member using buddypress mail component. With mail arguments as {{blockers.name}} [ the person who is blocking the account ]and {{reporters.name}} [ list of reporters who had flagged member. ]
As the buddypress mail component is being used mail content can be customized under buddypress email section in WordPress back-end.
Send email notification to admin
This setting enables email notification to admin when any content is flagged
BuddyPress notification
This setting enable buddypress notification to user whose content is flagged.
Activities report subjects
User can add various report subject.
Getting Started With BuddyPress Moderation Pro
This plugin allows the user to flag the content which is inappropriate so that the admin can manage those content and make the conversation clean.
BuddyPress Moderation Pro Plugin Requires BuddyPress installed on your WordPress site.
Installation
Get The Plugin
- Here is the plugin purchase If you have already purchased the plugin, Login to Wbcom Designs go to MyAccount << Downloads
- Download the latest version of the plugin zip file.
Install Plugin
- Upload the “BuddyPress Moderation Pro” plugin to the “/wp-content/plugins/” directory via FTP.
- Activate the plugin through the “Plugins” menu. Alternatively, you can use WordPress Plugin installer from Dashboard >> Plugins >> Add New to Upload the plugin zip file. Click install and activate.
Setting Up the plugin
To manage the plugin’s setting, navigate to the settings panel:
WordPress Dashboard >> WB Plugins >> Moderation Pro
“Every Plugin offered by WBcom Designs can be accessed from here.”
General settings in Moderation Pro Include:
- You can select the Components of BuddyPress that you want to allow users to flag.
Using The Plugin
- Flag option is visible on the Activity’s page.
- Flag option is visible on the Activity comment.
- Flag option visible on Member’s page
- Flag Displayed on Groups Page
- Flag option visible on private messages page
- User profile photo moderation
- Flag option visible on forum page (topic)
- Flag option visible on forum page (replies)
- When “buddypress activity in spam?” is enabled, the notification for spammed posts will be displayed as follows on the activity page.
- Admin can view the flagged content within WordPress DashBoard
The admin can manage the flagged content from the back end and if required, the content can be removed easily with the bulk option provided.
Group Avatar Settings
This plugin provides the following settings for a member avatar:
Enable group avatar moderation
This option let site admin to enable/disable group profile photo moderation settings whenever the user upload photo in group.
Admin Notification
Site admin will get the Email notification for moderating the group photo whenever any member will upload the avatar in group. Admin can also edit email message.
User Approval Email Settings-
Enable local notification– Site admin can enable/disable the local notification so that user get the notification that his group profile photo is approved or not.
Send Approval email– User will also get the Email notification that his group profile photo is approved.
User Rejection Email Settings-
Enable local notification– Site admin can enable/disable the local notification so that user get the notification that his group profile photo is approved or not.
Send Approval email– User will also get the Email notification that his group profile photo is not approved.
Member Avatar Settings
The plugin provides the following settings for a member avatar:
Enable user profile photo moderation
This option let side admin enable/disable profile photo moderation setting when user upload photo.
Admin Notification
Site admin will get the Email notification for moderating the photo when any member will upload the avatar and also he can edit the email message.
User Approval Email Settings-
Enable local notification- Site admin can enable/disable the local notification so that user will get the notification that his photo is approved or not.
Send Approval email- User will also get the Email that his photo is approved.
User Rejection Email Settings-
Enable local notification- Site admin can enable/disable the local notification so that user will get the notification that his photo is approved or not.
Send Approval email- User will also get the Email that his photo is not approved.
Replies Flag Settings
This plugin provides following settings for flagging replies in forums:
Link text when flag
The option helps in setting button text while flagging replies which is set to ‘Flag’ by default.
Link text when unflag
The option helps in setting button text while unflagging replies which is set to ‘Unflag’ by default.
Enable automatic moderation
Site admin can enable/disable automatic moderation for flagged replies. This setting is complemented with Automatic moderation limit. When automatic moderation is enabled the flagged replies gets hidden for reporters or all site members depending upon the hide mode setting
Automatic moderation limit
This setting complements Enable automatic moderation. This setting accepts a numeric value. If automatic moderation is on and the number of reporters becomes greater than or equal to the automatic moderation limit for the flagged reply then that reply gets hidden for reporters or all site members depending upon the hide mode setting. Default automatic moderation value is 5.
