BuddyApp changelog

Version 2.1.0

10 Nov 2026

Elementor support: full width Elementor pages inside the BuddyApp layout, Elementor Pro theme locations, and BuddyApp widgets for dashboard boxes, members, groups, activity, recent topics, events and login
Live community statistics: [buddyapp_stat] shortcode and a Community Counter Elementor widget that count members, online members, groups, activity, forums, topics, events and posts
New BuddyApp Panel (Appearance > BuddyApp Panel): theme registration, plugins, Demo Data (Dashboard, Shop and Creative Elementor demos), with Theme Options and Backup as panel tabs
WPBakery Page Builder is recommended instead of required; registered sites install and update it (9.1) from our update server
Removed Wise Chat and Cleverness To-Do List support (both plugins are no longer maintained)
Styles refresh after theme updates; dashboard boxes relayout when their content changes; compact bbPress recent topics widget
Security: nonces on Theme Options save, reset, backup and restore
PHP 8.4 fixes, translations load on init (WordPress 6.7+), tested with WordPress 7.1
Updated BuddyApp Core plugin to v1.1.3

Version 2.0.0

8 Feb 2026

Updated to support latest plugins compatibilities.
Added support for PHP 8.3+

Version 1.9.2

25 Jan 2021

Updated WPBakery to 6.5.0
Fix page loader animation on Firefox

Version 1.9.1

21 Oct 2020

Updated WPBakery to 6.4.1
Updated Restrict my Site plugin

Version 1.9.0

20 Oct 2020

Add option to allow blog page and posts to be accessed by guests
PHP 7.4 compat

Version 1.8.3

24 Jul 2020

Fixed fields double description on register page
Fixed theme options switch button saved value
Fixed BuddyPress and BbPress restriction conflict

Version 1.8.2

14 May 2020

Add option to Restrict or allow bbPress pages for guest users

Version 1.8.1

7 May 2020

Updated WPBakery Builder to 6.2.0 version

Version 1.8.0

24 Apr 2020

Restrict member searches when the site is restricted for guest users
Fixed overlap Forum titles for small resolutions.

Version 1.7.9

30 Jan 2020

Forked Cleverness Todo List plugin to get rid of the PHP errors

Version 1.7.8

20 Dec 2019

Ipad flexmenu fix
Included missing bbpress.css file

Version 1.7.7

11 Nov 2019

Allow WooCommerce pages to be excluded from restrictions in Theme options
Fix JavaScript minified files missing
PHP7 notice fixes

Version 1.7.5

6 Nov 2019

Redirect improvements. Added option to replace default wp-login url with your own login page. See Appearance - Theme options - Login page
Maintenance mode - fix logo
BuddyPress Create group template updates

Version 1.7.4

4 Jun 2019

Dashboard widget admin edit fix after WPBakery 6.0 update
Updated WPBakery Builder to version 6.0.3

Version 1.7.3

1 Jun 2019

Fix WPBakery Builder shortcodes to populate in admin interface

Version 1.7.2

30 May 2019

Fix Widgets import on PHP 7.3
Fix Login shortcode generation

Version 1.7.1

30 May 2019

Fixed header icons render
Made sure that BuddyApp core plugin works when BuddyApp theme is disabled

Version 1.7

29 May 2019

Moved functionality logic like shortcodes and widgets in BuddyApp core plugin. This was done to comply with latest Themeforest requirements
Updated WPBakery Page builder to version 6.0.2
Notes: After theme update v1.7, you need to activate BuddyApp Core plugin from Appearance - Install plugins

Version 1.6

1 Nov 2018

NEW FEATURE: Added RTL(right to left) language support.
Moved Adding new sidebar feature into separate plugin. Install it only if you want to use the functionality
Note:_ Please update Seeko Search plugin to version 1.3_

Version 1.5.8

20 Sep 2018

Envato Market plugin used now for automatic theme updates
Close Side Menu on mobile when clicking outside of it
Allow metaboxes by default only on posts, pages and products. Filter added kleo_meta_boxes_on_post_type for hooking other CPT’s
Fix Facebook Login, SDK updaded to v3.0 , verified check removed.

Version 1.5.7

20 Jun 2018

Side-menu bug on Safari fixed

Version 1.5.6

25 May 2018

Side-menu bug on Safari fixed

Version 1.5.5

20 May 2018

BuddyPress 3.0 compatibility

Version 1.5.4

18 Apr 2018

PHP 7.2 compatibility
BuddyPress navigation fix
Visual composer 5.4.7 update

Version 1.5.3

12 Dec 2017

New Feature : Four Footer Widgets Columns !
Added theme support wocommerce gallery slider and lightbox
Sign in text translatable
Fix for action buttons(add friend) in member directory messed up in IE11
Max elements limit changed from 5 to 10 on header icons
Show pop-up when click on forgot password link that comes thru ajax on wrong details login
Allow anti-spam plugins rendering captcha in login pop-up.
Fix for vector icons check when overriding in child theme
Extra check fix php notice

Version 1.5.2

14 Sep 2017

Added search context for posts/post types on the Search result page
Fixed buddyPress padding on some pages that was caused by rtmedia
Added do_action(‘login_form’) on buddy app login page. Used for anti-spam plugins like captcha and google authenticator
Fixed comments spacing on mobile devices
Fix for action buttons(add friend) in member directory messed up in IE11

