BuddyPress

BuddyPress is one of the most popular plugins in the WordPress plugin directory. It is used to build applications with a user community and interactions between the users. A social network is the type of application where BuddyPress can be used to its maximum potential with all the built-in features. You can also use BuddyPress for applications such as team management, professional profile management, and help desk systems.

Let's have a look at some of the key features of BuddyPress:

• Frontend login and registration
• Frontend profiles
• Activity streams
• User groups
• User messaging
• Friend connections
• User notifications

These are the main components of BuddyPress. However, you can find many other user-management-related features in the hundreds of BuddyPress add-on plugins available in the WordPress plugin directory. Let's take a look at the default BuddyPress user profile with all the mentioned features in the following screenshot:

BuddyPress is used by over 200,000 active sites and you can use it to power your web applications. It's open source and you can modify it as you need with the support of a large group of community members. Since it's an open source solution and focuses mainly on the functionality, the frontend designs are not eye-catching for web applications. In scenarios where you need a great design, you can use a well-designed custom BuddyPress theme or custom user management plugin that offers well-designed interfaces. You can download BuddyPress from https://wordpress.org/plugins/buddypress/.