BuddyPress explained

BuddyPress
Logo Size:	250px
Developer:	The BuddyPress Team
Latest Release Version:	14.0.0
Platform:	PHP, MySQL, WordPress
Genre:	Blog publishing system, Social Networking
License:	GNU General Public License version 2
Website:	https://buddypress.org/
Operating System:	Cross-platform

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 expands on the functional elements of the WordPress engine including themes, plugins, and widgets. As it is built on WordPress, it is written using the same primary languages, PHP and MySQL.

In 2010, BuddyPress was placed third in Packt's Most Promising Open Source Project Awards, losing to Pimcore and TomatoCMS.^{[3] [4]}

Further reading

• Web site: Blogging in the Classroom: Using WordPress Blogs with BuddyPress Plugin as a Learning Tool . Journal of Advertising Education . August 7, 2016 . . August 7, 2016 . 5–17.
• Web site: Siegler . MG . BuddyPress Launches: May A Thousand Social Networks Bloom (Someday) . . April 30, 2009 . August 7, 2016.
• Web site: Eldon . Eric . WordPress's BuddyPress is the web's social network in a box . . April 30, 2009 . August 7, 2016.
• Book: Santos . Proceedings of the International Conference on Information Systems and Design of Communication - ISDOC '14 . Social networks with BuddyPress . ACM Digital Library . http://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=2618202 . 10.1145/2618168.2618202 . August 7, 2016 . 182–183. 2014 . 9781450327138 . 34498576 .
• Team . Online Services . WordPress multi-user: BuddyPress and beyond . University of Lincoln, The Lincoln Repository . May 15, 2015 . August 7, 2016.
• Jones, Kyle (2011). "Buddypress and higher education." Library Technology Reports/Gale. 47.3.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Backing BuddyPress. Matt Mullenweg. March 4, 2008. March 4, 2008. Matt Mullenweg. December 17, 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20101217213839/http://ma.tt/2008/03/backing-buddypress/. live.
2. News: Automattic Rolls Out A WordPress For Social Networks. Joseph Tartakoff . June 30, 2011 . May 1, 2009. The Washington Post.
3. News: Results of the 2010 Most Promising Open Source Project Awards: BuddyPress Finishes 3rd. WPMU DEV Blog. 2018-10-12. en-US. 2019-12-11. https://web.archive.org/web/20191211214724/https://premium.wpmudev.org/blog/results-of-the-2010-most-promising-open-source-project-buddypress-finishes-3rd/. dead.
4. News: Packt Awards: Most Promising Open Source Project Award. CMSWire.com. 2018-10-12. en-us.