Curate Global Statuses

Navigate to WP Admin > WB Plugins > BP Status > Global Status to reach this tab.

Global statuses are pre-written status messages you define as an admin. They appear in the composer as one-click suggestions so members can post a common status without typing. The list is stored in the bpsts_global_statuses option.

Default suggestions

When bpsts_global_statuses is empty, either because you have not saved a custom list yet or because you cleared it, the plugin shows 20 built-in suggestions from buddypress_status_get_default_global_statuses():

Working from home
Feeling grateful
On a coffee break
In a meeting
Available to chat
Learning something new
Taking a break
Celebrating a win
Deep in focus mode
Brainstorming ideas
Collaborating with team
Out for lunch
Attending a workshop
Working on a deadline
Enjoying the weekend
Traveling for work
Mentoring someone
Problem solving mode
Networking event
Creative flow state

An admin notice at the top of the tab confirms when defaults are active. As soon as you save at least one custom status, your list is used instead.

Adding a status

In the Add New Global Status section, type your message in the text field and click Add Status (or press Enter). To add an emoji, click the emoji button next to the field, which opens a picker of 40 common status emojis. The new status appears in the list below but is not saved until you click Save Settings.

Managing the current list

Each saved status appears as an editable row in the Current Global Statuses section.

Reordering - drag any row by the handle on the left. Members see statuses in the order shown here.
Editing - click into any status field and type your changes, then save.
Deleting - click Delete on any row and confirm. If the list becomes empty, the plugin reverts to the 20 defaults.

Empty rows are stripped automatically when you save.

Quick status templates

The Quick Status Templates section shows the same 20 default statuses as clickable buttons. Clicking a template adds it to the current list without overwriting existing entries. If that exact text already exists, the plugin shows an alert instead of adding a duplicate.

Import and export

Export - click Export Statuses to download the current list as buddypress-global-statuses.json. The export captures whatever is in the editable rows, so save first if you have unsaved changes.
Import - click Import Statuses, choose a previously exported JSON file, and the plugin clears the current list and fills it with the imported statuses. Click Save Settings to write them to the database. Duplicate checking does not run during import.

The expected JSON format is a flat array of strings:

[
  "Working from home",
  "On a coffee break",
  "In a meeting"
]

If the file is not a valid JSON array, the plugin shows an error and leaves the current list unchanged.

Saving changes

Click Save Settings at the bottom of the tab. The full list, in the current order, is written to the bpsts_global_statuses option.

Developer note

The list shown to members is returned by buddypress_status_get_global_statuses(), which reads bpsts_global_statuses, falls back to the defaults when empty, and applies the bpsts_global_statuses filter. The default list itself is filterable with bpsts_default_global_statuses. See Hooks and Filters.