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.
I've been setting up and managing BuddyPress social networks for a few years. I moved from Ning and other platforms and have come to BuddyPress looking to make sites with similar features to them.
9 Comments
Sanket
· November 14, 2016 at 7:51 pm
Hi VENUTIUS,
We have just released a new version ( v1.1.0 ) of BP Activity Share plugin with Share to a Group option. Please check it out and let us know if you find any issue.
jenod
· December 29, 2016 at 1:34 am
This is a great plugin but her is a an issue that when someone shares an activity which has some mentions, all the mentioned users in that activity get a notification that they are mentioned.
This needs to be get fixed.
askion
· May 20, 2018 at 9:25 am
Is it legal to create a WordPress BuddyPress website using plugins like “BP Activity Share”and “Activity reactions For Buddypress”? As these plugins create share and reaction functionality just like Facebook.
Venutius
· November 14, 2016 at 9:53 pm
Thanks, I’ve updated the review, keep up the great work!
jenod
· January 5, 2017 at 1:50 am
Venutius have you noticed that?
Venutius
· January 11, 2017 at 6:10 pm
I’ve not had a chance to look at that so far, your best bet is to raise it with the plugins support forum.
jenod
· December 29, 2016 at 1:32 am
This is a great plugin but her is a an issue that when someone shares an activity which has some mentions, all the mentioned users in that activity get a notification that they are mentioned.
This needs to be get fixed.
Keith Pennington
· July 9, 2017 at 3:39 pm
Hello,
Great plugin! I am using rtmedia right now which works great with bp activity share. But I have other issues with rtmedia and would like to switch to mediapress. However, bp activity share doesn’t seem to support mediapress. Any plans to integrate mediapress with bp activity share?
Venutius
· July 12, 2017 at 4:54 pm
I’m not the plugin developer I’m afraid, you’d need to ask BuddyDev.
BP Post Status adds three new Post Status options; alongside the usual publishing options, the post publishing box now supports Members Only, Friends Only and Group Post statuses, with Group Post providing a drop-down of available groups to assign the post to. It also adds a group posts tab in each group and provides the option to set a post as the group homepage.
BuddyPress Follow allows members of a BuddyPress social network to follow each other, it places follow buttons on each members profile and in the members page and adds extra tab's in each members profile page, one showing who is following you and the other showing who you are following.
9 Comments
Sanket · November 14, 2016 at 7:51 pm
Hi VENUTIUS,
We have just released a new version ( v1.1.0 ) of BP Activity Share plugin with Share to a Group option. Please check it out and let us know if you find any issue.
jenod · December 29, 2016 at 1:34 am
This is a great plugin but her is a an issue that when someone shares an activity which has some mentions, all the mentioned users in that activity get a notification that they are mentioned.
This needs to be get fixed.
askion · May 20, 2018 at 9:25 am
Is it legal to create a WordPress BuddyPress website using plugins like “BP Activity Share”and “Activity reactions For Buddypress”? As these plugins create share and reaction functionality just like Facebook.
Venutius · November 14, 2016 at 9:53 pm
Thanks, I’ve updated the review, keep up the great work!
jenod · January 5, 2017 at 1:50 am
Venutius have you noticed that?
Venutius · January 11, 2017 at 6:10 pm
I’ve not had a chance to look at that so far, your best bet is to raise it with the plugins support forum.
jenod · December 29, 2016 at 1:32 am
This is a great plugin but her is a an issue that when someone shares an activity which has some mentions, all the mentioned users in that activity get a notification that they are mentioned.
This needs to be get fixed.
Keith Pennington · July 9, 2017 at 3:39 pm
Hello,
Great plugin! I am using rtmedia right now which works great with bp activity share. But I have other issues with rtmedia and would like to switch to mediapress. However, bp activity share doesn’t seem to support mediapress. Any plans to integrate mediapress with bp activity share?
Venutius · July 12, 2017 at 4:54 pm
I’m not the plugin developer I’m afraid, you’d need to ask BuddyDev.