Hide Mode
Hide mode setting provide two ways of hiding content. When Reporters option is selected then the content is hidden only for reporters, while when All members option is selected content is hidden for all site members. When hide mode is set from the plugin settings section, the mode is assigned to newly flagged content. Apart from this admin can set hide mode individually for every flagged content. In the screenshot, we can see the Hide Mode settings under related actions post meta section.
BuddyPress notification
This setting enable buddypress notification to user whose reply is flagged.
Topic Flag Settings
This plugin provides following settings for flagging topics in forums:
Link text when flag
The option helps in setting button text while flagging topics which is set to ‘Flag’ by default.
Link text when unflag
The option helps in setting button text while unflagging topic which is set to ‘Unflag’ by default.
Enable automatic moderation
Site admin can enable/disable automatic moderation for flagged topic. This setting is complemented with Automatic moderation limit. When automatic moderation is enabled the flagged topics gets hidden for reporters or all site members depending upon the hide mode setting
Automatic moderation limit
This setting complements Enable automatic moderation. This setting accepts a numeric value. If automatic moderation is on and the number of reporters becomes greater than or equal to the automatic moderation limit for the flagged topics then that topic gets hidden for reporters or all site members depending upon the hide mode setting. Default automatic moderation value is 5.
Hide Mode
Hide mode setting provide two ways of hiding content. When Reporters option is selected then the content is hidden only for reporters, while when All members option is selected content is hidden for all site members. When hide mode is set from the plugin settings section, the mode is assigned to newly flagged content. Apart from this admin can set hide mode individually for every flagged content. In the screenshot, we can see the Hide Mode settings under related actions post meta section.
BuddyPress notification
This setting enable buddypress notification to user whose topic is flagged.
BuddyPress Profile Pro 7
Introduction BuddyPress Profile Pro
BuddyPress Profile Pro gives you the power to extend BuddyPress Profiles with repeater fields and groups. You can easily add multiple field groups and display them at member’s profile. These groups can be repeater groups like Education, Work history and lots more.
You can also have repeater fields like multiple phone number, multiple website URLs, skills sets with multiple values.
Get a key for Google Places API Web Service
- Standard API customers need an API key set up in a project of your choice.
- Google Places API customers with a Premium Plan license need an API key set up in the Google Maps Premium Project (the project created for you when you ordered the Google Maps APIs Premium Plan). If you have not yet purchased access to the API, please contact sales.
Get an API key
If you are using the standard Google Places API Web Service
To get started using the Google Places API Web Service, click the button below, which guides you through the process of activating the Google Places API Web Service and getting an API key.
Alternatively, follow these steps to get an API key:
- Go to the Google API Console.
- Create or select a project.
- Click Continue to enable the API.
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On the Credentials page, get an API key (and set the API key restrictions).Note: If you have an existing unrestricted API key or a key with server restrictions, you may use that key.
- To prevent quota theft, secure your API key following these best practices.
- (Optional) Enable billing. See Usage Limits and Billing for more information.
Do not use this key outside of your server code. For example, do not embed it in a web page or in a mobile application.
How to add multiple education groups
Education field group is added as repeater fieldset and you can add all your education history one by one.
Front View of the Extended Fields
Extended Fields tab is created under the Profile Menu section for saving fields data.
* sign adjacent to the field labels represents that the field is required.
Profile Fieldsets Option
- Education
- Professional Experience
- Contact Details
Group Settings Option
Group Description: Description of the group meant for admin use. The description is shown while adding new fields in the groups at Fields Settings tab.
Display group at BuddyPress Profile: Admin can disable group at any point of time and the group will be available to members for filling data. The setting lets admin select whether he/she wants to make group available to members.
On the right side of the Group Settings page, an Add New Group form is provided using which a new group can be created easily.
Plugin’s hooks and filters
Plugin’s Constants
Admin Actions
Available Filters
Public Actions
Description: It is used for altering search for extended fields data availability at a member’s directory page.
Template Overrides
Getting Started With BuddyPress Profile Pro
BuddyPress Profile Pro gives you the power to extend BuddyPress Profiles with repeater fields and groups. You can easily add multiple field groups and display them on the member’s profile. These groups can be repeater groups like Education, Work history and many more.
You can also have repeater fields like multiple phone numbers, multiple website urls, skill sets with multiple values.
BuddyPress Profile Pro Plugin Requires BuddyPress installed on your WordPress site.
