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So you’ve been using BuddyPress’ built-in group forums since BuddyPress 1.5, but would like to use the new bbPress plugin to power your forums instead.

Gotcha.  You’ll need to migrate your existing group forum […]

Backing up your database and site files on a regular basis is one of the best practices to maintain your site. Backups of the database as well as the site’s folders and files in the server are essential to recover […]

This section is a historical collection of documents that are now outdated or superseded by the articles for BuddyPress 2.0.0 and above.

You can find the links to the legacy documents for versions BuddyPress […]

Note: This guide is for use with BuddyPress 2.3+.
Version 2.3.0 introduced the BuddyPress Attachments API. In the first place, we use it to manage particular user submitted files: their profile photo or the […]

Welcome to the BuddyPress Codex, the online manual for BuddyPress and a living repository for BuddyPress information and documentation.

This codex is powered by the community of users and professionals that are […]

By default, BuddyPress will load the Activity tab when clicking on a member’s profile link. If you would like to change this default landing tab to something else than the Activity tab you can do so.

Constants […]

There could be a number of reasons uploads would fail, your server error logs may provide a clue as to what has happened.

The predominant reason uploads fail is due to the server being unable to write to the […]

Please read the following and if your problem cannot be resolved then feel free to post in the support forums. Make sure that you include important troubleshooting information.

Check error logs in server.
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Since BuddyPress 1.5, we have integrated WordPress’ native Embeds functionality.

So now it’s easy to embed videos, images, and other content into your Activity Stream, Group Forum, and Private Message […]

Plugins which extend BuddyPress are available at:

Make sure that the plugin tagged as “buddypress” is compatible with the BP/WP version activated in your server. Note that some BuddyPress plugins require PHP […]

There are various ways to customize your BuddyPress site:

BuddyPress plugins in the WordPress.org repository
create your own plugin or
develop a custom theme

The BuddyPress forums offer up many code […]

You can add links to: (a) the directory pages of your activated BuddyPress components and/or (b) your respective Member screens, in any of the navigation menus available in your theme. This can only be done after […]