Getting Started
Free & Pro15 pages in this section.
| Page | What it covers |
|---|---|
| Start Here: Your Map to BuddyNext | BuddyNext is large on purpose. The free plugin is a complete community platform, and BuddyNext Pro adds a whole application layer on top - memberships, payments, email... |
| Introduction to BuddyNext | BuddyNext is the social layer for WordPress. It turns a standard WordPress site into a real social network your members will recognise: an activity feed, communities... |
| Installing BuddyNext | This page walks you through installing the free BuddyNext plugin, adding BuddyNext Pro with the one-click installer, and choosing the optional companion plugins that... |
| Choosing Your Theme | If you are unsure which theme to use with BuddyNext - BuddyX, BuddyX Pro, or Reign - this page settles it. The short answer: you do not have to choose carefully,... |
| Admin Setup Wizard | The Setup Wizard is the first thing BuddyNext shows you after the plugin is active, and it is the fastest way to a working community. In a few minutes it walks you... |
| Admin Overview | The BuddyNext admin hub is the single place you manage your whole community from. Instead of scattering settings across dozens of unrelated screens, BuddyNext groups... |
| Shortcodes and Placement | BuddyNext creates its community pages for you during setup, and on most sites you never have to think about placement again. But sometimes you want a community... |
| Community Insights | Community Insights is your at-a-glance view of how the community is doing, computed from your own data and shown right inside wp-admin. It answers the questions every... |
| Appearance and Branding | Appearance and Branding is where you make the community look like yours - your logo at the top of the navigation, your brand color running through buttons and links,... |
| Tools and Maintenance | Tools and Maintenance is a small health-check screen that tells you whether the behind-the-scenes parts of your community are working, and gives you a button to fix... |
| Plugin Isolation | Plugin isolation lets you choose which other plugins load on your BuddyNext community pages. On a busy feed or a large member directory, every extra plugin that loads... |
| Object Cache at Scale | Why a persistent object cache matters once your community grows, what runs slower without one, and how to tell whether your site has one. |
| Complete Feature Directory | Everything BuddyNext can do, and the page that documents it. This is the exhaustive index - use it to check what is possible, confirm a feature exists, or jump... |
| What You Can Build | BuddyNext is a toolkit, not a single fixed product - the same feed, spaces, profiles, and membership pieces combine into very different communities. This page shows... |
| Ways to Make Money | BuddyNext Pro gives you several ways to charge for a community, not just one. This page explains each model, when it fits, and how they combine, so you can choose a... |