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Your activity page is split across tabs. This plugin merges them into one feed.
Mentions, favorites, personal, friends, groups, and following normally each sit on their own activity tab. BuddyPress Newsfeed pulls all of them into a single Facebook-style Newsfeed tab on the member activity page, with an optional post form right at the top.
★★★★★ Works with BuddyPress and BuddyBoss Platform · One merged Newsfeed tab · Optional post form on the feed
Built for
Built for five kinds of community operators.
The merged Newsfeed tab appears the moment you activate the plugin and pick it as the default tab. Pick the scenario closest to how you run your community.
01
Community managers
Members no longer hunt across Mentions, Favorites, Groups, and Following tabs to catch up. One Newsfeed tab shows all of it in a single stream, so the activity page feels like the social feed members already expect.
02
Membership site owners
Turn on the post form for the Newsfeed tab and members can post an update from the same place they read the feed. The default landing tab is yours to set, so new visitors land on the merged feed first.
03
BuddyBoss site owners
The plugin detects BuddyBoss Platform and adapts its post form and tab behavior to match, so the merged Newsfeed sits alongside the BuddyBoss activity layout without fighting it.
04
Site owners who want a familiar layout
The feed renders through bundled nouveau and legacy templates, so the merged Newsfeed inherits your theme's activity styling and reads like a familiar social timeline rather than a list of disconnected tabs.
05
Developers and customizers
Two public filters give you control without editing the plugin: change which scopes the feed merges, and point the feed template loader at your own file in the theme.
See it in action
How BuddyPress Newsfeed looks on your site.
Switch between the two surfaces in the preview: the merged Newsfeed layout on the member activity page and the admin General settings tab that controls it.
Step 1 of 2
Merged feed
Six activity scopes, one Newsfeed tab.
BuddyPress splits activity into separate tabs for personal, mentions, favorites, friends, groups, and following. BuddyPress Newsfeed merges them into a single Newsfeed tab on the member activity page, so members read everything in one Facebook-style stream. The merge applies to logged-in members viewing their own feed, and you can pick Newsfeed or Personal as the default tab, or turn the merge off to keep the classic per-scope tabs.
- Personal, mentions, and favorites always merge; friends, groups, and following join when active
- Pick Newsfeed or Personal as the default landing tab in the admin
- An optional post form sits at the top of the Newsfeed tab
- A single toggle reverts to the classic per-scope activity tabs
Settings
Four controls that shape the whole feed.
The General settings tab under the Wbcom Designs menu keeps the configuration to four clear controls. Toggle between the merged feed and per-scope tabs, choose the default landing tab, show or hide the post form on the Newsfeed, and on standard BuddyPress turn on Relevant Activity to weight the feed toward each member's own connections and interactions. The relevant-activity control is hidden on BuddyBoss, which handles relevance itself.
- Disable for Activity-Specific Tabs switches between the merged feed and per-scope tabs
- Default Tab Selection sets Newsfeed or Personal as the first tab
- Enable Activity Post Form on Newsfeed adds the post box to the feed
- Relevant Activity weights the feed by connections on standard BuddyPress
Settings
Enable on activity stream
Show on member profiles
Email notifications
Allowed roles
Works with
BuddyPress, BuddyBoss, and theme-aware feed templates.
The plugin runs on standard BuddyPress and on BuddyBoss Platform, builds the feed from whichever activity components are active, and renders through templates that follow your theme. These are the platforms and components it works with out of the box.
- BuddyPress
The core requirement. The merged Newsfeed tab is registered as a BuddyPress activity subnav item and the feed is built by combining the standard activity scopes for the logged-in member.
- BuddyBoss Platform
Detected automatically. The post form and tab behavior are adapted to the BuddyBoss activity layout, and the Relevant Activity option is hidden because BuddyBoss has its own relevant-feed handling.
BuddyBoss-specific handling - Friends, Groups, and Following components
The friends, groups, and following scopes are added to the merged feed only when their components are active, including the Follow component, so the Newsfeed reflects exactly the features your community runs.
- Theme activity templates
The feed renders through bundled nouveau and legacy templates loaded by the plugin's template loader, so the merged Newsfeed inherits your theme's activity styling. A developer can override the template through the bp_news_feed_locate_template filter.
- Youzify
When Youzify is active the plugin adjusts how it detects the Newsfeed context so the merged feed displays correctly inside the Youzify profile layout.
when Youzify is active
What you get
One merged feed tab, an optional post form, and the controls to shape both.
Every license is the complete plugin. The scattered per-scope activity tabs merge into a single Newsfeed tab, an optional post form lands at the top of that feed, you pick the default landing tab, and developers get two filters to extend the scope list and the feed template. The only difference between tiers is how many sites the license covers.
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One merged Newsfeed tab
On the member activity page the plugin adds a single Newsfeed tab that combines the activity scopes BuddyPress normally splits across separate tabs: personal, mentions, and favorites always, plus friends, groups, and following when those components are active. Members read everything that matters to them in one Facebook-style stream instead of clicking between tabs.
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Choose the default tab
A Default Tab Selection setting decides which tab a member lands on first: the merged Newsfeed or their Personal activity. The Newsfeed subnav and the matching admin-bar menu item are registered to honor that choice, so the feed your members see by default is the one you want them to see.
