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BuddyPress 1.6.2 is a compatibility release, and fixes a few small issues with WordPress 3.5. If you’re running BuddyPress 1.5/1.6 and are updating to WordPress 3.5, this is a safe and easy update. Details: Milestone Tickets Closed

In the video below, Cyri Jones talks about BuddyCamp Vancouver and does a quick summary of how he’s used BuddyPress at BCIT Burnaby. We were blown away at how well done this video was; it’s a great success story, and does a great job at explaining in simple terms why you might want to use […]

The first ever BuddyCamp is happening right now at BCIT Campus in Vancouver, BC. The whole BuddyPress core team (minus Paul) is here, along with WordPress co-founder Matt Mullenweg, and we all just participated in a panel discussion on the social web and BuddyPress’s place in it. If you weren’t able to make it out […]

Boone, Paul, and I, are excited to announce we’ve promoted r-a-y to be the newest member of the BuddyPress Core team! r-a-y has been involved with BuddyPress since the early days, and has been one of our strongest forum moderators since the very beginning. He’s been diligently iterating on his core patches and contributions, so […]

Available immediately is BuddyPress 1.5.6. This maintenance release addresses WordPress 3.4 compatibility, and fixes five other annoyances. If you are using anything from the BuddyPress 1.5 family, this is a 100% safe update to make. Download BuddyPress 1.5.6 from WordPress Extend or BuddyPress.org. The release notes are available on the Codex. We’re also putting out a beta of BuddyPress 1.6 later […]

BuddyPress is a collection of social networking components that are heavily dependent on the theme of your WordPress.org powered site. In order to view a member’s profile, a list of user groups, an activity stream, your friends, the active WordPress theme needs to have the proper templates to output those things. If the templates don’t […]

Available immediately is BuddyPress 1.5.4. This is a bug fix release that will prevent your members from inviting friends to groups they are already members of (say that three times fast.) It is a recommended update for all existing BuddyPress 1.5 and WordPress 3.3 installations. Download BuddyPress 1.5.4 from WordPress Extend or BuddyPress.org.

We all know how critically important the WordPress.org Codex is. Countless laborious hours have gone into making it the de-facto resource for all things WordPress.org related. It serves as an online encyclopedia of WordPress functions, actions, best practices, and examples on how extend WordPress far beyond its initial reach. You may not know it but we’ve […]

Today we’re exited to unveil a refresh to the BuddyPress.org site. It’s something we’ve been tinkering with for a while, and we think you’ll like some of the improvements we’ve made: Activity updates are turned off Over the course of using the previous design, there was always confusion whether to use the Support Forums or […]

Available immediately is BuddyPress 1.5.2. This is a compatibility release intended to fix some cosmetic issues with the new WordPress 3.3 toolbar, and is a recommended update for all existing BuddyPress 1.5/1.5.1 and WordPress 3.3 installations. Download BuddyPress 1.5.2 from WordPress Extend or BuddyPress.org.