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Non buddypress plugins on plugin directory.

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  • Bowe
    Participant

    @bowromir

    15 years ago

    The person who submitted the plugin simpyl put social network, buddypress etc in his tags to life on the success of our beloved BuddyPress ;-).. No way to fix it I think.. If you want a list of BP only plugins just look on this site:

    https://buddypress.org/extend/plugins/


    @mercime
    Participant

    @mercime

    15 years ago

    Though I’m all for BuddyPress, IMO I think it’s cool that there’s a developer who took the time to create a social networking tool for single WP, even knowing that BuddyPress will be available for single WP with the coming merge. There’s room for the Mingle plugin in the large WP community base.

    I’ve tested it on one of my single WP installs, it’s working great and theming was a no brainer :-) It has its limitations (compared to BP) and not perfected at this time, but for those who just want the basic features, its the best SN for single WP users. As for using “BuddyPress” tag to promote the plugin, I say it’s all good marketing since it is ala-buddypress the easy way.

    Having said that, we don’t know how long the Mingle developer will continue supporting the plugin. But then, same goes for other plugins in the WP repository, someone could also take up on developing the plugin after original developer drops it. Or, someone could create another plugin like Mingle and BuddyPress … GPL and all :-)


    r-a-y
    Keymaster

    @r-a-y

    15 years ago

    Just tried out Mingle and I’m very impressed with it, especially at the fact that it’s such a young plugin.

    Mingle’s activity stream and commenting is the way BuddyPress should have done it.

    I’ve never understood why status updates and the wire are considered separate.

    Mingle also has basic out-of-the-box privacy features so you can choose if your profile is visible to your friends only or to the public.

    The author of the plugin is Blair Williams, who has also made the excellent Pretty Link plugin.

    No sitewide activity stream, pretty permalink support for user profiles, private messages support, or groups, but that’s understandable.

    So far I like Mingle because it’s simple and I hope it stays that way.

    It’s not enough to jump ship from BP, but it’s definitely a plugin to keep an eye on.


    Andy Peatling
    Keymaster

    @apeatling

    15 years ago

    It looks like a cool plugin, choice is always good for people.

    Mingle’s activity stream and commenting is the way BuddyPress should have done it.

    I’ve never understood why status updates and the wire are considered separate.

    This will not be the case with 1.2. I’m working on merging activity streams, the wire and status updates into something more “live”.


    r-a-y
    Keymaster

    @r-a-y

    15 years ago

    That’s great news, Andy!


    takuya
    Participant

    @takuya

    15 years ago

    @Bowe

    I’m talking about that list of bp only plugins. But in fact currently it lists all the wordpress plugins with “buddypress” tag, no matter if the plugin is really for buddypress or not (like Mingle for example).


    Ezd
    Participant

    @ezd

    15 years ago

    Sounds good with merging the 3 features. Like on Facebook where status updates, “the wire” and activity has been merged into 1 social stream. Works well. :)

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