Installation
- Get The Plugin
Here is the plugin purchase link. If you have already purchased the plugin, Login to Wbcom Designs go to MyAccount << Downloads
Download the latest version of the plugin zip file. - Install Plugin
Upload the “BuddyPress Profile Pro” plugin to the “/wp-content/plugins/” directory via FTP.
Activate the plugin through the “Plugins” menu. Alternatively, you can use WordPress Plugin installer from Dashboard >> Plugins >> Add New to Upload the plugin zip file. Click install and activate.
Setting Up the plugin
To manage the plugin’s setting, navigate to the settings panel:
Check out this setup video
WordPress Dashboard >> WB plugins >> Profile Pro
“Every Plugin offered by Wbcom Designs comes under this tab.”
General settings in Profile Pro Includes
- Enable and disable visibility of fields at BuddyPress profile page
Group settings in Profile Pro Include:
- Creating Complete new field groups to keep information.
Field Group will have the name, description, visibility option in profile and resume layout, option to make the field group repeater and privacy through user role or member type.
Field settings in Profile Pro Include:
- Creating a Field
Next up the option to create a field and option to assign group, visibility, required and make a field as repeater field option.
Filling Member profile fields from Front-end
BuddyPress Members can edit these extra profile fields and choose what to show on their profile to other members or public. Only those fields which are filled will be shown no bloank field.
Showing extra fields in BuddyPress member profile page
All the fields filled in the extension field will be shown on member profile page.
Extended BuddyPress profile fields
BuddyPress Quotes 5
BuddyPress Quotes Introduction
BuddyPress Quotes a more attractive way to express your feelings, Quotes, thoughts and many more. Make your activity post appealing by adding background images or solid colors. Admin can add multiple images and colors to choose from via backend settings.
BuddyPress quotes plugin comes with the feature to let users post their activity updates with interactive backgrounds selection such as colors and images set by the site administrator, so they can tell a more expressive story.
Posting an activity update using BuddyPress Quotes with beautiful backgrounds can help make that activity go viral.
The plugin comes up with backend settings using which site admin can upload multiple images for quotes selection, as well as admin can also set a different set of colors for background selection. Images and colors will be available for end-users in the BuddyPress Activity post form for selection while posting updates.
Features Highlights
Features of BuddyPress Quote
- Make BuddyPress Activity Posts more attractive
- Helps in increasing engagement in Community
- Best for posting Quotes
- Easy backend settings for admin to add images and Color options
How Admin Can Add Quotes Background Image
Admin can set background images to be used for quotes by navigating through:
Dashboard >> WB Plugins >> BP Quotes >> General >> Quotes Background Images
Make sure to use images of dimension 1024 x 512 px for a better experience.
How Admin Can Add Quotes Background Colors?
Admin can set background images to be used for quotes by heading towards:
Dashboard >> WB Plugins >> BP Quotes >> General >> Quotes Background Color
Select the quoted background color by adding color and it will automatically select the quoted text color.
Front End Look
Posting an activity update using BuddyPress Quotes with beautiful backgrounds can help make that activity go viral.
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BuddyPress Sticky Post 5
Introduction – BuddyPress Sticky Post
BuddyPress Sticky Post plugin comes with the feature that lets site administrators prioritize certain activities over others.
As its name suggests, BuddyPress Sticky Post lets admin pin-up site-wide and groups activities to the top of BuddyPress activity list.
This will make it easier for the site administrator to make the pinned activity item recognized first by the community whenever they visit the site.
With BuddyPress Sticky Post, one will not have to worry about scrolling through the long list of activity and conversations to see the latest updates in the pinned activity items.
Settings –
In general setting, there is pin post label and unpin post label. Admin can set the label accordingly.
Features Highlights
Features of BuddyPress Sticky Post is as follow:
- Admin can pin important post inside BuddyPress activity and groups.
- Admin can unpin the pinned activity at any time.
- The pinned activity will bump to the top.
- BuddyPress Sticky Post eliminates the chances of missing the important posts by users.
Installing The Plugin
- Download the zip file from My Account << Downloads section of your wbcomdesigns.com profile.
- Upload the “BuddyPress Sticky Post” plugin to the “/wp-content/plugins/” directory via FTP.
- Activate the plugin through the “Plugins” menu.
