BuddyPress

BuddyPress

Developer(s)	John Jacoby, Paul Gibbs, Boone Georges, Andy Peatling, Pike Winchurkar
Stable release	2.5.2 / March 31, 2016
Operating system	Cross-platform
Platform	PHP, MySQL
Type	Blog publishing system, Social Networking
License	GNU General Public License version 2
Website	http://buddypress.org/

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 inherits and extends upon the integral functional elements of the WordPress engine including themes, plugins, and widgets. As it is built on WordPress it is written using the same primary technologies, PHP and MySQL.

References

1. Brian Brandt (March 5, 2008). "Automattic Acquires BuddyPress". WPdope. Retrieved June 30, 2011.
2. Joseph Tartakoff (May 1, 2009). "Automattic Rolls Out A WordPress For Social Networks". The Washington Post. Retrieved June 30, 2011.

Further reading

• Sabin-Wilson, L. (2010). BuddyPress For Dummies. For Dummies. Wiley. ISBN 978-0-470-56801-9. 314 pages.
• Lister, T. (2013). BuddyPress Theme Development. Packt Publishing. ISBN 978-1-78328-162-6. 130 pages.
• Hedengren, T.D. (2011). "Chapter 10". Smashing WordPress Themes: Making WordPress Beautiful. Smashing Magazine Book Series. Wiley. ISBN 978-0-470-97024-9.
• "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.
• "14+ Best Buddypress Themes For 2016 - Top Social Network Themes". The Jerusalem Post. August 7, 2016. Retrieved August 7, 2016.
• Jones, K.M.L.; Farrington, P.A. (2013). Learning from Libraries that Use WordPress: Content-management System Best Practices and Case Studies. American Library Association. pp. 95–99. ISBN 978-0-8389-1162-4.
• Santos. "Social networks with BuddyPress". ACM Digital Library. pp. 182–183. doi:10.1145/2618168.2618202. Retrieved August 7, 2016.
• 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.