A New Home for PhiloPress Plugins: Continuing Shane’s Legacy at BuddyDev
We have some very special news to share with the BuddyPress and BuddyBoss community today.
As many of you know, PhiloPress, the brainchild of Shane, has been a staple in our ecosystem, providing high-quality, thoughtful solutions for community builders. Recently, Shane decided to wind down PhiloPress operations. In an incredibly gracious gesture, he has entrusted the future of his plugins, his WordPress.org repositories, and his entire plugin catalogue to us here at BuddyDev.
We are deeply honored by this trust. Shane did not ask for anything in return; his primary concern was ensuring that the community he helped build continues to have access to supported, up-to-date tools.
What this means for you:
- Continued Support: We will be maintaining and updating all PhiloPress plugins to ensure compatibility with the latest versions of BuddyPress and BuddyBoss.
- WordPress.org Presence: We will take over management of the PhiloPress plugins on the WP.org repo to ensure they remain free and functional for everyone.
- Availability: We will begin rolling out these plugins on BuddyDev starting next week.
On behalf of the entire BuddyDev team and the wider community, we want to say a massive thank you to Shane. We wish him nothing but the absolute best in his future endeavors, and we promise to carry the PhiloPress legacy forward with the care it deserves.