BuddyPress essentially will turn your WordPress blog into a social network. The neat thing about BuddyPress is that you can pick and choose the components that you want to integrate. BuddyPress is put together by a series of plugins with one core plugin. These plugins need the core for their functionality. You have the option to pick and choose which components you want to utilize and from there can customize your blog to suit your needs.
- Profiles: This feature allows your members to set up a profile for them selves on your blog/ social network. They can fill out all of their basic information
- Private Messages: Each member will have their own inbox with the ability to send out messages to all internal members.
- Friends: Allows the ability to send friend requests as well as build a friend list.
- Groups: Gathers together friends, pictures, blog posts etc.
- The Wire: The internal mini blog that members can create to talk to other friends.
- Active Streams: Aggregates all your activities throughout the BuddyPress system.
- Blog: Allows the WordPress MU functionality to come through and allow users to create multiple blogs for communication.
- Status Updates: Gives members the ability to update their status on a regular basis.
- Photo Album: Photo sharing module.
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