Release notes / BuddyPress Auto Friends
BuddyPress Add-on Plugin

BuddyPress Auto Friends

New members who join a BuddyPress site with no existing connections often feel like they are entering an empty room. BuddyPress Auto Friends automatically creates accepted friendships between new registrants and designated existing users, so every new member starts with a social network on day one. Compatible with BuddyBoss Platform member connections.

24 releases
v1.8.1 latest
April 16, 2026 shipped

v1.8.1 Latest

April 16, 2026
New 7 Improve 7 Fix 12 Security 3 Dev 1

New

  • Dynamic processing controls for role-based and member-type friendships.
  • Manual processing for role and member-type friendships from the admin UI.
  • Friend-list filter in the BuddyBoss user timeline.
  • PHP doc comments across admin and public classes.
  • Member type replacement cleanup - removes friendships when type is swapped to non-qualifying type.
  • `function_exists()` guards for BuddyPress functions to prevent fatal errors.
  • Plugin documentation - CLAUDE.md, architecture docs, and website docs.

Improve

  • Members list modal height for better usability.
  • Backend and frontend UI styles and script locations reorganized.
  • Youzify popup and friend-list UI compatibility.
  • Hidden grid filters when using BuddyBoss Platform.
  • Suggested members list now shows top/bottom shadows on scroll.
  • Minified CSS and JS handling including RTL variants.
  • Strings refined for clarity.

Fix

  • AJAX handlers now process correctly under all conditions.
  • Dynamic processing settings not being saved/applied.
  • Modal popup closing behavior.
  • Incorrect friendship count displayed after sync.
  • Members listing in the "Suggested" tab of friend lists.
  • Friend connections syncing edge cases.
  • PHP warning triggered on BuddyBoss Platform.
  • BuddyBoss admin notice display issue.
  • Replaced deprecated function with current BP API.
  • Admin script enqueue condition cleaned up to avoid loading on unrelated screens.
  • Replaced `wp_cache_flush()` with targeted cache deletes on role/type changes.
  • Friendship creation now triggers automatically on role and member type changes.

Security

  • Resolved PHPCS nonce, input sanitization, and SQL query issues across the codebase.
  • Added `$wpdb->prepare()` for all remaining direct SQL queries.
  • Added `current_user_can('manage_options')` to all admin AJAX handlers.

Dev

  • Added CI workflow running PHP lint (8.1-8.4), PHPStan, and WordPress Coding Standards on pull requests.

v1.8.0

December 5, 2024
Note 7

Note

  • Fixed alignment of member and edit list buttons.
  • Resolved Youzify UI issue with "Add Friend," "Managed List," and "Edit Popup" sections.
  • Fixed PHPCS issues in multiple files
  • Fixed feedback form redirect issue.
  • Resolved "Plugin is ineffective" message display issue despite activation.
  • Managed UI fixes for the global friends table.
  • Improved responsive fixes for backend options.

v1.7.0

July 26, 2024
New 2 Improve 8 Fix 11

New

  • Checkbox for disabled
  • Confirmation message after sync finish

Improve

  • Disable activity tab/filter content
  • Edit friend list popup
  • Label options
  • Friend lists modal popup label
  • Message
  • Customize Suggested Members List Option
  • Checkbox for disabled activity UI and update label
  • Moved the Friend Lists option to a new tab

Fix

  • Fatal Error with BB Platform
  • Page should be reloaded after adding the member for the member count
  • Counter Missing
  • Friends list popup UI Issue
  • Sync Friendship progress issue
  • Member Type base friendship issue
  • BB Platform hide tab issue
  • Friend lists count issue
  • Hide the Sync Button when the count connection is 0
  • User role and member type-wise friend connect
  • Auto Friends set as per selected user role or member type wise for existing user.

v1.6.9

New 7 Improve 4 Fix 30

New

  • Backend option to enable/disable list
  • Manage members button in Friend Lists
  • User Roles Or Member Type wise auto friend for newly registered user.
  • settings for the suggested members list
  • User role-wise limit option
  • Friend Lists in Personal Activity Field
  • Create Lists Popup and Show the Created list

Improve

  • Popup default height and UI fixes
  • Search box width
  • Button UI with themes
  • Info spacing

