Varun Dubey, Author at BP Custom Dev

How to Start a Paid Online Community for Your Coaching Business in 2026

You got into coaching because you wanted to help people transform their lives. What you probably did not expect is that one-on-one client work … Read more

Varun Dubey · May 9, 2026 · 13 min read

Comparison

Best Community Platforms for Churches and Non-Profits in 2026 (Free and Paid)

Churches and non-profits have a problem most software vendors don’t talk about honestly. The tools built for businesses don’t fit their structure. A mid-size … Read more

May 9, 2026 · 13 min read

Diagram showing four private group chat options for online course students: Discord, Circle, BuddyPress, and Slack with setup icons

BuddyPress Tutorials

How to Build a Private Group Chat for Your Online Course Students (2026 Guide)

Students drop out of online courses when they feel isolated. A private group chat flips that dynamic: it turns a solo learning experience into … Read more

May 9, 2026 · 13 min read

Private members-only community platform options without Facebook or Discord in 2026

Comparison

How to Run a Private Members-Only Community Without Using Facebook or Discord in 2026

You want a private, members-only community, and you don’t want to build it on Facebook Groups or Discord. That’s a good call. Both platforms … Read more

May 9, 2026 · 13 min read

Comparison

Best Forum Software in 2026: Discourse, bbPress, Flarum, NodeBB, and BuddyPress Forums Compared

If you’re picking forum software in 2026, you’re choosing more than a comment thread. You’re choosing a tech stack, a maintenance burden, a hosting … Read more

May 9, 2026 · 13 min read

Community vs Audience vs Network: 2026 framework diagram showing value flow directions for each model

Member Engagement

Community vs Audience vs Network: The 2026 Framework for Building All Three

You have a newsletter with 12,000 subscribers. You have a Slack group with 400 members. You have a LinkedIn network of 8,000 connections. Are … Read more

May 9, 2026 · 13 min read

Migration playbook showing move from Facebook Group to self-hosted community website with platform comparison icons for BuddyPress, Circle, Mighty Networks, and Skool

Member Engagement

How to Move Your Facebook Group to a Private Website You Actually Own in 2026

Your Facebook Group reach is dying. You post something and 3% of your members see it. You built an audience of 10,000 people and … Read more

May 8, 2026 · 13 min read

Step-by-step guide to charging members a monthly fee for your online community

Comparison

How to Charge Members a Monthly Fee to Access Your Online Community (Step by Step)

You built the community. People are showing up, asking questions, sharing wins, helping each other. Now you want to charge for it. Good. A … Read more

May 8, 2026 · 13 min read

Alternatives

6 Encrypted Discord Alternatives That Actually Protect Your Community in 2026

When your community handles sensitive conversations, Discord’s default settings are not your friend. It logs metadata, stores message history on US servers, and has … Read more

May 8, 2026 · 13 min read

AI community moderation workflow diagram showing tiered AI triage, human review, and appeal layers with Claude and ChatGPT icons

Comparison

Using Claude and ChatGPT to Moderate Communities: Where AI Helps and Where It Fails

Community managers are experimenting with Claude and ChatGPT to handle moderation workloads that used to eat half their day. Some of it works well. … Read more

May 8, 2026 · 13 min read

Comparison

Community Notification Systems Compared: In-App, Email, Push, Webhooks (Build or Buy in 2026)

Every community loses members the same way: they miss something that mattered, stop checking in, and drift. The root cause is almost always the … Read more

May 8, 2026 · 13 min read

BuddyPress

WordPress BuddyPress Alternatives in 2026: When to Switch and What to Switch To

BuddyPress still runs on tens of thousands of sites. It is free, deeply integrated with WordPress, and gives you full ownership of your community … Read more

May 8, 2026 · 13 min read

Author: Varun Dubey

How to Start a Paid Online Community for Your Coaching Business in 2026

Best Community Platforms for Churches and Non-Profits in 2026 (Free and Paid)

How to Build a Private Group Chat for Your Online Course Students (2026 Guide)

How to Run a Private Members-Only Community Without Using Facebook or Discord in 2026

Best Forum Software in 2026: Discourse, bbPress, Flarum, NodeBB, and BuddyPress Forums Compared

Community vs Audience vs Network: The 2026 Framework for Building All Three

How to Move Your Facebook Group to a Private Website You Actually Own in 2026

How to Charge Members a Monthly Fee to Access Your Online Community (Step by Step)

6 Encrypted Discord Alternatives That Actually Protect Your Community in 2026

Using Claude and ChatGPT to Moderate Communities: Where AI Helps and Where It Fails

Community Notification Systems Compared: In-App, Email, Push, Webhooks (Build or Buy in 2026)

WordPress BuddyPress Alternatives in 2026: When to Switch and What to Switch To