Version 1.5.1

16 Jun 2017

Prevented empty search in header
Fixed padding top fix on some isolated case
treat span in top right menu as bubble for notifications
Activity page Youtube videos fix.
Pagination padding fix on members page
Fixed Groups page blurry thumbs

Version 1.5

4 May 2017

Added WiseChat Pro styling and also and option to disable theme styling
Added icon selector for Menu items in admin area
Lost Password function updated with latest wordpress changes
Fixed BuddyPress pages when header is disabled
Prevent zooming and moving page on mobile browsers
Fixed displaying shortcodes in header search result
Visual Composer 5.1 updated
BuddyPress 2.8.2 compatibility
Wedevs Project Manager Pro – FrontEnd compatibilityM buddypress/js/buddypress.js

Version 1.4

18 Jan 2017

HTTPS improvements for Logo links
Fixed the included Sidebar Generator plugin that contained a user privilege escalation and reflected XSS vulnerability which allowed users of all capabilities to create or remove sidebars.
Enabled Woocommerce products sidebar replacement.
Updated Visual Composer to 5.0.1
Widget for Latest posts – posts from same day not displaying date in loop
Fixed youtube video iframe that appears in latest update on profile siderbar.
Updated Creative Home import data
Moved changelog to Seventhqueen site http://seventhqueen.com/support/buddyapp/article/changelog

Version 1.3

11 Nov 2016

NEW FEATURE: Two new demos: SHOP and Creative landing pages.
NEW FEATURE: Addded new options in Customizer: @header-height @sidemenu-padding-left @sidemenu-padding-right @logo-padding-left @logo-padding-right
NEW FEATURE: Added new Social share widget
NEW Blog Single Post Design – Beautiful Full width image design. Check it out unde Appearance – Customize – Blog
NEW FEATURE: Disable header option and leave only side-menu as your site header.
Fixed Scrollbar in the sidebar menu bug
Fixed default menu icon
Textarea focus color fix
Fixed Bug with upload and post button on activity page
Custom thumbnail height for product categories
Import data now supports Theme options
Visual composer 5 compatibility

Version 1.2.2

24 Jun 2016

Added BuddyPress 2.6 compatibility for the new Navigation API

Version 1.2.1

5 Jun 2016

Removed some debug info from the bottom-right screen

Version 1.2

5 Jun 2016

NEW FEATURE: Option to enable/disable sidemenu and leave only the top header with left logo. Option is available in Customizer – Header – Header settings and also in Page edit
NEW FEATURE: Option to set the Sidemenu narrowed by default. Option is available in Customizer – Header – Header settings
Improved mobile view for BuddyDrive and BuddyPress messages
Small menu fix when we have scrollbar hidden by default on osX.
BuddyPress Cover photo fixes
Fixed Buddydrive tables issue
Fixed a php code notification
Removed shortcodes from Visual composer showing in activity

Version 1.1.2

26 Apr 2016

WordPress 4.5 compatibility
Updated Visual composer to version 4.11.2.1

Version 1.1.1

22 Mar 2016

NEW FEATURE: Added new Shop Landing page to the import.
NEW FEATURE: Choose the header search context from Members, Groups, Knowledge base or any registered custom post type
Updated Visual Composer to 4.11
Fixed activity bug & rtmedia dropdown on media album page
Fixed a php notice when no font was set from Customizer
Login menu item now opens the Login popup
Fixed Buddypress member page title and Group title string translations
Fixed a ‘Comment %s’ BuddyPress translation problem
Fixed some BuddyPress translation strings
Updated buddyapp.pot translation file

Version 1.1

3 Mar 2016

NEW FEATURE: WOOCOMMERCE integration
NEW FEATURE: Right header menu now can be also horizontal, not just under My profile menu. See Customizer – Header – Header settings – Right menu display logic
Added extra checks for the permissions check to write dynamic css file
Improved Javascript logic
Improved header structure and logic
Fixed admin menu page error with icon color selector when some plugins weren’t installed
Fixed member profile buttons when widgets were added to the sidemenu. Also see this buddyress bug https://buddypress.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/5170
bbPress styling improvements
rtMedia styling improvements
Events Manager plugin styling improvements
Added French translation
Fix for lost password ajax call that was missing nonce security parameter that was added to the kleo_lost_password_ajax function
Added missing localization “Search” string
Fixed rtmedia Add button on mobile
Fixed WiseChat box wrap long message strings.
Updated Visual composer to 4.10

Version 1.0.4

4 Dec 2015

Fixed Register page confirm message
BuddyApp cover members directory fix
Fixed a Spanish translation string typo
Fixed the blog setting to hide post media on single article
Fixed duplicated Media entry in the profile menu in the top-right area
BuddyPress activity posting fix
WiseChat new buttons compatibility
Fixed rtMedia entry position on the top right profile menu

Version 1.0.3

27 Nov 2015

Buddypress 2.4 cover photo compatibility
Wisechat newer version compatibility
Quick JS fix for striping slashes
Other small bug fixes

Version 1.0.2

10 Nov 2015

NEW: Added Spanish translation
Fixed an isolated error when regenerating dynamic styles
Updated Visual Composer to 4.8.1 version
Added Header profile submenu max height for submenu
Group members Search input fix

Version 1.0.1

30 Oct 2015

Updated the import data for the Knowledge base page
Small compatibility for different php settings
Fixed BuddyPress members page blurry avatar