- Alternatively, you can use WordPress Plugin installer from Dashboard >> Plugins >> Add New to add this plugin.
How Admin Can Pin Posts
Admin can pin activity via navigating to the activity page/single group page. He will get the icon of “Pin Post” beneath each post on the BuddyPress activity page and the activities of the group.
How Admin Can Unpin Posts?
Admin can unpin activity via navigating to the activity page/single group page. He will get the icon of “Unpin Post” beneath each post on the BuddyPress activity page and the activities of the group. User can click on pin icon and post will get unpin.
BuddyPress Auto Friends 6
Introduction – BuddyPress Auto Friends
BuddyPress Auto Friends is a simple BuddyPress add-on which gives the site admin an option to select common friends for all the members.
These common friends get added as a friend automatically whenever any new member signs up to the online community. There is no limit to the number of friends that a site admin can add as common or global friends.
Features Highlights
Features of the plugin are as follow:
- Admin can add users from the back end whom he wants to be an automatic friend of every user on the website.
- As soon as the member register and login to the site he will get notification displaying that “5 friends accepted your friendship requests”.
Installing The Plugin
- Download the zip file from My Account << Downloads section of your wbcomdesigns.com profile.
- Upload the “BuddyPress Auto Friends” plugin to the “/wp-content/plugins/” directory via FTP.
- Activate the plugin through the “Plugins” menu.
- Alternatively, you can use WordPress Plugin installer from Dashboard >> Plugins >> Add New to add this plugin.
How Admin Can Add Users To Be a Global Friends?
Admin can add a user to be a global/common friend of all newly registered members on the website by navigating through:
Dashboard >> WB Plugins >> Auto Friends >> General
Note that adding a user to this list will automatically create friendship between that user and any newly registered user. It will not create friendships between this user and already existing ones.
Can we have multiple members for as common friends for all.
Yes, BuddyPress auto friends allow adding multiple members as global friends. All selected global friends will be added as friends for all new signups.
Will users receive Auto Friend Notifications?
Yes, users will receive auto friend notifications.
They can navigate through the notification to look at the list.
BuddyPress Newsfeed 6
BuddyPress Newsfeed Introduction
By default, BuddyPress offers separate type of activities for your BuddyPress Activity Stream. This makes all the activities happening in your community to be shown under different respective activity options. The BuddyPress Newsfeed plugin converts all separate activity streams and rebuilds it just like Facebook Newsfeed. This plugin shows all the activities whether it is members, groups, friends and favourites in one place
Features Highlights
- Combining and providing an aggregated page to the members where they can see all the activities of other members.
- You will get a choice to select which type of activity should be displayed in your newsfeed. Just checkmark the ones you need from the backend options.
- You can also segregate your activities from that of your friends by showing a separate tab called “Personal” for only your activities
How to install the plugin
To install the plugin follow the below steps:
- Download the zip file from My Account << Downloads section of your wbcomdesigns.com profile.
- Upload the “BP NewsFeed” plugin to the “/wp-content/plugins/” directory via FTP.
- Activate the plugin through the “Plugins” menu.
Alternatively, you can use WordPress Plugin installer from Dashboard >> Plugins >> Add New to add this plugin.
Back-End User Options
BuddyPress News Feed has various options for an Admin to manage NewsFeed Functionality.
- Go to Dashboard > WB Plugins >BP NewsFeed
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- Select Tab to merge into news feed: Admin gets to choose the activities to which he wants to see under the newsfeed tab. Just select the tabs and save the changes.
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- Which Tab should be the first one: Choose the tab in between them you want to display first.
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- Enable activity post form at newsfeed: Site Admin can allow whether he wants to display activity post form at the Newsfeed page.
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- Save Changes: Click on this button to save all the settings.
Front End Display
Getting Started With BuddyPress Newsfeed
The BuddyPress Newsfeed plugin merges all separate activity streams and rebuilds it just like Facebook Newsfeed. This plugin shows all the activities whether it is members, groups, friends, and favorites in one place and makes your Activity Stream free from extra activities.
BuddyPress Newsfeed Plugin Requires BuddyPress installed on your WordPress site.
Installation
Get The Plugin
- Here is the plugin purchase link. If you have already purchased the plugin, Login to Wbcom Designs go to MyAccount << Downloads
- Download the latest version of the plugin zip file.
Install Plugin
- Upload the “BuddyPress Newsfeed” plugin to the “/wp-content/plugins/” directory via FTP.