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Optional post form on the feed
Enable Activity Post Form on Newsfeed adds the BuddyPress activity post box to the top of the Newsfeed tab, so members can publish an update from the same screen where they read the feed. On BuddyBoss Platform the post form behavior is adjusted so it shows correctly when the BuddyBoss activity tab is in use.
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Per-scope tabs when you prefer them
Prefer the classic layout? The Disable for Activity-Specific Tabs toggle turns the merge off and keeps each activity in its own categorized tab. The merge only applies to logged-in members viewing their own feed, so the change is scoped to the right context rather than rewriting every activity query site-wide.
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Relevant activity option
On standard BuddyPress a Relevant Activity toggle filters the feed to updates tied to a member's own connections and interactions, giving each member a feed weighted toward people and content they engage with. The option is hidden on BuddyBoss Platform, which has its own relevant-feed handling.
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Theme-aware feed templates
The feed renders through bundled nouveau and legacy templates loaded by the plugin's template loader, so the merged Newsfeed inherits your theme's activity styling. The loader runs through the bp_news_feed_locate_template filter, so a developer can override the template from the theme without touching the plugin.
Made for
Six audiences. One product.
Community managersMembership site ownersBuddyBoss site ownersSite owners who want a familiar layoutDevelopers and customizers
Pricing
Same complete plugin on every tier. Pick how many sites you run.
Every tier ships the full feature set: the merged Newsfeed tab, the default-tab control, the optional post form, the per-scope tab toggle, the relevant-activity option, and the developer filters. Tiers differ only by the number of sites your license covers. Yearly plans include a year of updates and support; lifetime plans pay once and keep updates forever.
Personal
$49 / year
or $149 lifetime
One community site.
- 1 site
- Merged Newsfeed tab and default-tab control
- Optional post form and relevant-activity option
- BuddyPress and BuddyBoss support
- 1 year of updates + support
Most popular
Professional
$99 / year
or $299 lifetime
Five sites. Freelancers and small agencies.
- 5 sites
- Merged Newsfeed tab and default-tab control
- Optional post form and relevant-activity option
- BuddyPress and BuddyBoss support
- 1 year of updates + support
Agency
$129 / year
or $349 lifetime
Unlimited sites for agencies running many community builds.
- Unlimited sites
- Merged Newsfeed tab and default-tab control
- Optional post form and relevant-activity option
- BuddyPress and BuddyBoss support
- 1 year of updates + support
Before you install
Questions community operators ask.
Answered by the team that maintains the plugin. Anything else, reach out through the contact page.
- 01
Does this require BuddyPress?
Yes. It runs on BuddyPress or BuddyBoss Platform and uses the Activity component to build the merged feed. The plugin checks for an active BuddyPress environment, so it stays inactive if BuddyPress is not present.
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What does the Newsfeed tab actually merge?
It combines the activity scopes BuddyPress normally keeps on separate tabs: personal, mentions, and favorites always, plus friends, groups, and following when those components are active. The result is one stream on the member activity page instead of clicking between tabs.
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Does it work with BuddyBoss?
Yes. The plugin detects BuddyBoss Platform and adapts its post form and tab handling to match the BuddyBoss activity layout. The Relevant Activity option is hidden on BuddyBoss because it has its own relevant-feed behavior.
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Can members still post an update from the feed?
Yes, when you enable the Activity Post Form on Newsfeed option. The BuddyPress activity post box then appears at the top of the Newsfeed tab so members can publish an update from the same screen where they read the feed.
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Can I keep the classic separate tabs instead?
Yes. The Disable for Activity-Specific Tabs toggle turns the merge off and keeps each activity in its own categorized tab. You can switch between the merged feed and the per-scope tabs from the General settings tab whenever you want.
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Which tab do members land on first?
You choose. The Default Tab Selection setting picks either the merged Newsfeed or the member's Personal activity as the first tab. The subnav and the matching admin-bar item are registered to honor that choice.
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What is the Relevant Activity option?
On standard BuddyPress it filters the feed toward updates tied to a member's own connections and interactions, so each member sees a feed weighted to people and content they engage with. It is shown only on BuddyPress, not on BuddyBoss.
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Does it have a REST API?
No. The plugin does not register any REST endpoints of its own. It works entirely through BuddyPress activity scopes, subnav items, and templates, with its state stored in a single WordPress option.
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Can a developer change which scopes merge or override the template?
Yes. The bnews_add_activity_lists_to_filter filter lets you add to or change the merged scope list, and the bp_news_feed_locate_template filter lets you point the feed template loader at your own file in the theme. Those are the two public extension points.
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Does it create any database tables?
No. The plugin is option-only state. Its settings live in a single WordPress option and it adds no custom database tables, so there is nothing extra to clean up at the table level.
Give your members one feed instead of six tabs.
Activate the plugin, open the General settings tab, pick Newsfeed as the default tab, and turn on the post form if you want it. The merged Newsfeed appears on the member activity page right away, pulling personal, mentions, favorites, friends, groups, and following into one stream. Flip back to per-scope tabs any time from the same screen.