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BuddyPress Add-on Plugin

BuddyPress Status

BuddyPress profile headers show a name and avatar but nothing about what the member is doing or feeling right now. BuddyPress Status lets members set a mood or status with a custom icon and tagline that appears beside their name in activity posts and profile headers, supporting a curated icon set or admin-uploaded custom icons.

43 releases
v3.2.1 latest
April 1, 2026 shipped
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v3.2.1 Latest

April 1, 2026
Improve 2 Fix 3

Improve

  • Accessibility - added alt attributes to images.
  • Updated WordPress compatibility to 6.9.

Fix

  • Added ABSPATH security check to admin class.
  • Added capability check and wp_die() to wbcom AJAX handler.
  • Sanitized $_GET and $_REQUEST access in admin and activation redirect.

v3.2.0

February 26, 2026
Improve 2 Fix 1 Security 3

Improve

  • Improved status selection UI on mobile view for better usability
  • Removed unnecessary !important declarations in plugin styles for cleaner CSS

Fix

  • Resolved PHPCS coding standard errors

Security

  • Added sanitize callbacks for general settings and feeling activities
  • Escaped all mood and activity values in activity action output
  • Added direct access protection to all PHP files

v3.1.1

Improve 7 Fix 1

Improve

  • Updated condition for showing status on member directory.
  • Status position adjustments on member directory.
  • Manage new activities icon UI for better consistency.
  • Improved frontend and backend UI for smoother experience.
  • Updated grunt build process and removed extra tabs.
  • Removed unnecessary menu items and updated Grunt configuration.
  • Emoji picker popup now works seamlessly in mobile view.

Fix

  • Prevented status being displayed twice in member directory.

v3.1.0

New 5 Improve 6 Fix 5 Dev 2

New

  • Added 20 predefined community-oriented status suggestions that appear by default
  • Automatic migration system for users with legacy icon-based statuses
  • Troubleshooting tab with manual migration tools
  • Display member status in BuddyPress members directory (30 char limit, centered)
  • Added 20 community-oriented feeling activity templates

Improve

  • Improved language consistency across all admin settings
  • Better UI for global status templates with grid layout
  • Server-side validation to prevent saving empty statuses
  • Streamlined status template selection with one-click adding
  • Updated all user-facing language for clarity and consistency
  • Admin can now manage custom feeling activities with Font Awesome icons

Fix

  • Empty status values are no longer saved to the database
  • Improved mobile responsiveness for status template buttons
  • Better handling of status updates with proper validation
  • Custom feeling activities now post correctly with proper activity type
  • Font Awesome icons now display properly for custom feeling activities

Dev

  • Added filter for default global statuses customization
  • Added filter for members directory status max length

v3.0.0

New 9 Improve 8 Fix 8 Security 4 Dev 2

New

  • Modern inline emoji picker with 1500+ emojis organized by categories
  • Global status templates - admins can create pre-defined status suggestions
  • Admin interface for managing global statuses with drag-and-drop reordering
  • Import/export functionality for status templates
  • Enhanced feeling activities management with custom activity support
  • Font Awesome 6.5.1 integration with automatic conflict resolution
  • Custom feeling activities now support Font Awesome icons
  • Comprehensive user guide documentation for end users
  • Developer guide with API reference and customization examples

Improve

  • Complete redesign of status input interface
  • Simplified and streamlined user experience
  • Improved mobile responsiveness and touch targets
  • Better handling of both SVG images and Font Awesome icons
  • Full RTL (right-to-left) language support
  • Intelligent Font Awesome loading with fallback system
  • Created comprehensive build system with Grunt
  • Added developer hooks and filters throughout

Fix

  • Font Awesome icons now render properly instead of showing HTML
  • JavaScript correctly detects Font Awesome icons (not just images)
  • Default activities now only show "Default" label (not Delete option)
  • Status character counter now works correctly
  • Fixed layout issues with inline status displays
  • Resolved conflicts with other plugins using Font Awesome
  • Improved error handling and user feedback
  • Removed all debug console.log statements from JavaScript

