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Introducing BuddyPress Limit Friendship Request Plugin: Rate limit the friendship requests on your Social Network

Today, As promised earlier, I am releasing the BuddyPress Limit Friendship Request plugin. The plugin allows you to throttle the friendship requests sent by a user on your BuddyPress based Social Network.

As a Site Administrator, you can set the time interval and the maximum no. of requests a user can send. In simple terms, the plugin allows you to rate limit the no. of friendship requests a user can send during a particular time interval.

The aim of BuddyPress Limit Friendship Request Plugin is to demotivate the spammers from sending a lot of friendship requests quickly.

Here is an example, how it works:-

  • Let us assume the admin set the criteria as 10 requests per 20 minutes
  • Assume User A adds friend 1 at 10: 11 AM
  • Now, let us say the user A adds more friends and reaches the limit of 10 requests by 10:18 AM
  • Once the limit is reached, user A won't will be able to add another friend till 10:32 AM(Since the 1st one was added at 10:11 AM, the plugin checks for the no. of requests in last 20 minutes )

I hope that clarifies the use case.

Screenshots:-

Settings Page:-

Message on Directory page:-

On Profile Pages:-

When using with Extended Friendship Request plugin:-

Download & Installation:-

https://buddydev.com/plugins/bp-limit-friendship-request/

Please do share your thoughts and suggestions in the comment. I am looking forward to them.

PS: Will be releasing the Private Message Rate limit plugin tomorrow.

PPS: The HiBuddy theme is delayed for 2 more days, so please bear with us for now.

6 Responses to Introducing BuddyPress Limit Friendship Request Plugin: Rate limit the friendship requests on your Social Network

  • @sbrajesh
    You are simply incredible! Excellent job, and again thank you for your hard work! 🙂

  • @sbrajesh
    Any news on the private message rate limit plugin? This will be truly awesome when it is released. Thanks! 🙂

    • Hi Ben,
      I am sorry for the delayed reply. I thought that non one is interested in the message limit plugin.
      Since you have asked for it, I will put in in next 2 days.
      Thanks
      Brajesh

  • @sbrajesh
    Actually I think a lot of people would find this very useful but they just don't voice it. It will be an awesome addition. Thanks again!

    • Thanks Ben,
      I am putting it for sure in next couple of days 🙂