BuddyPress 2.8.0 Beta 1 is packed with new features and enhancements and is now available for testing. You can download the BP 2.8.0-beta1 zip or get a copy via our Subversion repository. We’d love to have your feedback and testing help.
BuddyPress 2.8.0 requires PHP 5.3+, and will not be activated on a server with a lower version of PHP. We also remind you that BuddyPress 2.8.0 will require at least WordPress 4.3.
A detailed changelog will be part of our official release notes, but, until then, here’s a list of some of our favorite changes. (Check out this report on Trac for the full list.)
- BP Email: Allow end user to specify which PHPMailer should be used #7286
- Companion Stylesheet – Twentyseventeen #7338
- Minimum PHP version is 5.3 #7325, #7299
- Support List-Unsubscribe header in emails #7390
- Make group search more flexible #7418 and other groups improvements, like #7419, #7399, #7388, #7386, #7375
- Lots of new filters in various parts of the code, like #6667, #5193
- Lots of inline documentation tweaks and other fixes and improvements
BP 2.8.0 is almost ready, but please do not run it in a production environment just yet. Let us know of any issues you find in the support forums and/or development tracker.
Thanks everyone for all your help to date. We are excited to release BuddyPress 2.8.0 in February!
BuddyPress 2.7.4 is now available, and is a security release & recommended upgrade for all BuddyPress installations. We’ve also ported the code changes in 2.7.4 to all branches back 2.0, and are pushing updates out for all installations where we are able to do so.
These releases include a fix to the BuddyPress core attachments API that could allow arbitrary file deletion on certain installation configurations.
This bug was responsibly disclosed to the WordPress security team (and the BuddyPress team) through the WordPress HackerOne Bounty Program by Sam Pizzey (mopman).
Both Boone & Paul worked together to fix this for all versions of BuddyPress that are currently in active use, and Stephen & Dion helped package and push these releases out.
Please update to these latest versions of BuddyPress today in your WordPress Dashboard, or by downloading from the wordpress.org plugin repository.
Questions or comments? Check out the 2.7.4 changelog, or stop by our support forums or Trac.
BuddyPress 2.7.3 is now available. This is a maintenance release and a recommended upgrade for all BuddyPress installations.
BP 2.7.3 fixes bugs in several components. For more information, see the 2.7.3 milestone on BuddyPress Trac.
Update to BuddyPress 2.7.3 today in your WordPress Dashboard, or by downloading from the wordpress.org plugin repository.
Questions or comments? Check out the 2.7.3 changelog, or stop by our support forums or Trac.
BuddyPress 2.7.2 is now available. This is a maintenance release and a recommended upgrade for all BuddyPress installations.
BP 2.7.2 fixes a bug which ignored deprecated code being used in existing installations. For more information, see the 2.7.2 milestone on BuddyPress Trac.
Update to BuddyPress 2.7.2 today in your WordPress Dashboard, or by downloading from the wordpress.org plugin repository.
Questions or comments? Check out 2.7.2 changelog, or stop by our support forums or Trac.
BuddyPress 2.7.1 is now available. This is a maintenance release and a recommended upgrade for all BuddyPress installations.
BP 2.7.1 fixes bugs in several components. For more information, see the 2.7.1 milestone on BuddyPress Trac.
Update to BuddyPress 2.7.1 today in your WordPress Dashboard, or by downloading from the wordpress.org plugin repository.
Questions or comments? Check out 2.7.1 changelog, or stop by our support forums or Trac.
Earlier this year, Project leads @johnjamesjacoby, @boonebgorges, and @djpaul presented a number of strategic priorities which included defining the primary intended audience for BuddyPress: Site Builders and WordPress Developers, an explicit recognition of what BuddyPress has become, and how people use it.
Help us start the year right in 2017. Your feedback is important to help us improve BuddyPress by ensuring that we’re still building what you want to use and help us determine if any course corrections are necessary.
This survey will run from November 1 – 30 December 15, 2016. It has 36 questions and could take around 15 – 20 minutes to complete.
Thank you for your participation !
=> Take the 2016 BuddyPress Survey now.
BuddyPress 2.7 “Migliaccio” is now available for download from the WordPress.org plugin repository, or right from your WordPress Dashboard. “Migliaccio” focuses on new features for developers and site builders.
Groups Query Overhaul
Huge performance improvements on sites using persistent caching. Learn more about the Groups Query rewrite.
Improved Profile Date Field
New Date Field settings, “Date format” and “Range”, make it easier for site administrators to decide how date-based data will be collected and displayed.
Group Types Integration in Templates
Enable developers to show Group Types on the front end as well as control where the group type information is rendered. Learn how to implement this feature.
Use the Site Icon as Your Site’s Profile Photo
BuddyPress sets the site admin’s profile photo as the default site profile photo on the Sites Directory page. You can now use the Site Icon introduced in WordPress 4.3 instead.
Member Type and Group Type Filters in Users and Groups Admin Screens
Easily filter your members and groups by type and set types in bulk on the users and groups list tables in the dashboard.
Localized Timestamps
Fix inaccurate timestamps due to time zones or page caching with new client-side timestamp handling.
Links to Unsubscribe from Emails
Improve user experience by facilitating the removal of any or all subscriptions via new email tokens and unsubscribe links.
Use WP Page Names for Headings of BP Directory Pages
Whatever you choose as the title of your Activity, Sites, Members, or Groups directory pages on the back end, is what you’ll get as the heading on the front end.
Accessibility Updates for the Front End and Back End
Continued improvements for universal access help make BuddyPress back- and front-end screens usable for everyone (and on more devices).
Refactored BP_Button Class to Accept New Arguments
Provides developers with improved syntax and more control over the rendering of buttons.