Security

  • Fixed critical directory traversal vulnerability in icon validation
  • Added comprehensive file upload validation with MIME type checking
  • Implemented nonce verification for all AJAX actions
  • Added proper input validation and sanitization throughout

Dev

  • Added BPSTS_STATUS_MAX_LENGTH constant for status length control
  • Enhanced code documentation and security headers

v2.8.2

v2.8.1

Note 8

Note

  • Improved status management UI with Youzify integration.
  • Displayed status after activity posts.
  • Fixed fatal error and set default user role on plugin activation.
  • Resolved PHP warnings.
  • Fixed text domain warnings for better translation compatibility.
  • Managed backend UI for selecting user roles.
  • Added filters for SVG files and passed additional arguments for `buddypress_status_user_icon_html` and `buddypress_status_get_reign_like_html`.
  • Displayed status icons based on user roles.

v2.8.0

Note 14

Note

  • Fixed fatal error when the Activity component is disabled.
  • Resolved user profile icon alignment issue with Youzify plugin.
  • Fixed text echo issue with applied filters.
  • Resolved profile status actions UI issue with BuddyX Pro theme.
  • Implemented action hooks and filters to extend functionalities.
  • Fixed whitespace issue while typing status updates.
  • Resolved undefined variable error in `buddypress_status_get_reign_like_html` function.
  • Corrected User Feedback URL on the welcome page of the plugin.
  • Added apply filter in `buddypress_status_render_member_status` function.
  • Resolved PHPCS issues in `edd-license.php` file.
  • Fixed fatal error logged in debug log manager.
  • Fixed plugin check issue for enhanced reliability.
  • Removed extra anchor tag from admin bar notification area.
  • Added default icon for improved user experience.

v2.7.3

Fix 4

Fix

  • Fatal error logged in debug Log manager
  • Plugin check issue
  • Remove extra anchor tag from admin bar notification area
  • Added default icon

v2.7.2

Improve 3 Fix 2

Improve

  • Updated buddypress-status-public.css.
  • Displayed display name instead of username.
  • React text was added after reactions.

Fix

  • Applied various UI fixes.
  • Resolved PHP warnings and status store issues.

v2.7.1

Fix 4

Fix

  • UI fixes with BuddyX
  • Reaction undo feature for comments and replies
  • Issue with comment and reply reaction
  • Issue with the space in Youzify

v2.7.0

Improve 1 Fix 5

Improve

  • UI fixes for compatibility with BB theme.

Fix

  • Resolved fatal error occurring on plugin activation.
  • Fixed console error for better performance and debugging.
  • Addressed issue with multiple repeated icons for cleaner UI.
  • Corrected add and set current button issue for smoother functionality.
  • Resolved issue with multiple status icons to ensure proper display.

v2.6.5

Improve 1 Fix 4

Improve

  • Added an undo reaction option to improve user interaction.

Fix

  • Resolved an issue where text statuses were not getting saved (#171).
  • Corrected mobile UI timeline reaction issue for a smoother user experience (#170).
  • Addressed reaction reload issue to ensure consistent functionality.
  • Fixed status icon issue for better visual representation (#167).

v2.6.4

Fix 2

Fix

  • Fixed issue with license is not deactivate if response is failed
  • (#179) Managed status icon UI with business activity

v2.6.3

Improve 1 Fix 1

Improve

  • License code

Fix

  • BP v12 fixes

v2.6.2

Fix 4

Fix

  • (#155) Strings changes
  • (#159) PHP deprecated issue with version 8.2
  • (#156) Reactions UI with group meta action
  • (#153) Unable to add doc inside the folder bb

v2.6.1

Fix 2

Fix

  • (#149) Fixed formatting issue
  • Set inactive only when the license key deactivates

v2.6.0

Fix 3

Fix

  • Fixed 147 - redirection issue of comment reaction notification
  • Fixed #146 - unable to edit with BB
  • Update License activation file and set response in transient

