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Look for the `bp_adminbar_thisblog_menu` function in `bp-core/bp-core-adminbar.php`. It’s around line 151 (BP Version 1.2.7).

There is an `if` statement with `current_user_can( ‘edit_posts’ )`. Replace `edit_posts` with whatever role you want to check it for. https://codex.wordpress.org/Roles_and_Capabilities

And you might already know this, but you should try to make your changes to the function using `bp-custom.php`. https://codex.buddypress.org/extending-buddypress/bp-custom-php/

@boonebgorges BuddiPhone is actually a BP component plugin. It creates a slug /mobile. I would love to use REST and make it native, then I could use the hardware – image uploads – contact lists etc. I messed with this plugin a bit https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/json-api. BuddyPress json post / get would be killer.

Hey Carl – Here are a couple considerations.

– WordPress (which BP runs on top of) already has support for XML-RPC. Here’s the spec: https://codex.wordpress.org/XML-RPC_wp Of course, the details of this spec are not much good for BuddyPress, since for the most part, BuddyPress data objects are different from WP data objects. But the gateways are already there for working with XML-RPC.

– That said, the kind of system-to-system talking that would be appropriate for BP would be much better suited to the simplicity of a REST gateway (as opposed to the generally one-to-one, client-to-server relationship that WP’s XML-RPC support was built for – eg the use case of native Android apps communicating with a WP installation).

– Neither WP nor BP has anything built in for REST support, so you’ll be starting with a clean slate (that is both good news and bad news!). There have been a few add-ons that might be good places to start. The one I’ve used in the past is called WP-RESTful https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wp-restful/. It’s a nice plugin, but it also has a huge amount of overhead, in particular with a full implementation of oAuth.

– In the very simplest terms, the very easiest way to set up a REST endpoint in WP is to intercept a certain kind of URL query and interpret the POST data. Here is about the most stripped down API possible:
`function bbg_api_listener() {
global $wp;

if ( $r = $wp->request ) {
$ra = explode( ‘/’, $r );
if ( $ra[0] == ‘restserver’ ) {
// Do some stuff with the $_POST
die();
}
}
}
add_action( ‘wp’, ‘bbg_api_listener’, 1 ); // Ensure that the request is parsed before any WP front-end stuff, but after the core of WP is loaded`

In this case, I am assuming that requests will go to example.com/restserver. From there it’s a matter of unpacking the POST action, etc.

– As for outgoing requests, WP has a pretty nice built-in HTTP library called WP_Http. Here is a nice tutorial: http://planetozh.com/blog/2009/08/how-to-make-http-requests-with-wordpress/ It’s a wrapper for cURL with some graceful fallbacks.

– For something to go into the core of BuddyPress it needs to be really flexible, especially in terms of authorization (this is part of the problem with WP-RESTful and its reliance on oAuth). Keep that separation in mind when you’re crafting something.

Can’t wait to see what you come up with. As you know, I’m really interested in this project and will be excited to play along.

Check out the bbpress wordpress plugin. ^^

I use Gravity Forms to do this, although you could also look into TDO mini forms (https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/tdo-mini-forms/) if you’re not keen on spending any money. I will say this… the GA plugin is *the* best plugin I’ve ever splurged on, bar none.

If you are talking they post on blogger and same post shows on a WordPress then yes. There are numerous import plugins.

1. It should work as the posts are WP functions

2. You would be adding the codes as seen here https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/content-and-excerpt-word-limit/installation/ into your active theme. Find instances of the_excerpt and the_content in your active theme’s files and replace that with code given above after you’ve activated the plugin.
https://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/the_content
https://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/the_excerpt

3. No, this would not work in BP activity wall.

Profanity filter? There was something but I think it was WP post specific but should be possible to achieve with a little work for BP aspects.

There is this:
https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/webpurifytextreplace/
But it is a paid for solution and although it states BP support it is a little outdated so would need checking with authors as to whether it would work with alter BP versions.

https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/content-and-excerpt-word-limit/

Sorry to jump in on what is apparently just a semantic issue, but I want to point out that BuddyPress is actually quite *secure*, taking advantage of a wide array of security features in WordPress intended to prevent against various kinds of mischief (SQL injection, XSS, CSRF, etc) and in some cases inventing its own. It is in the area of customizable, fine-grained *privacy* that BP is somewhat lacking at the moment.

1. http://cartpauj.com/projects/ucan-post-plugin/ with demo at http://cartpauj.com/ucan-demo/
2. http://wpshout.com/wordpress-submit-posts-from-frontend/

blog categories for groups (posting from frontend) – http://buddydev.com/plugins/blog-categories-for-groups/

Yup, been around even before BuddyPress, https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/moderate-new-blogs/