BuddyPress features

BuddyPress is a social network in a single plugin. BuddyPress's features will instantly transform your standard WordPress site into a wonderful social network that, on a feature-to-feature comparison, will compete with other networks like Ning.com, Facebook, and even Twitter. The following items pinpoint some of the great features that your blog will now possess. Additionally, you can visit http://buddypress.org/demo/ to see all of the features live.

Smooth member signup

One of BuddyPress's features that make it killer is the super simple account creation process. No longer are users presented with the default WordPress Registration page. Instead, they see a nicely designed and simple form for picking a username, supplying their e-mail, and a password.

Twitter-like posting

Each user of your BuddyPress community will be able to post short messages to their profile page or to any group they are a member of. Unlike Twitter, there is no 140 character text limit on the...