- Activate the plugin through the “Plugins” menu. Alternatively, you can use WordPress Plugin installer from Dashboard >> Plugins >> Add New to Upload the plugin zip file. Click install and activate.
Setting Up the plugin
To manage the plugin’s setting, navigate to the settings panel:
WordPress Dashboard >> WB Plugins >> NewsFeed
“Every Plugin offered by Wbcom Designs can be accessed from here.”
General Settings in NewsFeed Include:
- Newsfeed offers the settings to merge the several BuddyPress components together to make the extended menu shorter and more visible to the users.
- You can shuffle the position of Newsfeed. Select the one tab either Personal or Newsfeed to be displayed on the first position.
- You can also enable the activity’s post to display on the Newsfeed Tab.
Using the Plugin
Front End Display On User Profile Page
Select the components to be merged
Output display after some modification in the user’s profile page
BuddyPress Status 8
BuddyPress Status Introduction
Allow your members to set a status on their BuddyPress Profile with BuddyPress Status add-on for BuddyPress.
This plugin allows your community members to update their status with what they are doing at that moment. It also allows them to set icons such as emojis to appear beside their username at the profile. Thus, your members can also express their moods on their status update.
BuddyPress Status comes with an inbuilt set of icons.
Features Highlights
- Update what you feel at the moment
- Set a mood Icon.
- Set and customize the Icons from the backend to display for the BuddyPress members.
How to install the plugin
To install the plugin follow the below steps:
- Download the zip file from My Account << Downloads section of your wbcomdesigns.com profile.
- Upload the “BP Status” plugin to the “/wp-content/plugins/” directory via FTP.
- Activate the plugin through the “Plugins” menu.
Alternatively, you can use WordPress Plugin installer from Dashboard >> Plugins >> Add New to add this plugin.
Back-End User Options
BuddyPress status has various options for an Admin to manage BP Status Functionality.
Go to Dashboard > WB Plugins >BP Status
General setting –
Enable status icon in activity loop- This setting enables the status icon beside username in activity loop
Enable status icon at user profile page- This setting enables the status icon beside username in at user profile page(header section)
Enable reaction icon in bp activity actions- This setting enables the reaction icon in buddypress activity actions.
Status Icon Settings-
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- Select Icon Set to be available: There is a checkbox provided for each icon set, Selected Icon set will appear at the user’s bp profile, besides the username.
- Activity Reaction Icon: Selected Icon will be available to give a reaction to activity updates. Just drag and drop the icons from icon sets.
Front-End User Options
User can update his/her status from the profile page.
- Write your status in the text box and click on ADD button to save the status for future.You can store upto ten status, adding more than that will delete the oldest one.
- Click on Add and Set Current button, in order to instantly update the status.
- Set a status icon: Selected icon will appear beside username in member header.
User profile page –
Activity page-
How to upload Custom Icons?
This plugin allow you to set custom icons on BuddyPress Profile page so that users can set it beside their username. To set custom icons, Navigate to Dashboard > WB Plugins > BuddyPress Status. Here you can see the option “Upload Custom Icon” to upload the icon.
- Upload Custom Icons: Choose the file and then click on save button to upload the custom icon. Icon size should be 64px*64px and PNG with transparent background.
- Select icons set to be available: Now your uploaded custom icon will be appear on custom icon Box so that user can drag and drop custom icons into activity reaction icons to display it beside username at profile page.
- Activity reaction icons: Your added custom icons will be appear on every post to give reactions.
Frontend view : Navigate to user profile page and select any of these custom icon.
Status icon: Set your custom icon as a status icon.
Now you can see your custom icon beside username.
Activity page: You can see your added custom icon in every post on both activity page and profile activity page.
How member’s can update their status and mood from their profile?
BuddyPress Members can easily update their status and mood from their profile page. User’s can see profile status tab in their profile where they can set status.
To set Status : Enter your status and then click on “Add and Set current” button to add status. Now your status will be listed here. You can add upto ten status and adding more than that will delete the oldest one. You can also edit and delete status from here only.
To set mood: Click on any of these icon to set mood which appears beside username in member header.
How activity reaction works with BP status?
Users can easily give reaction on each and every activity post by just clicking on icon. You can see reaction icons on every post.
Click on any of these reaction icon and it will be display on post like this.
