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updated infobox (stable version, release date)
{{Infobox software
| name = BuddyPress
| logo = Logo-budypress.gif
| logo size = 250px
| screenshot =
| caption = Profile page for BuddyPress user
| developer = John Jacoby, Paul Gibbs, Boone Georges, Andy Peatling, Pike Winchurkar
| latest release version = 3.2.0
| latest release date = {{release date and age|2018|09|14}}
| latest preview version =
| latest preview date =
| platform = [[PHP]], [[MySQL]], [[WordPress]]
| genre = [[Blog publishing system]], [[Social Networking]]
| license = [[GNU General Public License]] version 2
| website = http://buddypress.org/
| operating_system = [[Cross-platform]]
}}
{{Portal|Free software}}
'''BuddyPress''' is an [[open source]] [[social networking]] software package owned by [[Automattic]] since 2008.<ref>{{cite web
| url = http://wpdope.com/automattic-acquires-buddypress/
| title = Automattic Acquires BuddyPress
| author = Brian Brandt | authorlink=
| accessdate = June 30, 2011 | date = March 5, 2008| publisher = WPdope
}}</ref> It is a plugin that can be installed on [[WordPress]] to transform it into a social network platform.<ref>{{cite web
| url = https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/04/30/AR2009043004142.html
| title = Automattic Rolls Out A WordPress For Social Networks
| author = Joseph Tartakoff | authorlink=
| accessdate = June 30, 2011 | date = May 1, 2009| publisher = [[The Washington Post]]
}}</ref> 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 [[GUI widget|widgets]]. As it is built on WordPress, it is written using the same primary technologies, [[PHP]] and [[MySQL]].
In 2010, BuddyPress was placed third in [[Packt]]'s Most Promising Open Source Project Awards, losing to [[Pimcore]] and TomatoCMS.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://premium.wpmudev.org/blog/results-of-the-2010-most-promising-open-source-project-buddypress-finishes-3rd/|title=Results of the 2010 Most Promising Open Source Project Awards: BuddyPress Finishes 3rd|work=WPMU DEV Blog|access-date=2018-10-12|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.cmswire.com/cms/web-cms/packt-awards-most-promising-open-source-project-award-009218.php|title=Packt Awards: Most Promising Open Source Project Award|work=CMSWire.com|access-date=2018-10-12|language=en-us}}</ref>
==References==
{{Reflist}}
==Further reading==
* {{cite book | last=Sabin-Wilson | first=L. | title=BuddyPress For Dummies | publisher=[[John Wiley & Sons|Wiley]] | series=For Dummies | year=2010 | isbn=978-0-470-56801-9 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6LpNbB4VxSAC&printsec=frontcover | ref=harv}} 314 pages.
* {{cite book | last=Lister | first=T. | title=BuddyPress Theme Development | publisher=[[Packt Publishing]] | year=2013 | isbn=978-1-78328-162-6 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rV6PAQAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover | ref=harv}} 130 pages.
* {{cite book | last=Hedengren | first=T.D. | title=Smashing WordPress Themes: Making WordPress Beautiful | publisher=Wiley |chapter=Chapter 10 | series=Smashing Magazine Book Series | year=2011 | isbn=978-0-470-97024-9 | url=https://books.google.com/books?hl=en&lr=&id=_HcrPa4zg4EC&oi=fnd&pg=PT315 | ref=harv}}
* {{cite web | title=Blogging in the Classroom: Using WordPress Blogs with BuddyPress Plugin as a Learning Tool | website=Journal of Advertising Education | date=August 7, 2016 | url=http://search.proquest.com/openview/d9cedb28b0d37d517389ab04171f86b1/1?pq-origsite=gscholar | ref={{sfnref | ProQuest | 2016}} | accessdate=August 7, 2016 | pages=5–17}}
* {{cite web | last=Siegler | first=MG | title=BuddyPress Launches: May A Thousand Social Networks Bloom (Someday) | website=[[TechCrunch]] | date=April 30, 2009 | url=https://techcrunch.com/2009/04/30/buddypress-launches-may-a-thousand-social-networks-bloom/ | ref=harv | accessdate=August 7, 2016}}
