Hey, that rhymes! BuddyPress has hit their RC1 Candidate and is going to be incredibly exciting for the thousands upon thousands of users who use BuddyPress for their sites: BuddyPress 1.7 is going to be one of our most exciting releases to date. It comes packaged with the same theme compatibility that was introduced in bbPress 2.0, which means that BuddyPress will now work out-of-the-box with a majority of the WordPress themes available today. This is going to be a really big deal. In terms of bbPress, what I’m excited are the forum migration tools that are being released:
Daily Theme & Plugin Roundup – 3.25.2013
Did everyone have a good day or did you have a case of the Mondays? Where did that phrase come from? Anyways… There’s a few new and updated plugins to share for today’s roundup. I’m sure there are a few of you using Disqus for your commenting on your site, so maybe you should take a look at Disqus Popular Threads Widget. Here’s the full list after the break.
The WordPress Weekend Roundup
Wow. Another crazy week in the land of WordPress and we’ve been at the very center of some big conversations. It’s been a fantastic experience to see the community pull out all the stops to support each other around licensing and the GPL. With Collis Ta’eed’s response in regards to Envato’s stance as well as a much more clear look at the differences between Automattic and the WordPress Foundation things are starting to settle and we’re starting to get back to business as usual. Actually, let’s be honest – it’s always been business as usual and most of us haven’t lost […]
bbPress Needs Your Feedback for 2.3 Release
Are you in love with bbPress? Do you use it for your own sites or even your clients? If bbPress is an important part of what you do with WordPress and online publishing then it’s time for you to give a little back and provide some feedback so that version 2.3 can be released in good time for a proposed February drop date. If you think you found a bug, please report it on the bbPress Core Trac. If you find a security vulnerability, please be discrete and let us know privately using one of the methods posted on the WordPress contact […]
Updates: BuddyPress 1.6.4, bbPress 2.2.4
We’ve gone through another round of maintenance and security updates including WordPress 3.5.1 and BuddyPress and bbPress being updated to their 1.6.4 and 2.2.4 respectively. For BuddyPress we’re seeing security updates inside the the bp-default theme’s ajax and in bbPress an update on the Forum Importer/Converter tool Maty Siman has been a big help on these last two releases and we have much thanks for you good sir! Get both the updates directly here for BuddyPress and here for bbPress.
bbPress Year in Review 2012
Like BuddyPress, bbPress has released their year in review which has also undergone a significant clean-up effort. Like BuddyPress, a few things were retired such as the plugin repository which is an obvious choice for a more integrated play with WordPress. We collectively saw the 2.1 and 2.2 releases this year sporting high-demand features like better theme compatibility, multiple user roles, private and hidden forums (a big one!), BuddyPress/Akismet and other integrations. As we shared earlier this month, Jennifer Dodd received upgraded access and the community as a whole is getting even more close-knit. It’s been a year of growth and […]
Jennifer M. Dodd Officially Joins the bbPress Team
Jennifer M. Dodd (or better known as @jmdodd on the web) has recently been accepted into the bbPress family with core commit access. She’s been around since bbPress 2 and has been commended by many for her contributions to the plugin: Jennifer has been a prolific bbPress plugin developer and core contributor since bbPress 2 was first introduced. Her ability to iterate and improve on core patches, her outstanding communication skills, and her knowledge of the codebase, make her a great addition to the bbPress team. We’re stoked to see this type of enthusiasm be rewarded with even greater opportunity and […]
bbPress 2.2.3 Released, Prepares for WordPress 3.5
Nice. It seems everything is updating in preparation for WordPress 3.5. One less ticket than the BuddyPress 1.6.2 update, it also includes a few points of compatibility. Now bbPress is something that I’ve used a lot before and something I’ve considered using even for this community – not sure how it would be implemented but I think there will be a lot more discussion that has (and will) go on beyond every blog post. Thoughts on using some forum software or bbPress? I’d love to keep it in the Automattic-family if possible but no biggie if not.
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