Fix

  • Fatal error with BuddyPress
  • BuddyBoss-related friend lists issue
  • If not a friend then show the empty suggestion
  • Undefined array key "scope"
  • Show the friend Lists tab in the user timeline in the BuddyBoss Platform
  • User tab issue
  • Hide "Friend list" tab for logged out user
  • Do not show logged-in members in the suggested friend list
  • Customize the notice
  • The Global Maximum Friend List creation limit is not working
  • Member Types are not showing with BuddyBoss
  • Add option spacing
  • User role limit
  • Notice UI
  • Backend Setting: How many friend lists are users allowed to create
  • Remove the user issue in the popup
  • User Listing issue
  • If the user logged in then only show the tab
  • BuddyBoss platform - Display tab on Activity news feed page
  • User Activity issue
  • Show input type search icon
  • Issue with BuddyBoss
  • BuddyBoss Notification issue
  • # issue in the URL
  • PHP warning
  • Remove the user on click while removing
  • If my list has no users then the filter will display no activity.
  • Remove the Logged in user, add user and Administrator user from member suggestion lists.
  • Add/remove members from the lists and Show the added members in the member's tab.
  • Delete the created friend list

v1.6.8

Fix 6

Fix

  • Issue with license is not deactivated if response is failed
  • (#46) Error by Wordfence on creating a new user
  • Update notification description
  • (#45) Update description
  • (#44) Warning issue
  • Changed BP12 version compare function

v1.6.7

Fix 6

Fix

  • Text domain issue
  • BP v12 fixes
  • License issue fixes
  • Fatal error
  • PHPCS fixes
  • (#40) Issue with PHP 8.2

v1.6.6

Fix 2

Fix

  • Fixed text domain
  • Update now link issue

v1.6.5

Improve 1 Fix 3

Improve

  • Added support menu and updated author name

Fix

  • Admin Notice Error hide
  • (#32) Managed Back-end setting UI
  • Plugin redirect issue when multi plugin activate at the same time

v1.6.4

Fix 2

Fix

  • Remove admin notice
  • Fixed buddyboss admin notice issue

v1.6.3

Fix 1

Fix

  • Admin wrapper UI

v1.6.2

Fix 5

Fix

  • (#29,#30) Improved admin UI
  • Added phpcs ignore comments
  • Fixed nonce issue
  • Fixed redirect issue on bulk plugin activation
  • Removed install plugin button from wrapper

v1.6.1

Fix 5

Fix

  • (#18) - Fixed add random user if no one is selected in global friend list.
  • (#24) - Fixed add same user if no one is selected in global friend list.
  • (#23) - Fixed Plugin Activation Issue.
  • (#26) - Fixed Disable Notification Button Issue.
  • Fixed phpcs-errors.

v1.6.0

Fix 3

Fix

  • #20 - member types notification is not triggering
  • #21 - Shift notification section below the global friend section
  • #19 - Option for admin notification

v1.5.0

Fix 5

Fix

  • Update plugin backend UI
  • Removed css file error
  • added 5 sec cron time delay
  • Remove "auto friends" meta key on Remove friends function
  • German Translation

v1.4.5

Fix 1

Fix

  • #9 Fixed license issue

v1.4.4

Fix 2

Fix

  • Optimized Get missing friends id
  • Auto Friend issue if any user friend count is zero then Befriend All

v1.4.3

Fix 1

Fix

  • updated ajax call and kept outside framework

v1.4.2

Fix 1

Fix

  • Limiting JS call at admin plugin specific page.

v1.4.1

Fix 1

Fix

  • User selection process optimization from large list

v1.4.0

Improve 2 Fix 1

Improve

  • Remove friendship accepted notification and activity
  • Support for large communities with cron scheduler

Fix

  • Admin notice for required plugins

v1.3.0

Improve 1

Improve

  • Be Friends with existing members of website.

v1.2.0

Note 1

Note

  • Added German Translation language file contributed by Thorsten Wollenhoefer

v1.1.0

Improve 1 Fix 1

Improve

  • 4.3.0 compatibility.

Fix

  • added font awesome 4.7.0

v1.0.0

Note 1

Note

  • first version.