Kudos Settings
Go to WB Gamification > Kudos in your admin sidebar.
Kudos is a peer-recognition system. Members send kudos to each other to say “great work.” Both the giver and the receiver can earn points, which encourages participation on both sides.
Fields
Section titled “Fields”Kudos per day that earn points
Section titled “Kudos per day that earn points”Default: 5
How many kudos a member can send each day that award points to both people. Members can keep sending kudos after that - they are still delivered - they just earn no points. A repeat to the same member within an hour also earns no points.
Members are never told they hit a limit. If members are trading kudos to farm points, lower this value; if you want kudos to be worth more of a member’s day, raise it.
Recommended values by community size:
| Community size | Suggested limit |
|---|---|
| Small (< 100 members) | 3–5 |
| Medium (100–1,000) | 5–10 |
| Large (1,000+) | 10–20 |
Points per kudos received
Section titled “Points per kudos received”Default: 5
The number of points the recipient earns each time they receive a kudos. This rewards members for creating content and behavior that others appreciate.
Set to 0 if you want kudos to be symbolic recognition without point value.
Points per kudos given
Section titled “Points per kudos given”Default: 2
The number of points the sender earns each time they give kudos to another member. Keeping this lower than the receiver value ensures that the primary reward goes to the person being recognized, not the person clicking the button.
Set to 0 if you only want the receiver to benefit.
Saving
Section titled “Saving”Click Save Changes after adjusting any value. Changes apply to all future kudos immediately. Existing kudos in the log are not retroactively recalculated.
- The daily points limit and the point values work independently. You can have a high limit with low point values (social and lightweight) or a low limit with high point values (rare and meaningful).
- A spam ceiling of 50 kudos a day (points or not) hides the kudos form for the rest of the day. It is a developer filter,
wb_gam_kudos_daily_ceiling, not a setting, because no ordinary member reaches it. - The Kudos feed block (
[wb_gam_kudos_feed]shortcode) displays recent kudos activity on the frontend. - If BuddyPress is active, kudos events also appear in the BuddyPress activity stream.