# BuddyApp Plugins

Source: https://seventhqueen.com/docs/buddyapp/buddyapp-plugins/

The plugins BuddyApp works with are listed on the **Plugins** tab of the BuddyApp Panel (**Appearance > BuddyApp Panel**). Each one is marked **Required**, **Recommended** or **Premium**, with its state (**Active**, **Installed**, **Update available**, **Not installed**) and one button: **Install**, **Activate**, **Update** or **Deactivate**.

You usually do not need to start here: a [demo import](https://seventhqueen.com/docs/buddyapp/import-demo-content/) installs and activates the plugins that demo needs. Use the Plugins tab to set up a site without a demo, to add a plugin later, or to update WPBakery Page Builder, the premium plugin that comes with BuddyApp. It shows **Requires registration** until you [register BuddyApp](https://seventhqueen.com/docs/buddyapp/register-your-theme/).

Not all sites need all of these plugins: install only what your project needs.

## Required

- **BuddyApp Core**: the BuddyApp features and Elementor widgets.

## Page builders

- **Elementor**: the page builder of the BuddyApp demos.
- **WPBakery Page Builder** (premium): for sites built with it and the classic demo.

## Community

- **BuddyPress**: social network in a box: profiles, activity, groups, friends and messages.
- **bbPress**: forums.
- **rtMedia**: media galleries for BuddyPress.
- **BuddyDrive - File sharing**: file sharing between members.
- **Events Manager**: events with locations and bookings.
- **WP Polls**: polls and short surveys.

## Site and content

- **Easy Knowledge Base**: frequently asked questions for your clients or employees.
- **Restrict my Site**: restrict the whole site to logged in users and send visitors to a login page.
- **Charts and Graphs**: charts and graphs in your pages.
- **Contact Form 7**: contact forms like the one on the demo Contact page.
- **WooCommerce**: online shop (Shop demo).
- **Sidebar Generator**: create sidebars and choose them per page.
- **Envato Market - Auto Theme Updates**: theme updates from ThemeForest ([set it up](https://seventhqueen.com/docs/buddyapp/theme-updates/#update-the-theme-with-envato-market)).