BuddyPress · Free · Activity composer
Paste a link into the BuddyPress composer and it posts as raw text. This reads the page, pulls its title, description and image, and shows the member a preview card before they post.
Needs BuddyPress or BuddyBoss Platform. Version 1.7.5. No settings page at all.
No settings page, on purpose
Previews work the moment you activate it. Behaviour is changed in code, not on an options screen. These four filters do most of the work.
bp_activity_parse_url_preview The parsed result before it is returned. Rewrite the title, swap the image, or drop the preview entirely.
bp_activity_link_parse_url The URL itself on the way in, which is where you normalise tracking parameters or block a domain.
bp_activity_link_parse_url_shorten_url_provider The shortener provider used when a long URL is condensed.
bp_oembed_discover_support Whether oEmbed discovery runs for a given URL, so you can force or skip it per host.
Saved previews render server side, so the card still shows with JavaScript off.
Pricing
There is no paid edition and no settings page. Activate it and links start unfurling.
Paste a link. The preview is fetched and shown in the composer before posting, so they can see what will appear.
No, and that is deliberate. Previews work the moment the plugin is active. Behaviour is changed through filters in code rather than an options screen.
No. The URL stays in the post and the preview card is added alongside it.
Saved previews render server side, so the card still appears. Only the live preview while composing needs JavaScript.
Yes, in code. The URL passes through a filter on the way in, so you can normalise it, skip it or block a domain before anything is fetched.
Yes. The parsed result passes through a filter before it is returned, so a developer can rewrite the title, swap the image or drop the preview.
Yes, links pasted into activity comments are handled the same way.
BuddyPress or BuddyBoss Platform, with the Activity component active.
Free download
Activate it and the next link someone pastes arrives as a card with a title, a description and an image.
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