* {{cite web | last=Eldon | first=Eric | title=WordPress’s BuddyPress is the web’s social network in a box | website=[[VentureBeat]] | date=April 30, 2009 | url=https://venturebeat.com/2009/04/30/wordpresss-buddypress-is-the-webs-social-network-in-a-box/ | ref=harv | accessdate=August 7, 2016}}
* {{cite web | title=14+ Best Buddypress Themes For 2016 - Top Social Network Themes | website=[[The Jerusalem Post]] | date=August 7, 2016 | url=http://www.jpost.com/PromoContent/14-Best-Buddypress-Themes-For-2016-Top-Social-Network-Themes-443617 | ref={{sfnref | The Jerusalem Post | JPost.com | 2016}} | accessdate=August 7, 2016}}
* {{cite book | last=Jones | first=K.M.L. | last2=Farrington | first2=P.A. | title=Learning from Libraries that Use WordPress: Content-management System Best Practices and Case Studies | publisher=American Library Association | year=2013 | isbn=978-0-8389-1162-4 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dRKSAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA95 | pages=95–99}}
* {{cite web | author=Santos | title=Social networks with BuddyPress | website=ACM Digital Library | url=http://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=2618202 | doi=10.1145/2618168.2618202 | ref=harv | accessdate=August 7, 2016 | pages=182–183}}
* {{cite web | last=Team | first=Online Services | title=WordPress multi-user: BuddyPress and beyond | website=[[University of Lincoln]], The Lincoln Repository | date=May 15, 2015 | url=http://eprints.lincoln.ac.uk/2084/ | ref=harv | accessdate=August 7, 2016}}
* Jones, Kyle (2011). [http://go.galegroup.com/ps/anonymous?id=GALE%7CA255559916&sid=googleScholar&v=2.1&it=r&linkaccess=fulltext&issn=00242586&p=AONE&sw=w&authCount=1&isAnonymousEntry=true "Buddypress and higher education."] ''Library Technology Reports''/[[Gale (publisher)|Gale]]. 47.3.
[[Category:Blog software]]
[[Category:Social networking services]]
[[Category:Free software programmed in PHP]]
[[Category:WordPress]]
[[Category:Internet services supporting OpenID]]
[[Category:Content management systems]]
[[Category:Website management]]
[[Category:2009 software]]
| name = BuddyPress
| logo = Logo-budypress.gif
| logo size = 250px
| screenshot =
| caption = Profile page for BuddyPress user
| developer = John Jacoby, Paul Gibbs, Boone Georges, Andy Peatling, Pike Winchurkar
| latest release version = 3.2.0
| latest release date = {{release date and age|2018|09|14}}
| latest preview version =
| latest preview date =
| platform = [[PHP]], [[MySQL]], [[WordPress]]
| genre = [[Blog publishing system]], [[Social Networking]]
| license = [[GNU General Public License]] version 2
| website = http://buddypress.org/
| operating_system = [[Cross-platform]]
}}
{{Portal|Free software}}
'''BuddyPress''' is an [[open source]] [[social networking]] software package owned by [[Automattic]] since 2008.<ref>{{cite web
| url = http://wpdope.com/automattic-acquires-buddypress/
| title = Automattic Acquires BuddyPress
| author = Brian Brandt | authorlink=
| accessdate = June 30, 2011 | date = March 5, 2008| publisher = WPdope
}}</ref> It is a plugin that can be installed on [[WordPress]] to transform it into a social network platform.<ref>{{cite web
| url = https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/04/30/AR2009043004142.html
| title = Automattic Rolls Out A WordPress For Social Networks
| author = Joseph Tartakoff | authorlink=
| accessdate = June 30, 2011 | date = May 1, 2009| publisher = [[The Washington Post]]
}}</ref> 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 [[GUI widget|widgets]]. As it is built on WordPress, it is written using the same primary technologies, [[PHP]] and [[MySQL]].