Improvements to a Single Group’s Management Screens
Improved markup, new modular group management templates, and a new member search form are just some of the enhancements added to the single group admin screens.
Support for Querying for Groups by New Column parent_id
Query support for hierarchical groups makes it much easier for developers to add custom front-end functionality.
Many, Many Performance Improvements
Improved performance by removing extra database queries, adding new cache calls, and removing the number of loops in bp_get_user_groups().
…and much more!
Read about all the bug fixes and feature enhancements introduced in BuddyPress 2.7.0 at our official 2.7.0 changelog.
Thank You to Our Contributors
Many, many thanks to all those who contributed during this development cycle. This is a volunteer-run project, and these contributors freely gave of their time and expertise to make BuddyPress better than ever:
Aaron Jorbin (jorbin), abwebstudio1, Boone B Gorges (boonebgorges), Brajesh Singh (sbrajesh), Christian Wach (needle), danbp, Daniel Hüsken (danielhuesken), David Cavins (dcavins), demon_ru, Dennis (wpdennis), Eric Andrew Lewis (ericlewis), Henry Wright (henry.wright), herbovec, Hugo (hnla), J.D. Grimes (jdgrimes), John James Jacoby (johnjamesjacoby), Joseph G. (dunhakdis), kitsunesolar, lakrisgubben, Laurens Offereins (Offereins), Mathieu Viet (imath), mercime, Michael Beckwith (tw2113), Michael Beil (michaelbeil), Pascal Birchler (swissspidy), Paul Gibbs (DJPaul), r-a-y, Renato Alves (espellcaste), scharc, Slava Abakumov (slaffik), spenser4551, Stephen Edgar (netweb), Sven Lehnert (svenl77), tharsheblows, thomaslhotta, tomas711, venturavan2, and wordpressrene.
Thank You BuddyPress Translators!
Thank you to all of our multilingual friends who make BuddyPress available in a bouquet of languages. The following generous volunteers have 95% complete translations (or better!) of BuddyPress in your language:
baardkr (nb_NO), casiepa (it_IT), danbp (fr_FR), dancaragea (ro_RO), espellcaste (pt_BR), kidsguide (en_CA), netweb (en_AU), slaffik (ru_RU), trkr (tr_TR), vanespenamaury (fr_FR), webaware (en_NZ)
Many more are nearly complete. We could use your help!
Meet you at Sam’s
We’ve called BuddyPress 2.7 “Migliaccio”, in honor of the family that runs Sam’s Restaurant in Brooklyn. Don’t be fooled by the “Steaks” and “Chops” signs out front: the Italian food here is great, but the pizza stands apart as one of the great underappreciated pies in all of NYC. As a bonus, careful observers just might spot hanging in Sam’s a photo of a certain BuddyPress developer, taken on the day he became a father. It’s a real family joint!
Time to Go Get 2.7.0!
Download BuddyPress 2.7 “Magliaccio” from the wordpress.org plugin repository, or install/upgrade right from your WordPress Dashboard.
Questions, comments, feature requests, or bug reports? Please use our support forums or our development tracker.
BuddyPress 2.7.0 Release Candidate 2 is now available for testing. Please download the 2.7.0-rc2 zip or get a copy via our Subversion repository.
This is our last chance to find any bugs that slipped through Release Candidate 1. So please test with your themes and plugins. A detailed changelog will be part of our official release notes, but you can get a quick overview by reading the post about the 2.7.0 Beta 1 release.
Let us know of any issues you find in the support forums and/or on our development tracker.
Thank you. We’re excited to release 2.7.0 next week on October 19!
BuddyPress 2.7.0 Release Candidate 1 is now available for testing. Please download the 2.7.0-rc1 zip or get a copy via our Subversion repository.
This is our last chance to find any bugs that slipped through the beta process. So please test with your themes and plugins. We plan to release BuddyPress 2.7.0 next Wednesday, October 12.
A detailed changelog will be part of our official release notes, but you can get a quick overview by reading the post about the 2.7.0 Beta 1 release.
Let us know of any issues you find in the support forums and/or on our development tracker.
Thanks in advance for giving the release candidate a test drive!
BuddyPress 2.7.0 Beta 1 is lovingly packed with new features and enhancements and is now available for testing. You can download the BP 2.7.0-beta1 zip or get a copy via our Subversion repository. We’d love to have your feedback and testing help.
N.B.If you are still using WordPress 4.1, we remind you that BuddyPress 2.7.0 will require at least WordPress 4.2.
A detailed changelog will be part of our official release notes, but, until then, here’s a tasty list of some of our favorite changes. (Check out this report on Trac for the full list.)
- Groups query overhaul (#5451)
- Improved extended profile date field (#5500)
- Localized timestamps (#5757)
- Easy unsubscribe from email links (#6932)
- Front-end group types integration (#7210)
- Member type and group type filters in Users and Groups admin screens (#6060, #7175)
- Use WP page names for BP directory pages headings (#6765)
- Use WP 4.3 site icon feature to set a blog’s “profile photo” (#6544)
- Update BP_buttons class to accept new arguments (#7226)
- Accessibility updates for the front-end and back-end screens (#6871, #6881, #7090, #7222, and many others!)
- Templating enhancements (#6884, #7132)
- Improvements to a single group’s management screens (#7079, #6385, #7105)
- Many, many performance improvements (#7120, #6978, #7208, and more!)
- Support for querying for groups by new column
parent_id (#3961)
BP 2.7.0 is almost ready, but please do not run it in a production environment just yet. Let us know of any issues you find in the support forums and/or development tracker.
Thanks everyone for all your help to date. We are excited to release BuddyPress 2.7.0 in mid-October!
