What you can build with Reign and the free plugins
What you can build with Reign and the free plugins
Section titled “What you can build with Reign and the free plugins”Every Wbcom plugin has a free edition, and you install all of them from Reign Settings > Extend in one click, with no licence. Together with Reign they are enough to run a complete site: a community, a learning platform, a directory and more. You do not have to buy anything else to launch.
Every site also gets Wbcom Essential, which is part of Reign: 30+ blocks and 40+ Elementor widgets for building your pages.
Every screen in these docs was checked with the free editions installed from Extend. Pro editions are optional upgrades for when you need their extra tools; each section below names what Pro adds, in the plugin’s own words.
A social community
Section titled “A social community”Free plugins: BuddyNext, plus MediaVerse, Jetonomy and WB Gamification if you want them.
What members get, free:
- BuddyNext: an activity feed with a rich composer, reactions, comments, hashtags, polls, shares and bookmarks; spaces (groups) with roles; member profiles and a searchable directory; connections and follows; notifications and branded emails; onboarding, invites and social login; optional two-factor login; and a moderation queue for reports.
- MediaVerse: photo and video uploads, albums and collections, reactions, comments and favourites, privacy levels per item, an explore feed, and direct messages with text, media and voice. BuddyNext’s messages run on it.
- Jetonomy: forum, Q&A, ideas and social discussion spaces, with open, request-to-join or invite-only spaces, threaded replies, mentions, embeds and code highlighting.
- WB Gamification: points, 30 ready-made badges, levels, leaderboards, challenges, streaks and peer kudos. Every feature ships free.
Reign adds messages, notifications and the profile menu to your header, sends Login and Register to your community screens, and lets one search box find members, spaces, posts and discussions.
How to wire it: a member community.
A learning platform
Section titled “A learning platform”Free plugins: Learnomy, plus BuddyNext for a learner community and WB Gamification for points and badges.
What you get with free Learnomy:
- Unlimited courses, sections, lessons and topics.
- Quizzes with six question types, graded, practice and survey modes, and two quiz layouts.
- Certificates.
- Built-in checkout with Stripe and PayPal, so you can sell courses without another plugin.
- Membership plans: unlimited paid plans plus up to three free plans, monthly or yearly billing and free trials.
- Instructor revenue sharing with commission tracking.
- Student and instructor registration pages.
Pro adds more quiz layouts and other advanced tools. Keep Learnomy as your only learning plugin.
How to wire it: an online academy.
A directory website
Section titled “A directory website”Free plugin: Listora.
What you get with free Listora:
- Your own listing types (businesses, restaurants, hotels, property and more) with custom fields.
- Search by keyword, filters and distance, and a map with “search this area”.
- Maps with OpenStreetMap, no API key needed.
- A step-by-step form for members to submit listings from the front end.
- Reviews and ratings, with helpful votes and owner replies.
- Business claims with approval and ownership transfer.
- A front-end dashboard for each member’s listings, reviews and claims.
- Import and export, and search-engine markup for every listing.
Pro adds Google Maps.
How to wire it: a directory or listings site.
An events community
Section titled “An events community”Free plugin: Eventonomy, usually with BuddyNext.
What you get with free Eventonomy:
- Members create and manage events from the front end, with a My Events dashboard.
- RSVPs with capacity, waitlists and extra guests, including RSVP by email with no account.
- Free tickets, and an optional suggested-donation pledge.
- Calendar, list and single-event blocks, and “Add to calendar” feeds.
Pro adds paid tickets and donations through Stripe, PayPal or WooCommerce.
How to wire it: an events community.
A job board
Section titled “A job board”Free plugin: WP Career Board.
What you get, free: job listings with search and filters, employer and candidate dashboards, company profiles, applications (candidates can apply without an account) and applicant tracking.
Pro adds a drag-and-drop hiring pipeline, résumé builder, paid job-posting credits, job alerts, job feeds and maps.
How to wire it: a job board.
A services marketplace
Section titled “A services marketplace”Free plugin: WP Sell Services.
What you get, free:
- A step-by-step form for vendors to create services, with Basic, Standard and Premium packages, extras, a gallery of up to four images, videos and FAQs.
- Its own checkout with Stripe, PayPal and offline payment, no shop plugin needed.
- A full order workflow: requirements, delivery, revisions, deadline extensions and messaging on each order.
- Commission tracking and vendor withdrawal requests.
Pro adds Razorpay and checkout through WooCommerce.
How to wire it: a services marketplace.
Combine them
Section titled “Combine them”The plugins are built to work together, and Reign makes them look like one site. Common combinations:
| You are building | Free plugins |
|---|---|
| A community with courses | BuddyNext, MediaVerse, Learnomy, WB Gamification |
| A community with events | BuddyNext, MediaVerse, Eventonomy |
| A support or product community | BuddyNext, Jetonomy |
| A local directory with events | Listora, Eventonomy |
| A freelance community | BuddyNext, MediaVerse, WP Sell Services, WP Career Board |
Try before you build
Section titled “Try before you build”Every plugin has a live demo, and most can fill your own site with demo content from their setup wizard. Links for each are on Wbcom plugins.