Will a BuddyPress site have issues if it’s hosted on WordPress.com?
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I am wanting to create a social media site for friends (and their friends, within limits), that is private and by member invitation only (that’s why I’m not posting the URL). I am having some trouble with the member invite – that it requires a wordpress account (although that account email and password will then admit them in conjunction with an existing invite). Would this be easier if run on a different hosting site? Most documentation assumes that, although the documentation is scattered and to various degrees outdated.
Is a single-sign-on pwd to my proposed site possible on wordpress.com? Has anyone done this?
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Thanks Michael. I think I’m going to take my time and get up to speed properly. I may decide to create a different type of page for publishing, and take the social media load to an alternate platform. There’s time to see what fits.
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The reply by Michael has been removed as it was spam. Hopefully he didn’t lure you to call him.
Buddypress is fully compatible with wordpress.com but needs a paid plan.
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Just adding that you can also disable the WordPress.com Login feature if needed — more details here: Configure your site’s login access
We generally recommend disabling this option when using a membership plugin (such as BuddyPress) that manages its own login system. When disabled, members will be able to log in with a regular username and password instead.
This guide could also come in handy, depending on your specific site requirements: Create a membership website.
Happy to chat more about your site setup so feel free to contact us directly from your account (and share more details) here: https://wordpress.com/help
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Thanks semaj – that’s excellent feedback and good links to follow up on. This will make a difference: two logins would inhibit some folks from joining.
I was considering using a node on a distributed social network flavor such as Friendica, but with that comes the trust issue of who runs the server. I don’t think I would run my own node because I’m reluctant to open a port up to the outside world, no matter how firewalled I could make it. There would be the possibility of running such a server node on my business account on WordPress – but not sure if that’s possible or allowed… it seems like a nice implementation of a long-post social network – with more prefab features than buddypress, for free.
However, with the single-sign-on possibility on WordPress.com/buddypress, I think my biggest issue is solved. Site storage should be adequate at that (business) tier.
Thanks again.
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