Hi everyone,

I’m working on a small fan-based community website for the game Stardew Valley, and I’m using WordPress with BuddyPress to manage user interaction.

I was wondering — what’s the best way to organize members by roles like “mod,” “content creator,” or even something like “farm leader”? I want to display them in different tabs or filters within the members directory.

Should I go with member types, custom profile fields, or something else? I’m also open to lightweight plugin suggestions that don’t slow things down too much. Any help or examples would be really appreciated!

Thanks in advance

[@dcavins Keymaster 3 weeks, 5 days ago]

I definitely recommend member types for this use case: https://codex.buddypress.org/developer/member-types/

There are plugins to help you register a new type, and built-in support for types is much richer than if you go some custom field route. I’d say try it out and see.

[@botbreaker99 Participant 3 weeks, 4 days ago]

Thank you so much for the helpful suggestion!