How to Add Profile Privacy to BuddyPress
November 17, 2011 Want to restrict user profiles based on friendship? This tutorial will show you how.
Daily Tip: How to Remove @mentions from BuddyPress
This tip comes to you courtesy of r-a-y, one of the BuddyPress forums moderators. He outlined three steps to removing @mentions in a recent thread on the forums: Step 1: Remove the filter: Add this to your theme’s functions.php file: [...]
Daily Tip: How to Exclude a Group From the Loop in BuddyPress
One sure fire way to exclude groups from the loop in BuddyPress is to set them as Private or Hidden in the admin settings. However, if you need the group to be visible in the directory but not in a [...]
BuddyPress Hack to Add a Syntax Highlighter to Group Forums
Have you been wishing for an easy way to add syntax highlighting to your BuddyPress group forums? Now you can and it will only take you three minutes to hook it up. This hack was posted in the BuddyPress support [...]
How to Add a Custom Default Avatar For BuddyPress Members and Groups
A custom default avatar is something that can greatly increase the visual appeal of your BuddyPress site. I don’t have to sell you on this. When I see those ugly monster avatars littering a BuddyPress site, my first instinct is [...]
Daily Tip: How to Display a Link to the Group’s Forum in the BuddyPress Group Directory
Paste this function into your theme’s functions.php file and it will add a link to the group’s forum within the group directory. Here’s a screenshot: function my_group_loop_forum_link() { if ( !bp_group_is_forum_enabled() ) return; if ( !bp_group_is_visible() ) return; echo ‘<a [...]
Daily Tip: Getting a Blank Fatal Error When Activating BuddyPress? Try This Quick Hack.
I ran into this issue the other day. After upgrading BuddyPress files, I received this notice when trying to activate BuddyPress again: “Plugin could not be activated because it triggered a fatal error” Sounds scary, doesn’t it? I’m not entirely [...]
How to Add Facebook and Twitter Share Buttons to BuddyPress Profiles
Optimizing your BuddyPress site for sharing on other social networks is a solid strategy for being able to attract new members. It also helps to kick up your SEO with more direct links to your site surfacing on other networks. [...]