In 2010, BuddyPress was placed third in [[Packt]]'s Most Promising Open Source Project Awards, losing to [[Pimcore]] and TomatoCMS.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://premium.wpmudev.org/blog/results-of-the-2010-most-promising-open-source-project-buddypress-finishes-3rd/|title=Results of the 2010 Most Promising Open Source Project Awards: BuddyPress Finishes 3rd|work=WPMU DEV Blog|access-date=2018-10-12|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.cmswire.com/cms/web-cms/packt-awards-most-promising-open-source-project-award-009218.php|title=Packt Awards: Most Promising Open Source Project Award|work=CMSWire.com|access-date=2018-10-12|language=en-us}}</ref>
==References==
{{Reflist}}
==Further reading==
* {{cite book | last=Sabin-Wilson | first=L. | title=BuddyPress For Dummies | publisher=[[John Wiley & Sons|Wiley]] | series=For Dummies | year=2010 | isbn=978-0-470-56801-9 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6LpNbB4VxSAC&printsec=frontcover | ref=harv}} 314 pages.
* {{cite book | last=Lister | first=T. | title=BuddyPress Theme Development | publisher=[[Packt Publishing]] | year=2013 | isbn=978-1-78328-162-6 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rV6PAQAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover | ref=harv}} 130 pages.
* {{cite book | last=Hedengren | first=T.D. | title=Smashing WordPress Themes: Making WordPress Beautiful | publisher=Wiley |chapter=Chapter 10 | series=Smashing Magazine Book Series | year=2011 | isbn=978-0-470-97024-9 | url=https://books.google.com/books?hl=en&lr=&id=_HcrPa4zg4EC&oi=fnd&pg=PT315 | ref=harv}}
* {{cite web | title=Blogging in the Classroom: Using WordPress Blogs with BuddyPress Plugin as a Learning Tool | website=Journal of Advertising Education | date=August 7, 2016 | url=http://search.proquest.com/openview/d9cedb28b0d37d517389ab04171f86b1/1?pq-origsite=gscholar | ref={{sfnref | ProQuest | 2016}} | accessdate=August 7, 2016 | pages=5–17}}
* {{cite web | last=Siegler | first=MG | title=BuddyPress Launches: May A Thousand Social Networks Bloom (Someday) | website=[[TechCrunch]] | date=April 30, 2009 | url=https://techcrunch.com/2009/04/30/buddypress-launches-may-a-thousand-social-networks-bloom/ | ref=harv | accessdate=August 7, 2016}}
* {{cite web | last=Eldon | first=Eric | title=WordPress’s BuddyPress is the web’s social network in a box | website=[[VentureBeat]] | date=April 30, 2009 | url=https://venturebeat.com/2009/04/30/wordpresss-buddypress-is-the-webs-social-network-in-a-box/ | ref=harv | accessdate=August 7, 2016}}
* {{cite web | title=14+ Best Buddypress Themes For 2016 - Top Social Network Themes | website=[[The Jerusalem Post]] | date=August 7, 2016 | url=http://www.jpost.com/PromoContent/14-Best-Buddypress-Themes-For-2016-Top-Social-Network-Themes-443617 | ref={{sfnref | The Jerusalem Post | JPost.com | 2016}} | accessdate=August 7, 2016}}
* {{cite book | last=Jones | first=K.M.L. | last2=Farrington | first2=P.A. | title=Learning from Libraries that Use WordPress: Content-management System Best Practices and Case Studies | publisher=American Library Association | year=2013 | isbn=978-0-8389-1162-4 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dRKSAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA95 | pages=95–99}}
* {{cite web | author=Santos | title=Social networks with BuddyPress | website=ACM Digital Library | url=http://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=2618202 | doi=10.1145/2618168.2618202 | ref=harv | accessdate=August 7, 2016 | pages=182–183}}
* {{cite web | last=Team | first=Online Services | title=WordPress multi-user: BuddyPress and beyond | website=[[University of Lincoln]], The Lincoln Repository | date=May 15, 2015 | url=http://eprints.lincoln.ac.uk/2084/ | ref=harv | accessdate=August 7, 2016}}
* Jones, Kyle (2011). [http://go.galegroup.com/ps/anonymous?id=GALE%7CA255559916&sid=googleScholar&v=2.1&it=r&linkaccess=fulltext&issn=00242586&p=AONE&sw=w&authCount=1&isAnonymousEntry=true "Buddypress and higher education."] ''Library Technology Reports''/[[Gale (publisher)|Gale]]. 47.3.
[[Category:Blog software]]
[[Category:Social networking services]]
[[Category:Free software programmed in PHP]]
[[Category:WordPress]]
[[Category:Internet services supporting OpenID]]
[[Category:Content management systems]]
[[Category:Website management]]
[[Category:2009 software]]
