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WP Stories Plugin: Instagram-Style Stories for WordPress

WP Stories brings a tap-through, Instagram-style stories row to WordPress, BuddyPress, BuddyBoss Platform, and PeepSo. Hands-on features, setup, and use cases.

Shashank Dubey · September 30, 2026 · 6 min read

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6 Surprising Lessons From WordPress’s New Default Theme, Now in BuddyX

We read WordPress core's new default theme line by line to see what it says about where WordPress is heading, and found six concrete things already turning into real BuddyX and Reign updates.

September 22, 2026 · 6 min read

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Affiliate Links and Community Content: Doing It Without Looking Spammy

Every community forum has the thread. Someone asks what tool, product, or service they should use, and five members reply with their honest picks. … Read more

August 21, 2026 · 6 min read

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Selling Sponsored Spots to Community Vendors

A local bakery asks to put its logo somewhere on your neighborhood community forum. A software vendor wants their tool mentioned in your developer … Read more

August 21, 2026 · 6 min read

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Monetizing a Community Site Beyond Membership Fees

Most guides to community monetization stop at the membership wall. Set a price, gate the good stuff, collect recurring revenue, done. It works, and … Read more

August 21, 2026 · 6 min read

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Reverse Directories: Letting Members Post What They Need

Every directory on the internet runs the same direction: a business posts what it offers, and a visitor searches through those offers to find … Read more

August 21, 2026 · 6 min read

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OpenStreetMap vs. Google Maps: What a Directory Plugin Actually Needs

Ask most WordPress developers which mapping service a directory plugin should use and the answer arrives instantly: Google Maps, because that’s what everyone uses. … Read more

August 21, 2026 · 6 min read

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Adding a Local Business Directory to a Community Site

Most articles about business directories on WordPress are written for someone building a directory site from a blank install. That is not the situation … Read more

August 21, 2026 · 6 min read

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Member Directory or Business Directory? Choosing the Right Listing Model

Every community site owner who adds a directory eventually asks the same question in a support ticket or a Slack DM: should this be … Read more

August 21, 2026 · 6 min read

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Turning Community Members Into Referral Hires

We’ve written before about referral programs that encourage current members to bring in new ones, and that post is about growth, using existing members … Read more

August 21, 2026 · 6 min read

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Free Job Board vs. Paid Job Board Plugin: What Actually Matters

We’ve already covered ten WordPress job board plugins and walked through the plugins worth considering for a full job board website in earlier posts. … Read more

August 21, 2026 · 6 min read

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Group-Scoped Job Boards: Hiring Inside a Niche Community

Community platforms already solved the problem of grouping people by shared interest long before job boards did. Groups exist precisely because a photography community … Read more

August 21, 2026 · 6 min read

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WP Stories Plugin: Instagram-Style Stories for WordPress

6 Surprising Lessons From WordPress’s New Default Theme, Now in BuddyX

Affiliate Links and Community Content: Doing It Without Looking Spammy

Selling Sponsored Spots to Community Vendors

Monetizing a Community Site Beyond Membership Fees

Reverse Directories: Letting Members Post What They Need

OpenStreetMap vs. Google Maps: What a Directory Plugin Actually Needs

Adding a Local Business Directory to a Community Site

Member Directory or Business Directory? Choosing the Right Listing Model

Turning Community Members Into Referral Hires

Free Job Board vs. Paid Job Board Plugin: What Actually Matters

Group-Scoped Job Boards: Hiring Inside a Niche Community