Plugin Review – BP Profile Search

Plugin Review – BP Profile Search

https://wordpress.org/plugins/bp-profile-search/

Version Tested: V 4.8.2

BP Profile Search is a plugin that can integrate an advanced profile search feature into your Members Directory page that searches through all or selected profile fields.

After installing and activating the plugin you will need to go to Dashboard>>Users>>Profile Search to set up your search form by clicking on Add New.

Once you have created the new form you will need to add the fields that you wish to search, this will create your search form as it will be displayed on the Members page. There is a handy option to have one input field that searches all of the BuddyPress Extended Profile fields.

Once you have set up the form there are some other settings for the search that you will need to attend to.  You will need to choose if you want to add this page to the Directory (Members Directory).

You might also wish to choose if you want the user to be able to toggle (display) the input form or just display it by default. This is useful when you have a large number of input fields in your search and you wish to hide those fields from cluttering up the members directory until they are needed. There is also the option of the kind of search that is performed – exact match or close match.

Once this new form is saved then it will be displayed at the top of the Members Directory and your members will be able to search all or selected profile fields when they are performing a member search.

An additional feature of the plugin is the shortcode which means you can display the search form on any page or post. Support is also included for member type fields.

Using this plugin I realise that the user needs to know the exact name of the individual they are searching for – the plugin does not include a wildcard or partial search, which I think limits it’s usefulness, after all, if you knew the exact name of the person you are looking for, would you need an advanced search function? The search function does allow you to search for “is like” in the options but it seems this function is pretty limited.

Overall I found this plugin to be reasonably straightforward. It’s a tad over-complicated due to the range of settings each form presents. I give this plugin 9 out of 10 due to the ease that it integrates itself into the members page.

My Star Rating

Other Peoples Reviews

ironlion37

Couldn't Ask for More

If all developers were this capable and supportive, the world would simply work better. Thank you!

January 12, 2023

jaroslawistok

Very kindly support

I was really impressed with this kindly support. I even gut a code to solve a problem with other plugin 🙂 I recommend using this very good plugin!

October 30, 2022

irishblake

Brilliant Plugin and Stellar support!

A brilliant tool for anyone with BuddyPress memberships. perfect Stuff!

May 19, 2022

Diabolo (cebuss)

Excellent plugin

Have just started playing with it but so far it's looking easy to implement and even more important the author appears to be extremely active and helpful in the support forum, kudos to the author for offering the plugin to the public in the first place and for the excellent support.

December 19, 2021

palztogo

Excellent plugin and support

I highly recommend this plugin. It was just what I needed for my project. It allows me to include whatever search I want to do in the members profile directory. The support Andrea provides is excellent, the best support I ever received. Andrea is always attending to every question and problem I have [...]and always finds the best solution. Excellent plugin with great support!!! Read more »

November 25, 2021

jamie108

Works perfectly; Amazing Support from Plugin Author

Works excellently, exactly as it says. This plugin was the perfect solution for me for my BuddyBoss site. I was trying to have a member profile search that allowed search for members by age range. The default BuddyBoss search only allows for age search by using date of birth range, which I found to [...]be cumbersome and unintuitive. I combined BP Profile Search with BP Distance Search and BuddyPress Xprofile Custom Field Types to give a much better member search form. In addition Andrea, the plugin author, is super helpful and quick with replying to questions and issues in the support thread. If you are looking for a better member search than the default BuddyBoss option, then I highly recommend this. Read more »

August 9, 2021

dfgergrfdegfdg fdgdfgdfgdfgfd (wpress2021)

Great Support - Many Features

Great support and developer is very helpful. Easy customization with PHP code and CSS. Fully works with all my plugins including Buddyboss platform and theme. Does more than I expected and covers everything I need!

February 5, 2021

seventyone

Highly Intuitive Plugin, 10 STAR Support

Easy to use and highly extensible. Support is insanely good. Highly recommend for anyone in need of this type of functionality.

February 1, 2021

alexbosch

Very useful plugin to improve Buddypress functionalities and amazing support!

Andrea has created very useful plugins and he offers one of the best free user support that I ever met.

January 23, 2021

HDcms

Excellent plugin, great support!

Thanks

December 21, 2020