BuddyPress

BuddyPress is an open-source social networking software package owned by Automattic since 2008.^[1] It is a plugin that can be installed on WordPress to transform it into a social network platform.^[2] BuddyPress is designed to allow schools, companies, sports teams, or any other niche community to start their own social network or communication tool.

BuddyPress

Profile page for BuddyPress user
Developer(s)	The BuddyPress Team
Stable release	14.0.0 / July 12, 2024; 53 days ago (2024-07-12)
Operating system	Cross-platform
Platform	PHP, MySQL, WordPress
Type	Blog publishing system, Social Networking
License	GNU General Public License version 2
Website	https://buddypress.org/

• Free and open-source software portal

BuddyPress inherits and expands on the functional elements of the WordPress engine including themes, plugins, and widgets. As it is built on WordPress, it is written using the same primary languages, PHP and MySQL.

In 2010, BuddyPress was placed third in Packt's Most Promising Open Source Project Awards, losing to Pimcore and TomatoCMS.^[3][4]

References

1. Matt Mullenweg (March 4, 2008). "Backing BuddyPress". Matt Mullenweg. Archived from the original on December 17, 2010. Retrieved March 4, 2008.
2. Joseph Tartakoff (May 1, 2009). "Automattic Rolls Out A WordPress For Social Networks". The Washington Post. Retrieved June 30, 2011.
3. "Results of the 2010 Most Promising Open Source Project Awards: BuddyPress Finishes 3rd". WPMU DEV Blog. Archived from the original on 2019-12-11. Retrieved 2018-10-12.
4. "Packt Awards: Most Promising Open Source Project Award". CMSWire.com. Retrieved 2018-10-12.

Further reading

• "Blogging in the Classroom: Using WordPress Blogs with BuddyPress Plugin as a Learning Tool". Journal of Advertising Education. August 7, 2016. pp. 5–17. Retrieved August 7, 2016.
• Siegler, MG (April 30, 2009). "BuddyPress Launches: May A Thousand Social Networks Bloom (Someday)". TechCrunch. Retrieved August 7, 2016.
• Eldon, Eric (April 30, 2009). "WordPress's BuddyPress is the web's social network in a box". VentureBeat. Retrieved August 7, 2016.
• Santos (2014). "Social networks with BuddyPress". Proceedings of the International Conference on Information Systems and Design of Communication - ISDOC '14. pp. 182–183. doi:10.1145/2618168.2618202. ISBN 9781450327138. S2CID 34498576. Retrieved August 7, 2016 – via ACM Digital Library.
• Team, Online Services (May 15, 2015). "WordPress multi-user: BuddyPress and beyond". University of Lincoln, The Lincoln Repository. Retrieved August 7, 2016.
• Jones, Kyle (2011). "Buddypress and higher education." Library Technology Reports/Gale. 47.3.