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How Fitness and Wellness Coaches Run Their Member Community on WordPress

Keep clients training between sessions with a warm member community on your own site: profiles, groups, challenges, and a class calendar, built on the free BuddyX theme.

Varun Dubey · September 13, 2026 · 13 min read

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Best LMS with Community Features in 2026

The best LMS with community features for 2026, compared: LearnDash plus BuddyPress or bbPress, Tutor LMS add-ons, LifterLMS, Circle, Skool, and Learnomy for cohorts and peer accountability.

September 8, 2026 · 13 min read

Best Skool alternatives for community builders in 2026, comparing BuddyNext, Circle, Mighty Networks, Heartbeat, Kajabi, Discourse and Discord

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Best Skool Alternatives for Community Builders (2026)

Skool says discover communities or create your own. Compare the 7 best Skool alternatives on real 2026 pricing, transaction fees, and what happens when your community needs courses, jobs and a directory.

August 18, 2026 · 13 min read

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A Patient and Caregiver Support Community

How to build a private, moderated patient and caregiver support community with BuddyX and BuddyPress on WordPress, covering privacy, groups, and a resource library.

August 14, 2026 · 13 min read

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A Members-Only Community for Podcasters and Their Listeners

How podcasters can build a members-only community for podcasters using BuddyX and BuddyPress on WordPress, giving listeners discussion spaces, bonus content, and live episode threads.

August 14, 2026 · 13 min read

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Better Than Medium: Give Your Writers a Publication and a Community

On Medium your readers are not yours and they never meet each other. Here is how to run a member-written publication inside your own community, with author pages, follows, reading lists and series, on a site you own.

August 3, 2026 · 13 min read

The free WordPress coaching platform stack: BuddyX as the theme, BuddyNext as the community, Learnomy for courses and payments, Jetonomy for lasting Q&A, and WPMediaVerse for media and chat, all free and REST ready for apps

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How to Build a Free Online Coaching Platform You Actually Own

Most coaching businesses run on six tools that do not talk to each other. Here is how to replace them with one platform you own, built on a free WordPress stack, with the REST API for a mobile app already included.

August 2, 2026 · 13 min read

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Building a WordPress Community Younger Members Will Use

A 2010-style forum will not hold anyone under 30. Here is what younger members actually expect from a community, and the exact WordPress setup that delivers it.

August 1, 2026 · 13 min read

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A Community Code of Conduct That Actually Gets Used

Most codes of conduct sit unread until trouble starts. How to write a code of conduct that is short, specific, and actually gets applied by moderators.

July 31, 2026 · 13 min read

Three rows of member avatars showing community activity states: four solid green avatars for active members, seven faded orange avatars for members who tapered off, and nine empty dashed outlines for members who joined but never found their footing

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Dormant Members: Winning Back a Community That Went Quiet

Most communities have more quiet members than active ones. How to tell the three kinds of dormant apart, and what to send each one to bring them back.

July 30, 2026 · 13 min read