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The first beta for BuddyPress 2.0 is now ready for testing! BuddyPress 2.0 is shaping up to be a very exciting upgrade, and is currently on track for our an on-time release in mid-April. But we need your help! If you are a plugin or theme developer, or if you are running a BuddyPress site […]

When we first launched BuddyPress.org, the BuddyPress software hadn’t even been officially launched yet. By the time it had, requests for what software the website was running on were already coming into the forums. It wasn’t just BuddyPress people were asking for, it was the theme powering the site, the extra little plugins we were […]

This report presents the results from the 2014 BuddyPress Survey held from Jan. 7 – Feb. 10, 2014. Three hundred thirty-eight developers from fifty-two countries completed the survey. Thank you all. Goal of Survey Guide the direction of BuddyPress plugin development in 2014 Objectives: 1. Discover current and actual BuddyPress usage. 2. Provide users the […]

Today marks the first official day of BuddyPress 2.0’s development cycle. As such, we want to keep everyone in the loop about what we’re planning for 2.0, and what our release dates are, so you can better plan your sites, updates, contributions, and testing. Features: bp-forums retirement #5351 (johnjamesjacoby) WordPress Rewrite Rules API integration #4954 (johnjamesjacoby) Move XProfile visibility […]

BuddyPress 1.9.2 is available. This is a security and maintenance release, fixing two possible security issues with Group creation (responsibly disclosed by Pietro Oliva) along with some fixes to our WordPress Menus integration, bp-default theme switching, and improvements to theme compatibility. A complete list of closed tickets can be found at the 1.9.2 milestone, and a […]

BuddyPress 1.0 launched just over 5 years ago, and it’s quite a different piece of software today than it was back then. We’ve added (and retired) several components, reinvented the way it integrates into WordPress’s themes, and even changed our logo color (from orange to red.) BuddyPress wouldn’t be what it is without the feedback […]

BuddyPress 1.9.1 is now available. This is a maintenance release, improving compatibility with WordPress 3.8, adding Notifications support for the old bp-default theme, and improves third party Notifications integration. A complete list of closed tickets can be found at the 1.9.1 milestone, and a full changelog is at https://codex.buddypress.org/developer/releases/version-1-9-1/. This is a recommended update for […]

We’re excited to start 2014 on a happy note: Mathieu Viet, better known online as imath, is joining the BuddyPress core team. Mathieu has contributed extensively to BuddyPress, particularly over the 1.8 and 1.9 development cycles. He has written many popular BP plugins, and is a prominent member of the French WordPress community. The core […]