BuddyPress and BuddyBoss Setup – Wbcom Designs Docs

WB Member Blog integrates seamlessly with BuddyPress and BuddyBoss Platform. This guide covers platform-specific setup and features.

What You’ll Learn

WB Member Blog automatically detects when BuddyPress or BuddyBoss Platform is active. No manual configuration is needed for basic integration.

Check your detected platform at Member Blog → Overview.

With BuddyPress/BuddyBoss active, a Blog tab automatically appears in member profiles:

Profile | Activity | Friends | Blog | Settings

On their own profile:

On other members’ profiles:

To change “Blog” to something else, add this to your theme’s functions.php:

add_filter( 'bp_member_change_blog_label', function() {
    return 'My Articles';
});

To change the URL from /blog/ to something else:

add_filter( 'bp_member_change_blog_slug', function() {
    return 'articles';
});

Changes /members/username/blog/ to /members/username/articles/

When enabled, new blog posts create activity entries:

Activity entries show:

If you use BuddyPress or BuddyBoss member types, you can restrict blogging to specific types:

How it works:

WB Member Blog is fully compatible with BuddyBoss Theme. Styling automatically adapts to match your theme’s design.

WB Member Blog Pro includes optimized notifications for the BuddyBoss App, with shorter text suitable for mobile push notifications.