How To Bump Recent Activities On BuddyPress Website?
Do you want to bump recent activities on your BuddyPress powered community website? By default, BuddyPress does not surface the latest activity happening on your community, so in this article we will show you how to bump an activity item to the top whenever anyone likes or comments on it.
Benefits Of Showing Recent Activities On BuddyPress
Imagine logging into a social network and not being able to see the latest comments and likes on an activity. It would feel old and static rather quickly.
Burying activity that members have just liked or commented on doesn’t just look stale, it quietly hurts the interactivity and retention rate of your social network.
Here are a few reasons why showing recent activity at the top of your newsfeed is worth the effort:
1. Displaying recent likes and comments at the top of the feed improves interactivity among your site members.
2. Members don’t have to scroll for long to find the latest or most popular activity on your site.
3. It accelerates engagement. If someone likes an activity and it jumps to the top, that visibility encourages other members to comment and like it too.
4. Recent activity at the top is also hard to miss, which works in your community’s favor.
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Bump Recent Activities On BuddyPress Websites
To bump recent activities on your community website, install the BuddyPress Activity Bump plugin. It’s a free BuddyPress add-on that bumps an activity item whenever anyone likes or comments on it, so the most recent activity always shows first.
You can follow the setup steps here: How to install Activity Bump plugin.
Once you’ve installed and activated the plugin on your BuddyPress website, it starts working right away.
When a member comments on an existing activity or marks it as a favorite, that activity moves to the top of the newsfeed. Here it is in action:
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