Custom Profile Filters for BuddyPress
Allows users to take control of the way that the links in their Buddypress profiles are handled.
5(2 reviews)
·10 active installs·Updated 12 years agoAs of April 2026, Custom Profile Filters for BuddyPress is a WordPress bbcode plugin with 10 active installations and a 5/5 rating from 2 reviews. It has been downloaded 3.7K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 2.5+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2013. Last updated 12 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Top alternative: Inline Spoilers.
5/52 reviews
10active installs
3.7K+total downloads
13 yearssince 2013
Overview
Out of the box, BuddyPress automatically turns some words and phrases in the fields of a user’s profile into links that, when clicked, search the user’s community for other profiles containing those phrases. It also removes any attempts at formatting with new lines.
When activated, this plugin allows users to have more control over these links, in the following ways:
- Auto generated links are completely disabled.
- By using curly brackets in a profile field, users can specify which words or phrases in their profile turn into links. For example: under Interests, I might list “Cartoons about dogs”. Without this plugin, Buddypress will turn the entire phrase into a link that searches the community for others who like ‘cartoons about cats’. If I instead type…
Ratings & Reviews
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Compatibility
| WordPress | 2.5+ requiredTested up to 3.5.2 |
| PHP | false+ required |
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Frequently Asked Questions
Changelog
1.1
- Mainly corrected errors in the readme.txt
Contributors
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