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If you are using BP Nouveau then this code snippet should work:

function themename_bp_reorder_member_directory_filters( $filters, $context ) {
	if ( 'group' !== $context ) {

		$filters = array();

		if ( bp_is_active( 'xprofile' ) ) {
			$filters['alphabetical'] = __( 'Alphabetical', 'buddypress' );
		}

		$filters['active'] = __( 'Last Active', 'buddypress' );
		$filters['newest'] = __( 'Newest Registered', 'buddypress' );
	}

	return $filters;
}
add_filter( 'bp_nouveau_get_members_filters', 'themename_bp_reorder_member_directory_filters', 10, 2 );

Hello, and thank you for all the great work!

I have been using WordPress for about 15 years. I started my first online community in 2008.
I then chose not to use Buddypress, because at the time it was fine with a forum. Facebook hadn’t invented its activity wall yet, and people didn’t expect too much.

Now in 2022 I am in the process of re-launching this old online community again, after it has been dead for a number of years. (Mostly because Facebook arrived)
Meanwhile, I’ve been using WordPress & Woocommerce a lot – last couple of years – with Gutenberg and Blocks. An absolutely fantastic solution to a lot of problems!

If you use WordPress, it’s because you can do something yourself, but you can’t do everything.

I was therefore really looking forward to getting started with Buddypress in relation to the relaunch I’m about to start, but I was a little disappointed when I saw that it is not at all possible to use gutenberg to style the absolutely required pages. For example Register, Profile, Members, Activity etc.

I think many who now use WordPress are people who want to own their own information, have 100% control, and to shape something themselves out of their own creativity. They may have some knowledge, but not always enough to do programming, or to go deep into css and theme design etc. They don’t have time for that either.

Gutenberg blocks are therefore the perfect bridge between those who know a LITTLE, but need the help of software to do the rest, and who want to create something quickly.
I think there are many of us..

Wordpress scores highly here with blocks and easy solutions.

You can now use Kadence Theme + Gutenberg blocks to create almost anything you want.

I’m not a programmer myself, but I own a couple of companies. Much of the joy is being able to create something, see it being used, make it work – and I can do that by using blocks.

I’ve gone back and forth between Buddypress and Buddyboss, after I realized that Buddypress doesn’t yet have this functionality and tried to think what I really want.
With Buddyboss, I get a great theme, and it has all the functionality I need – but I’m completely locked into just that. Also, I’m not very impressed with companies that take credit for a product that was originally created by someone else. That is why I prefer to use Buddypress, and I also see Buddypress as the authority here.

I think you Buddypress developers will be able to deliver something more in the future, than what I expect from a company working with a product not originally made by themselves.

But still I see it difficult using Buddypress as it would turn out to be much more expensive, since I have to contact someone at upWork to do it the way I want it.
To many people it would be more logical to pay a couple of hundred dollars to be able to start tomorrow.

So my contribution to the discussion is perhaps not a secret: Make buddypress elements ready to use as blocks. And make sure to market it as a “point and click system with Gutenberg”

Additionally, specifically for my online community, I will need:
– Forums
– Private messaging
– Notification system
– Nice looking user profiles
– Speedy site
– Friends
– Follow friends
– Moderation system for both community and forums.

Thank you for all your great work!

I think the number one problem is the UI. Most people install BuddyPress on their or a default theme and the result is not pretty.

This deters most people and makes them look for other solutions.

A BuddyPress theme that looks modern and nice would be a great addition. If it is too much trouble, it might even be a list of 3rd party themes endorsed by BuddyPress.

A notice for users to use a BuddyPress endorsed theme after they install the plugin would solve that problem.

Statistics
Most community owners need data for their communities. Having analytics on their member engagement and other statistics would be of huge value to them.

Plugin Directory
Furthermore, I would like a plugin directory for BuddyPress related plugins. Us BuddyPress developers would love to have a place to showcase our plugins, and also, the users would have a place to look for extensions easier.

BuddyPress developers/agencies
Many times users need help with their sites, but they do not know where to turn to. Having a list of approved/certified BuddyPress developers/agencies would be a big help to them.

Thanks again.

I need a “Temporal Latest Activity and Profile Activity Feed” for Buddypress plugin. For now Buddypress Activity public Feed is so annoying with so many activities. We need to manage activities on public Feed and Profile Feed for a month, a week, a day or less.

Temporal Latest Activity Feed. Please. @imath

Mobile app.

Browser only websites are dying, slowly. Can you imagine discord, telegram etc without a mobile app?

I am working on a wordpress theme that focuses on being a bridge for headless wordpress + https://quasar.dev

I believe BuddyPress can be ground breaking for any mobile app that built with WordPress.

During office work in lockdown of covid, buddypress not give proper support. In modern time there have revolutionary change in social media. Reaction, activities variation,etc. Suddenly chating programmes become more popular than email & social media post. WhatsApp, instagram, Twitter, tiktok give some extra experience than buddypress. In present time facebook, instagram, WhatsApp try to make many change to stay stable. Youtube start short video after popularity of tiktak. We should depend on many more plugins for design the buddypress based community. So reduce dependency on them. Without theme you should develop moser buddypress template, which is suitable for modern time in all device. Hashtags also.

With bbPress you can create two types of a forum in a BuddyPress context .

The most important thing BuddyPress is missing is social engagement. BuddyPress lacks a lot of features that makes a social network. Likes / Reactions, media posting, hashtags, user activity as main activity page, suggestions like who to befriend and what groups to join, and many more.

Yes, these features are present with the help of other BuddyPress plugins, but why? Why not make them part of the core? These are generic social networking features that all other social platforms have.

Or at least make them add-ons. The theme is my last suggestion. Make a simple theme for BP so that developers can modify it as they please. Install the theme when BP is installed. Or maybe suggest to install the theme after.