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Is there a way to access bp_blogs_get_latest_posts() and possibly other buddypress functions from outside buddypress’s core? I’d like to access that function for both widgets and wordpress templates but I get function undefined when I place it in the code and when It ry to include the php file it’s defined in everything in the theme that’s below the include breaks.

edit: I just realized the function does not exist in the bp-blogs.php file even tough this link says it’s there: http://bp-dev.org/phpxref/nav.html?_functions/index.html