Had a Play with BuddyPress 1.7…

BuddyPress 1.7

BuddyPress 1.7 is at beta 2 RC1 stage and it looks good. The main changes are behind the scenes and work to enhance speed, performance, security and theme & bbPress integration. The biggest change is that BuddyPress has out-of-the-box theme integration so there’s no requirement to install or buy a BP specific theme. Guess this … Read more

Get Rid of BuddyPress Nested Commenting

BuddyPress 1.7

BuddyPress nests replies to updates the same way WordPress nests comments. This forces comments to get narrower and narrower as more and more replies are replied to. It’s bugging as hell. Why BuddyPress uses nested replies is beyond me. It can be fixed. Remove nested replies and reply-to-reply buttons with CSS: Login to your server. … Read more

15 Essential BuddyPress Plugins

BuddyPress 1.7

There are hundreds of plugins for BuddyPress. The plugins shown here are the essential enhancements to make BP fly like a proper social network should. RS BuddyPress Activity Refresh plugin for live activity stream updates. BuddyPress Block Activity Stream Updates to get rid of those activity updates that don’t really belong in the activity stream … Read more