ByBrian Krogsgard
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If you use or develop in BuddyPress, you might be interested in the latest results from the annual survey. What most stood out for me is that 45% of those responded have only been using BuddyPress for a year or less. BuddyPress will be celebrating the 8th anniversary of the first stable release on April 30.
In BuddyPress 5.0.0 you will be able to tidy your BuddyPress blocks in a separate BuddyPress block category.
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.”
If you’re looking for a BuddyPress theme, WeFoster has a guide for the best premium options currently available. The BuddyPress theme market has its challenges, and there are areas that need improvement. However, if you aren’t going to build a BuddyPress theme from scratch, this guide will point you to the best ones to start with.
Matt Mullenweg just completed the 2016 State of the Word, which highlights the accomplishments of the past year, and sets the direction for the year ahead for WordPress.
If you’re a BuddyPress user, make sure you upgrade to the latest security release, which fixes a few cross-site request forgery (CSRF) issues. You might also want to check out the updated version of the WooCommerce BuddyPress Integration plugin from Themekraft. It looks nice, especially as it synchronizes WooCommerce data with existing BuddyPress profiles. Themekraft…
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…
