How to move an old phpBB forum to WordPress: what the bbPress converter carries over, where Jetonomy and BuddyNext fit, passwords, redirects and a test checklist.
Varun Dubey··15 min read
The BuddyPress plugin page says tested up to WordPress 7.0.7 while 7.1.3 is current and 7.2 Beta 1 is out. What that label does and does not tell you, what we found reading the code, and a staging plan to check your own community.
The 21 October PHP security release means every bbPress forum needs a patched PHP build. Who does what, the order to upgrade in, a staging test list for topics, replies, subscriptions, search and attachments, and what to do about old add-ons.
A one-hour script to evaluate any community platform during a trial: member journey, moderation, data export, speed, phone and keyboard, and the owner's day two. Run for real on BuddyNext with 1,012 members.
Membership website development for owners commissioning a members-only community: the one-page scope, the build order that avoids rework, and the eight decisions that cost most to change later.
How to let members run their own events inside your community: RSVPs, waitlists, approval, paid tickets, what ticketing platform fees cost and when to move events to your own site.
A plain-English guide to moving a BuddyPress or BuddyBoss community to BuddyNext with the BuddyNext Importer: what comes across, what does not, how to rehearse, and what your theme and hosting need.
The build is the smallest part of five years. Compare renting, configuring and custom builds fairly by counting the same six cost drivers, without a price.
What Circle, Skool, Discord and Mighty Networks say they keep about your members, what you cannot take with you, and a one-hour audit.
What Circle, Skool, Mighty Networks and Discord let you export, what their APIs expose, what neither gives you, and how to bring your members and content home to a community you own.
WC Vendors Pro 2.0.9 added BuddyBoss support for vendor profiles, activity, messaging, groups and forums. Why marketplace and community are merging, what a combined WordPress site needs, and which options fit, with Free and Pro called out.
BuddyPress hosting is about logged-in concurrency, not page views. What BuddyNext and BuddyPress communities need from a server: PHP workers, Redis, real cron, email, media offload and a sizing table.
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