Are these Plugins Update-Friendly?
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As Andy Peatling mentioned to me in Twitter, here a list of the plugins I am using in my BuddyPress installation. Since some plugins have been known to break BuddyPress on upgrade, I would be very happy on your feedback as to the upgrade-friendliness of the plugins in this list. The ones in square brackets aren’t specifically BP so they shouldn’t be a problem.
Deactivating all plugins is a not-so-nice solution for BuddyPress, I hope the ugrade-friendliness-quality issues of plugins will be solved soon.
My Plugins:
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— Confirmed Update Friendly —-
Tweetstream
Facestream
BP Group Management
BP Groupblog
BP Expand Activity
Invite Anyone
BuddyPress Forums Extras (all)
BuddyPress Like
oEmbed for BuddyPress
— Not Update Friendly (crashes site) —-
Group Forum Subscription for BuddyPress
BuddyPress Album+ ( is_site_admin() doesn’t exist in WP 2.9.2 should be current_user_can(‘install_plugins’) )
Welcome Pack ( crashes on WP2.92 if BP is not active because it uses get_blog_option() )
— Potentially Future Not Update Friendly (does not crash site but needs updating) —
BP Group Documents (doesn’t crash but does not use a bp_init loader)
Enhanced BuddyPress Widgets (doesn’t crash but does not use a bp_init loader)
BuddyPress Maps (uses old method, needs updating to use bp_init loader)
BuddyPress My Friends Widgets (uses old method, needs updating to use bp_init loader)
BuddyPress Rate Forum Posts (doesn’t crash but does not use a bp_init loader)
BuddyPress Widget Pack (uses old method, needs updating to use bp_init loader)
*** Update from apeatling ****
Plugin Authors — If your plugin does not appear in the “Confirmed Update Friendly” PLEASE UPDATE IT ASAP. It’s really important as your plugins are crashing/have the potential to crash users WordPress installations when BuddyPress is updated.
This will take you less than 5 minutes to do if you create a loader.php file add the code in the link below, then just include your existing main plugin file when BuddyPress has loaded.
http://codex.buddypress.org/how-to-guides/checking-buddypress-is-active/
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Let’s put our collective heads together and work out which plugins are breaking when BuddyPress is deactivated. I’ll update the list over time.
I can speak to the ones I’ve written here.
Update friendly: BP Group Management, Enhanced BuddyPress Widgets (as long as you’re using the most recent version), Invite Anyone.
Not necessarily update friendly: Group Forum Subscription, which I haven’t updated for BP 1.2 so is use-at-your-own risk at the moment (I recommend https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/buddypress-group-activity-stream-subscription/ instead).
Update friendly: BP GroupBlog – Tested on WPMU 2.9.1.1 / BP 1.2.1
@Boone – and that other plugin you recommend (Activity Stream Subscription), is that one update friendly?
List of Update Friendly Plugins (in most recent version):
– Tweetstream
– Facestream
– BP Group Management
– Enhanced BuddyPress Widgets
– Invite Anyone
– BP GroupBlog
Please make a note of any BuddyPress plugin you know is update-friendly (which means: doesn’t break when BuddPress is deactivated).
I’ve checked all the plugins and updated the list.
@ Andy – do you know if https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/buddypress-group-activity-stream-subscription/ is good or bad?
It’s really easy to test, deactivate all plugins then activate the plugin in question. If your site gets a white screen or white screen with error then it’s not friendly. You can delete the plugin in wp-content/plugins to get your site back again.
Any readers here – better post in this new more general thread by Andy Peatling:
https://buddypress.org/forums/topic/plugin-hall-of-shame-plugin-devs-please-read
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