BuddyPress Automatic Friends

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1. ★★★★★ marbs

   4.5y ago

   I have an advanced BP social media site and this plugin is a keeper. Thank you!

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2. ★★★★★ stasonkiev

   6.2y ago

   Hello thanks for the plugin, it is really useful. With the recent updates your plugin started to call error, can you please fix it?: get_user_meta( $user_id, 'last_activity' ) was called incorrectly. User last_activity data is no longer stored in usermeta. Use bp_get_user_last_activity() instead. Please see Debugging in WordPress for more information. (This message was added in version 2.0.0.)

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3. ★★★★★ Anonymous User 7343156

   11.3y ago

   This plugin has several problems: When you remove a user from having automatic friends, all their friend connections will disappear, even those which have not been generated by the plugin. That means that the friend count will go to zero. Also, this plugin allows ANY user to have automatic friends, even subscribers. That promotes SPAM. The developer does not revise the support forum, and his few responses are usually unhelpful.

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4. ★★★★★ bowoolley

   12.7y ago

   The plugin works perfectly. I do have a feature request for an upcoming update: allowing users to become automatic friends within selected Buddypress groups. It would help a TON with controlling privacy issues. Thanks!

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5. ★★★★★ Blogurp

   13.7y ago

   Works with BuddyPress Multisite

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Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.4.8 · WP 5.8.3

Translated into 137 languages, 4 at 90% or more

Plus 113 more locales with partial translations.

Growth timeline

Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow

1. 2026-01-19 300+ → 200+ down after 161 days in tier
2. 2025-08-11 200+ → 300+ up after 24 days in tier
3. 2025-07-18 300+ → 200+ down after 10 days in tier
4. 2025-07-08 200+ → 300+ up after 4 days in tier
5. 2025-07-04 300+ → 200+ down after 2 days in tier
6. 2025-07-02 200+ → 300+ up after 2 days in tier
7. 2025-06-30 300+ → 200+ down after 1 days in tier
8. 2025-06-29 200+ → 300+ up after 1 days in tier

Competes with

The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach, closest match first. The letter on the right is each plugin's health grade (A best, F worst).

• Registration Options for BuddyPress 1K+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags D
• I Invite Anyone 1K+ installs · 4.2★ · 2 shared tags C
• WP Updates Settings 900+ installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags D
• Loginizer 1M+ installs · 4.8★ · 1 shared tag A
• Redux Framework 900K+ installs · 4.4★ · 1 shared tag A
• Admin Menu Editor 300K+ installs · 4.6★ · 1 shared tag A

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BuddyPress Automatic Friends: 200+ active installs, 4.2★ (5 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-08-31. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/bp-automatic-friends