How to Add Social Networking Functionality to your WordPress Site?

[Zevin]

Yes, you heard this right, you can add social networking functionality on your wordpress site. You can either add social networking functionality on a subdomain or use the social networking functionality on the main site i.e. use social networking site on wordpress. For this purpose, you need two things, a plugin that adds social networking functionality on your wordpress site, two a theme that has social networking functionality. The social networking site with wordpress allows you to post status, images, videos, make friends, create groups, send private messages, chat, (you need another plugin), etc.

The plugin that will change your normal wordpress site to social networking site is called BuddyPress. The plugin has 200,000 installs and 337 ratings of which 233 are 5 start ratings. The plugin is free to use.

In order to use ByddyPress on your wordpress site, you will have to use a theme that is compatible to BuddyPress plugin. You can find a lot of free BuddyPress compatible themes on wordpress repository. But I suggest using premium them which can be bought for just about $60.

 

[Kane]

I have created a social networking site with wordpress using BuddyPress plugin, however, the social networking site with wordpres and buddy press looks very primitive. I bet you are not going t like the end result.

 

[Justin]

So, you can easily create a social networking site with wordpress but the social networking site created on wordpress is not very appealing. If that's the case why are the developers not working to refine the social networking functionality in wordpress.

 

[Setho]

That is one thing which I like so much about WordPress. The ability to add such features without having to spend years trying veto build them from the scratch

 

[Senator]

These plugins and themes are very important tools that are used in adding social networking functionality in WordPress. It is very necessary to add these networking functionality in other to connect to your clients

 

[FreshKaz11]

Yes, you heard this right, you can add social networking functionality on your wordpress site. You can either add social networking functionality on a subdomain or use the social networking functionality on the main site i.e. use social networking site on wordpress. For this purpose, you need two things, a plugin that adds social networking functionality on your wordpress site, two a theme that has social networking functionality. The social networking site with wordpress allows you to post status, images, videos, make friends, create groups, send private messages, chat, (you need another plugin), etc.

The plugin that will change your normal wordpress site to social networking site is called BuddyPress. The plugin has 200,000 installs and 337 ratings of which 233 are 5 start ratings. The plugin is free to use.

In order to use ByddyPress on your wordpress site, you will have to use a theme that is compatible to BuddyPress plugin. You can find a lot of free BuddyPress compatible themes on wordpress repository. But I suggest using premium them which can be bought for just about $60.

This is for educational purposes I guess,but am glad they could bring this in here for we all to learn and know what to do when we have our own site and what to do with WordPress and so on.

 

[Ralphjoe]

I never knew that I can hide my social network to to my WordPress website and now that you are enumerated all these procedures I will definitely have my social media tools to my WordPress website.

 

[cowantussie]

Step 1: Install WordPress Theme.
Step 2: Install the BuddyPress Plugin.
Step 3: Configure the BuddyPress Plugin.
Step 4: Using BuddyPress with the Theme.
Step 5: Create a Menu for the Nav Bar.
Step 6: Enable User Registrations on Website.
Step 7: Setting up the Front Page.

 

[Kane]

Maybe the developer should try to further develop this plugin. The social networking site created with this plugin makes it unapealling, the site has a terrible design.

 

[Justin]

If you say the site has terrible design, I believe you. But I would like to know if there are social sites build on wordress that are in use. I mean who uses wordpress for a social site?

 

[Kane]

I was once on few social sites that were built on wordpress but I do not know whether these sites still exist or not. You can try checking blogjob and elite social network.

 

[Senator]

Social networking functionalities in your WordPress comes as plugins that are added to your WordPress and linked your social media platforms. They are very handy

 

[Kane]

You got this wrong. Adding social networking functionality on your wordpress website means creating a social networking site with wordpress. There is no necessity to linking to social media platforms.

 

[delnovem]

1. Log in to your WordPress Dashboard.
2. Click Plugins, then click the Add New button.
3. Type “social media widget” in the Search Plugins box, then hit the Enter key to search.
4. You will then see the Social Media Widget listed, click

 

[Nurudeen]

Adding social media platform on your WordPress website isn't hard at all. Just login to your dashboard and go to plugin, the plugin works like apps on smartphone, input social media widget and install it