Plugin Review – BP Activity Share

Plugin Review – BP Activity Share

BP Activity Share

Version Tested: 1.5.0

BP Activity Share is a plugin that allows users to share the activity updates of others, similar to how this can be done on Facebook.

Installation is a case of Installing and Activating the plugin from Dashboard>>Plugins>>Add New. Once activated there is a new section in Dashboard>>Settings>>BuddyPress>>Options:

Once installed the plugin adds a “Share” button to all activity updates in the social networks activity feed. When I tested the first version of this I was happy to see that it was simple and did what it said it would do – my share of a friends activity showed up on the activity feed for the site. Since that first version the developers have added the ability to share to groups, which immediately adds a new dimension to the plugin and makes it all the more useful.

What this means is that if you are reading an activity update you can choose to either share it to all, or to flag it to a particular group.

Nice to see that the look and feel of the button matches the BuddyPress default buttons, the expanded view on selection equally opens up nicely in the frame so long as you don’t have too many buttons on that particular line. This is an improvement to the user interface, making it easy to integrate this feature into the fabric of your site activity page.

A simple and effective plugin, I hope it’s feature set continues to grow. I give this plugin 10 out of 10.

My Star Rating

Other Peoples Reviews

Bigue Nique (biguenique)

Great Feature. But Outdated Plugin. Not Working. Needs a Fork.

This plugin doesn't work anymore.This is an essential feature, and it looks like it was well made, but this plugin is 6 years-old and unfortunately outdated. Since the developer is not available, a fork would be needed (there's none yet on GitHub) to fix current issues. Any volunteers out there? [...] I only tried it out with BuddyBoss Platform, and couldn't make it work. Here's what I observed:- The main problem is that the reshare form leads to an URL that yields a 404 (Page Not Found). I suspect that it has to do with the way BuddyPress routes internal URLs (if I remember well, the routing component underwent extensive refactor in the last few updates of BuddyPress, that might explain why it stopped working at some point).- With BuddyBoss Platform on a multisite installation, the settings are only available network-wide (in network admin > BuddyBoss > Integrations > BuddyPress) and only take effect if the plugin is activated network-wide. Then the "Share" button (and form) effectively shows up on selected activity types. Read more »

April 3, 2023

jcfromkc

Didn't work for me either

This plugin did not work for me. When I clicked Share, nothing happened. I hope the developer updates this plugin some time soon.

October 30, 2019

Kir 2012

Doesn't work, info supplied at support forum - no replies, waste of time

Hi please don't waste your time, this plugin hasn't been updated in a long time and doesn't work. The sharing process doesn't work, info supplied at support forum - no replies, to me or anyone else who has asked, waste of your time trying to use, or trying to post at the plugin forum for the author. [...]Shame, as it looks like it was / could be a great plugin. The author just doesn't answer though it seems. If anyone feels like picking it up.... Edit, whoops I accidentally pressed 5 it was supposed to be a 1 star, to save others wasting their time also. Read more »

September 4, 2019

ositive

Great plugin

Simply do what it says.. And well

August 19, 2017

Anonymous User 15484660 (anonymized_15484660)

activity filter option

Hi, Thanks for you're plugin, [...]I use this function to remove some activities update function bpfr_activity_types( $retval ) { // comment line to disable optiopns $retval['action'] = array( 'activity_comment', 'activity_update', 'created_group', 'friendship_created', 'joined_group', 'last_activity', //'new_avatar', 'new_blog_comment', 'new_blog_post', //'new_member', 'updated_profile' ); return $retval; } add_filter( 'bp_after_has_activities_parse_args', 'bpfr_activity_types' ); but all shared activities disappears, to show shared activities it's necessary to add 'bp_activity_share' to the function, it's the plugin option. like that function bpfr_activity_types( $retval ) { // comment line to disable optiopns $retval['action'] = array( 'activity_comment', 'activity_update', 'created_group', 'friendship_created', 'joined_group', 'last_activity', //'new_avatar', 'new_blog_comment', 'new_blog_post', //'new_member', 'updated_profile' 'bp_activity_share' ); return $retval; } add_filter( 'bp_after_has_activities_parse_args', 'bpfr_activity_types' ); Read more »

August 1, 2017

RJB (rbeaujard)

About time.

Gee, people like myself have only been needing something like this for years for sharing internal content on our buddypress streams. A lot of us have private community sites that have nothing to do with facebook and sharing to that platform is not what we're after. It's almost been a "who's on [...]first" situation with even trying to search for a plugin like this. Typing "wordpress sharing plugin" into anything anywhere returns nothing but plugins to share TO facebook, twitter, etc., everything but you're own site. Very glad the two developers teamed up to get this out there for the community. Thanks! If I could suggest a feature that seems to be missing/working incorrectly, embeds. Embedded content such as YouTube link shares, certain media (another user pointed out mediapress content only showing links), etc. is not working as it should currently. Add that feature plus shares from Site Posts, Pages, and I know it would be a lot to ask but in a woocommerce vendor situation, sharing of stores and products would be amazing! This plugin is on the way to being an MVP for buddypress users wanting a real social network with all the bells and whistles which means sharing internal content internally. Read more »

July 18, 2017

wpcarl

Great plugin! Mediapress Support?

Hi! Thank you for that great plugin! But when I'm sharing an activity having a Mediapress media in, only the text is shared and not the media... Would it be possible to make it compatible with Mediapress like you did with RT Media? Thx!

May 10, 2017

vicky0007

Awesome and easily share.

thanks for great plugin. but i want some customize like share post with custom text. it is possible? please help thanks

December 13, 2016

blondelovic

Cool

The plugin shares greatly activities

September 25, 2016