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The release candidate of BuddyPress 5.0.0 is available for testing. Mathieu Viet also takes time to introduce the bp.apiRequest() that helps you start using the BuddyPress REST API.
BuddyPress developers will be interested in this BuddyPress User Profile Completion plugin that allows admins to decide what a complete profile means and then enforce it for all users.
BuddyPress 8.0 will introduce personalized membership invitations and a new notification email that will automatically welcome new members into your community. 🤝
WordPress is 19! • WP 6.0 news and Beta 4 release. • JetPack 10.9 • BuddyPress Rewrites 1.1.0 • Simple Local Avatars 2.3.0 • InMotion funds WCUS scholarships • RSS and Blogging FTW • Wishlist Member acquired • New leadership team at Yoast • and the rest of your weekly WP news roundup!
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…
John Jacoby has provided an update on bbPress 2.6. Two features — bbPress as Post Comments and Forums as Taxonomies — are being bumped to 2.7 so that 2.6 won’t be held back. Not exactly the best news, but there’s still been good progress for bbPress. Updates don’t come around as often as updates on WordPress…
Justin Sainton explains in this case study how to power BuddyPress with WebDevStudios‘ Algolia search-as-a-service engine. He shares a bootstrap file, walks through several code snippets, and offers a video at the end. In addition to BuddyPress and the Algolia, Justin credits “the expert partnership of the good folks at Mission Lab and Sales Hacker”…
