BuddyPress 7.0.0 “Filippi” is out! New…
BuddyPress 7.0.0 “Filippi” is out! New features include a UI for Member and Group types, new blocks, REST API improvements, and WP CLI support. ✨
BuddyPress 7.0.0 “Filippi” is out! New features include a UI for Member and Group types, new blocks, REST API improvements, and WP CLI support. ✨
How has the WordPress community changed since its early days? How does money and market share change it? What lies ahead?
If you use BuddyPress and plan on using Full Site Editing, you should be aware some issues with both have been reported. BuddyPress content is not shown at all on the front end with FSE enabled. (This issue might extend to other plugins too.) BuddyPress 8.0.0 is nearing its release with a new beta that…
BuddyPress 2.4, “Pietro”, has been released, and includes cover photos for profiles and groups. Also released today, an update for older versions of BuddyPress, due to a vulnerability, “that may allow privilege escalation for logged-in users.”
WordPress plugin popularity has always been pretty tough to figure out. We only had download counts or independent, third party website scrapers to tell us anything. Now, WordPress.org itself has more data that’s being tested and launched to give us real insight into the popularity of WordPress plugins.
BuddyPress recently updated to version 4.3.0. It’s a security and maintenance release, so be sure to upgrade if you are using the plugin on any of your sites.
Mathieu Viet has a summary of BuddyPress updates and activity in 2020. Some highlights: 9 releases (3 more than in 2019) 2 major releases (1 more than in 2019) 7 minor releases (2 more than in 2019) Fixed 186 tickets, it’s 62% more than in 2019. Notably, the “[m]ost important spike for 2 years happened…