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BuddyPress Friendship Restrictions
BuddyPress Friendship Restrictions adds administrative controls for BuddyPress friendships. Site owners can regulate who sends requests, who may receive them, how quickly requests can be sent, and how many friends users may have. Advanced rules can be configured by WordPress role or BuddyPress member type.
PluginNest file-validatedRecently addedUpdated Feb 11, 2025
Overview
This plugin is intended for BuddyPress communities where unrestricted connections could create moderation, spam-control, or membership-tier concerns. Its practical value comes from combining broad friendship policies with more targeted rules for roles or member types, such as allowing one class of members to connect only with selected groups. The vendor also documents an option to disable unfriending, which may suit communities that want relationships to remain persistent after approval. The product page lists BuddyPress 8.0+ compatibility, testing through BuddyPress 12.2.0, and support for BuddyBoss Platform; however, the listed release is dated February 20, 2024. Because current BuddyPress, BuddyBoss, theme, and template-pack combinations may behave differently, test request creation, acceptance, cancellation, throttling, and role/member-type precedence on staging before deploying. Confirm that the required friendship component is active and that the plugin’s restrictions do not conflict with other community, membership, or moderation extensions.
Restrict which WordPress roles can send friendship requests.
Restrict which WordPress roles may be added as friends.
Throttle friendship requests by limiting how many can be sent within a defined period.
Set a maximum number of friends a user may have.
Configure advanced friendship rules by WordPress role or BuddyPress member type.
Optionally disable unfriending so users cannot cancel an established friendship.
Extend the plugin through filters for custom behavior.
Compatibility and setup context
- Vendor lists compatibility with BuddyPress 8.0 and newer.
- Vendor lists testing through BuddyPress 12.2.0; the recorded release date is February 20, 2024, so verify behavior with newer versions.
- The product page lists support for BuddyBoss Platform, but site-specific theme and extension compatibility should be tested on staging.
- The BuddyPress friendship component must be available and active for friendship-related controls to apply.
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- The plugin restricts friendship senders and recipients by WordPress role, throttles requests, limits total friends, and supports filters.
- Advanced restrictions can be configured globally or overridden by WordPress role and BuddyPress member type; the vendor also documents disabling unfriending and role/member-type selection rules.
- The vendor lists BuddyPress 8.0+ compatibility, testing through BuddyPress 12.2.0, BuddyBoss Platform support, version 1.1.6, and a February 20, 2024 update date.
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Version 1.1.6
Product Details
Version
1.1.6
Last Updated
Feb 11, 2025
File Size
0.0 MB
License
GPL
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