BuddyPress was designed in 2008 by Andy Peatling while he was working on adding networking functionalities to the famous WordPress blog engine. The first official version (v1), released in May 2009, has enjoyed increasing use ever since.
BuddyPress is delivered standard with a number of functionalities which are very easy to activate, such as activities feeds, profiles, groups, friends management, messaging, blogs, forums, etc. BuddyPress enjoys an active community. A roadmap is available on the community website. The latest version has an enhanced admin interface, namely introducing drag and drop functions, and now offers mobile compatibility with responsive design.
BuddyPress is published under the GNU GPL v2.
BuddyPress has the special feature of being built on the WordPress tool. It therefore has a similar architecture, using PHP, Apache and MySQL.
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