This plugin has been removed from the repository. However, I think it’s useful, as it can allow us to have discord-like @here functionality to draw attention to a post for example. So at some point I’m going to fork it and upload it to wordpress.org. Comment if you think this is a good idea.
Version Tested: V 1.0.3
The BuddyPress @Mentions is it’s system for sending site members a public message, similar to writing on a users wall in Facebook since the mention will turn up in that users activity stream. @Mentions is normally a one to one thing, if you want to have more than one person in your mention then you must include @member1, @member2 etc. In your activity update.
Crowdmentions attempts to change that behaviour by adding the ability to send mentions to groups of members; tn includes the keywords of @friends, @group, @moderators and @administrators.
@friends will mention all of your friends in one activity update. When in a group @group, @moderators and @administrators will mention all group members, just the administrators and just the administrators respectively.
Crowdmentions provides some useful additional features to a BuddyPress install however I can’t help thinking that it needs to do more. For example I feel that it should have the option of including a notice of what Crowdmentions does to the user base, otherwise the membership will remain unaware that the feature exists. I’m not entirely sure how this could be enabled but I think that this need to inform the membership is an important one. Also I think that adding the ability for a member to create their own @mention user groups would also be a great boon – whereby you allow a user to create a subset of their friends to send a group @mention to.
I give Crowdmentions 7 out of 10, it works fine but I feel needs something more in order for it to be an important addition to a BuddyPress Site.
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.
2 Comments
Jesus
· October 1, 2020 at 6:02 pm
Hey, on 2020, is there any alternative to Crowdmentions? Seems like the plugins hasn’t been maintained for a long time.
Venutius
· January 19, 2021 at 2:59 pm
PRetty sure it still works, it’s quite a simple plugin
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.
2 Comments
Jesus · October 1, 2020 at 6:02 pm
Hey, on 2020, is there any alternative to Crowdmentions? Seems like the plugins hasn’t been maintained for a long time.
Venutius · January 19, 2021 at 2:59 pm
PRetty sure it still works, it’s quite a simple plugin