The BuddyPress Community Builder theme is highly flexible. Here is an exhaustive list of the feature of community builder organized in multiple section.
General features:-
- Highly flexible
- Easily customizable with the live customizer
- Lightweight, small memory, and query foot print make your site fly.
- SEO Optimized:- We planned structure and outlining.
- Responsive
- Translatable
- Modern
- Includes easy to use page builder(optional)
The layout features:-
Community Builder provides two layout styles and three layouts out of the box.
- Layout Style
- Boxed
- or fluid layout style
- Global Layout
- Single Column
- Two Column Right Sidebar
- Two Column Left Sidebar
- Section Layout :– Override Layout for a specific section
- Archive page layout control
- Home page layout control
- 404-page layout control
- Search page layout control
- Single Page Layout control
- Single Post Layout control
- Header, Footer, Sidebar can be hidden per post/page.
- BuddyPress Members directory layout control
- BuddyPress User profile page layout control
- BuddyPress Groups directory layout control
- BuddyPress Group create a page layout
- BuddyPress Single Group page Layout control
- BuddyPress Blog directory layout
- BuddyPress Create blog page layout
- BuddyPress Registration/Activation page Layout control
- 10+ Site header layout
- Multiple off-canvas menu panels with complete display control.
Typography:-
- 500+ google fonts to use
- Flexible typography controls to create stunning typography.
- See the Typography panel for all the available sections/options.
Blog:-
- Complete control over article meta using our innovative use of article meta shortcode.
- Article meta controls available for single/archive page
- Multiple posts list display type. You can use a Masonry grid or standard layout
- Masonry Grid can be used on the home page, archive page, search page, etc.
- The great-looking comment section
BuddyPress:-
In this section, we list the options/features other than what we already covered in the layout section.
- Activity list display control.
- Autolodable activity(Autoloading can be enabled or disabled)
- Activities per page control.
- Flexible members list to display. Masonry, equal height grid, or horizontal layout can be used
- Members per page, members per row (if using a grid) can be controlled
- Member types support
- Member type ajax filtering in the member’s directory
- Item list Avatar Size can be changed from live customizer
- Default User avatar can be set
- Default User header background can be set(User can change them)
- Extra nav links can be enabled and easily added to members profile navigation
- Flexible Group lists display. Use Masonry, equal height, or standard list
- Groups per page, groups per row control
- Group type support
- Group types ajax filtering the group’s directory
- Default group avatar, group header background can be set
- Extra group nav links can be enabled and easily added via the WordPress menu
- Flexible Blogs display. Use masonry, equal height, standard list
- Blog per page, blogs per row control
- Directory excerpt length control
- Single Group/User display name customization (font-family, font-size, color, etc.)
- Yoast SEO compatibility for BuddyPress enabled (If WordPress SEO plugin is active)
- The registration page can show the content added by you via the page editor.
- Single Group Info page to display group info.
- Closeable notices
- Friends search Box on User->friends page
- Group search box on User->Groups
- Disabled settings->Profile Field Visibility( Users can update from edit profile page)
- Added Requested Friendship page on the User->Friends to allow viewing all the members whom the user has requested friendship but they have yet not responded.
Site Styling:-
You can style every single detail of your site using the Styling panel.
Page Builder:-
The Community Builder theme comes with Maximus Page Builder( Optional, Based on Divi Builder). Please see the Maximus documentation for all the features it provides.
Miscellaneous:-
- Theme Styles:- These are an extension of color scheme and allow you to control color, layout and all config.
- Font awesome can be loaded from bootstrap CDN or disabled completely
- Google Fonts can be disabled completely.
- Custom scripts(analytics etc.) can be added in header/footer
- Custom styles can be added
- Fully Stylable login page
Plugin Compatibility:-
The theme should be automatically compatible with most of the plugins/widgets. We do add enhancements for some major plugins to make them look good. Please check the list of compatible plugins here.