The BuddyPress Friends and Follow suggestions plugin is designed to enhance your BuddyPress or BuddyBoss Platform-based community website by providing profile-matching features to your members. It offers a “People you may know” widget similar to Facebook’s friend suggestions, allowing you to create suggestions based on member profile data.
Key Features of the Plugin:
1. Profile Matching Criteria: You can enable or disable specific profile matching criteria with a single click. This gives you control over which profile fields are considered when generating friends or following suggestions.
2. Default Matching Percentage: You can set a default matching percentage for the profile matching algorithm. This percentage represents the minimum threshold for a member to be considered a suggestion.
3. Rule Sets: The plugin allows you to create one or more rule sets for matching members’ profiles. These rule sets are based on the member’s profile data, which includes various fields and information associated with their profile.
4. BuddyPress and BuddyBoss Support: The plugin is compatible with both BuddyPress and BuddyBoss Platform plugins, ensuring that you can leverage its features regardless of the platform you are using.
5. Facebook-like Widget: The plugin provides a widget that resembles Facebook’s friend/follow suggestions. This widget can be placed on your community website to display the suggested friends or follow recommendations.
6. Customization Options: You can manage the number of members listed in the widget, allowing you to control the visibility and quantity of friends or follow suggestions.
7. Direct Friend/Follow Requests: The widget allows members to send friend or follow requests directly from the widget itself, making it convenient for users to connect with suggested profiles.
8. Profile Matching Percentage: Members can see the profile matching percentage on each other’s profiles, providing transparency and information about the level of compatibility between profiles.
9. Multiple Suggestions Lists: The plugin supports multiple friends and follows suggestions lists based on BuddyPress or BuddyBoss user profile data. This means you can create different sets of suggestions based on specific criteria or preferences.
Please note that for BuddyPress, you will need to install the BuddyPress Follow plugin to enable the follow suggestions feature.
Overall, the BuddyPress Friends and Follow suggestions plugin aims to enhance the social networking experience within your community website by providing tailored friend and follow recommendations based on profile matching criteria.