v2.5.5

Fix 5

Fix

  • (#145) Fixed after translation celebrating is not working
  • (#144) Fixed changed icon not visible untill reload page
  • (#143) Fixed managed reaction icons UI issue inside buddyboss group feed.
  • (#142) Fixed translation not working
  • Update License activation file and set response in transient

v2.5.4

Fix 5

Fix

  • (#141) Fixed widget icons should work acc to backend setting
  • Fixed text domain
  • (#135) Added email notification to admin
  • (#137) Fixed symbol issue
  • (#138) Fixed warning on member header

v2.5.3

Fix 3

Fix

  • Fixed UI issue in profile status text
  • #130 - Display the status on member listing
  • Plugin redirect issue when multi plugin activate the same time

v2.5.2

Fix 1

Fix

  • Fixed buddyboss admin notice

v2.5.1

Fix 2

Fix

  • (#127) Fixed unable to comment in buddyboss
  • (#129) Fixed admin icons section UI

v2.5.0

Fix 5

Fix

  • (#125) - Fixed activity page issue
  • admin Status Icon UI managed
  • admin wrapper ajax theme & extention link
  • Updated admin ui
  • phpcs fixes

v2.4.0

Fix 8

Fix

  • (#117) Fixed icon issue with group activity
  • (#83) Managed member status icon UI
  • Update #83 - Add profile icon and status to bp member directory user tabs
  • (#122) Added RTL support
  • Reduced setInterval timeout with bb platform
  • managed general tab setting
  • Updated Backend UI
  • (#120) Fixed notice is displaying

v2.3.1

Fix 3

Fix

  • (#119) Fixed status display issue with bb theme and bb
  • #116 - notification of reaction
  • 404 error with Neutral-face icon

v2.3.0

Fix 4

Fix

  • Added bp reactions and status data in rest api activity endpoint
  • Added New hook to show status icon in top meta for buddyboss platform
  • Fixed redirect issue on bulk plugin activation
  • Removed install plugin button from wrapper

v2.2.0

Improve 1

Improve

  • UI Updates

v2.1.0

Improve 1 Fix 1

Improve

  • Managed embeded activity frontend UI

Fix

  • (#95) Updated table UI with buddyboss

v2.0.0

Improve 4 Fix 3

Improve

  • (#74) Update UI on reaction view
  • (#81) Managed user profile status text with kleo theme
  • (#78) Added color for active status for status listing
  • (#49) Added Support Youzer: status and status icons are not displaying below

Fix

  • (#78) Fixed Profile Status section
  • (#85) Managed UI with onecommunity
  • (#86) UI fixes with default themes

v1.9.0

Improve 2 Fix 2

Improve

  • #77 - Give support to upload custom icons of svg format
  • #75 - Update png icons to svg icon

Fix

  • UI issue with olympus, aardvark, kleo themes
  • #62 - admin notices

v1.8.0

Fix 3

Fix

  • #61 Update single profile status icons box UI
  • #14 - String translation
  • #59 - keep a set of icons checked on fresh installation

v1.7.0

Fix 1

Fix

  • Backend UI update

v1.6.0

Fix 1

Fix

  • get_headers(): https:// wrapper is disabled in the server configuration by allow_url_fopen=0

v1.5.0

Fix 1

Fix

  • Licence Update

v1.4.1

Improve 2

Improve

  • Added features to upload custom icons
  • Added features to add notifcation for reactions

v1.4.0

Fix 2

Fix

  • (#25)Fixed updating a status
  • (#23) Fixed show changes of edit status without reloading the page

v1.3.0

Fix 3

Fix

  • Added Option to remove Status icon
  • Updated plugin option and set them active by default
  • Public message will not capture icon image.

v1.2.1

Fix 1

Fix

  • Removed Action for logout users

v1.2.0

Fix 1

Fix

  • Added admin notice for BuddyPress based on class

v1.1.1

Fix 2

Fix

  • Real time status update on adding status and setting as current.
  • PHP notices and warnings.

v1.1.0

Improve 2

Improve

  • bp 4.3.0 compatibility.
  • Added buddypress reactions settings.

v1.0.0

Note 1

Note

  • first version.

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