BuddyPress Activity Filter
The activity filter on the front end: "Updates" is the default, and hidden types such as New Members and Friendships are gone from the list.
The BuddyPress Activity Filter plugin does two things, and does them completely:
- Hides activity types you do not want in the stream.
- Sets which filter is selected by default, site-wide and on member profiles.
Hidden types are removed from the stream itself, not just the filter dropdown. That means activities recorded before you hid a type disappear too, across every stream scope – site-wide, profiles, groups, friends, mentions and favourites – including streams loaded over AJAX. Hidden activities remain visible in wp-admin, so you can still moderate them.
Key Features
- Hide Unwanted Activities: Remove specific activity types from every activity stream
- Default Activity Filters: Set different default filters for site-wide and profile activity streams
- Complete Filtering: Hidden types are excluded from the stream, the dropdown, and pagination counts
- Still Moderatable: Hidden activities stay visible on the wp-admin Activity screen
- Core Types Protected: Status updates and replies can never be hidden, so the stream is never empty
- Theme Compatible: Works with the BuddyPress Legacy and Nouveau template packs
- Clean and Lightweight: Four PHP classes, no custom tables, no cron, no AJAX handlers
- Developer Friendly: Hooks and filters for customization
Perfect For
- Communities that want a focused stream, for example hiding “changed their profile photo” or “became a registered member” entries
- Sites where most members should land on one kind of activity, such as status updates, by default
- Administrators who want to tidy the stream without deleting anything
Configuration Options
Settings live under WB Plugins > BP Activity Filter.
Default Filters tab:
– Site-wide activity default: the filter selected when members open the main activity directory
– Profile activity default: the filter selected on member profile activity pages
Hidden Activities tab:
– Tick the activity types to remove from every activity stream
– Status updates and replies are always available and cannot be hidden
Documentation
Full guides for setup, settings and developer hooks: BuddyPress Activity Filter documentation.
For Developers
- Seven documented hooks, each with an example in the developer guide
- Settings saved with nonce and capability checks; the capability is filterable
- No custom tables, no cron jobs, no AJAX handlers and no caching layer
- Translation ready, with German, German (formal), French and Dutch included
More from Wbcom Designs
Free and premium tools from the team behind BuddyPress Activity Filter:
- BuddyNext – A complete community platform for WordPress with feeds, groups, messaging and moderation built in.
- BuddyX – A free community theme for BuddyPress with a clean activity stream layout and dark mode.
- MediaVerse – Photo and video galleries, albums and media uploads for community members.
- Jetonomy – Q&A forums and discussion spaces that sit alongside your activity stream.
Support
For support, documentation, and feature requests:
- Documentation: Plugin Documentation
- Support Forum: WordPress.org Support
- Premium Support: Wbcom Designs Support
- GitHub: Development Repository
Contributing
We welcome contributions! Please see our GitHub repository for development guidelines and to submit pull requests.
Ways to Contribute:
* Report bugs and suggest features
* Submit translations
* Contribute code improvements
* Help with documentation
* Test beta releases
Privacy Policy
This plugin does not collect or store any personal user data beyond what WordPress and BuddyPress already collect. A member’s filter choice is remembered only in their own browser (a cookie and BuddyPress’s session storage); the plugin writes no personal data to the database.
Credits
Developed by Wbcom Designs – Your trusted WordPress development partner.
Special thanks to the BuddyPress community for feedback and contributions that made this plugin possible.