A fan page gives a celebrity, artist, athlete, or public figure a place separate from a personal profile, something with its own feed, contact channel, and follower count that the fanbase can gather around.
What BuddyPress Business Profile Does
BuddyPress Business Profile from Wbcom Designs handles this on a BuddyBoss site, despite the name. Any member can spin up a page, business, brand, celebrity, fan, using the same underlying feature set, differentiated by category.
Current version (v2.1.0) includes:
- Custom profile fields, logo, cover image, contact info, and social links.
- A dedicated activity feed for the page, separate from personal activity, with comments and likes.
- Private messaging through a per-page inbox.
- Role assignment, admins, editors, moderators, per page, with control over who can create, edit, or delete pages.
- Reviews and star ratings, a searchable directory with map view, and public follower counts.
- LocalBusiness SEO schema, generated automatically.
Requirements
An existing BuddyPress or BuddyBoss community, PHP 7.2+, and WordPress 5.0+. Runs on Chrome, Firefox, and Safari, and is responsive across devices.
Setting Up a Fan Page
Install and activate the plugin, then click Create a Business.
Enter the fan page’s name, a short description, and a category. Click Create Business and Continue, upload a profile photo, then a cover image. The page is live at that point, reviews, follower counts, and gallery content can be filled in any time after.
Extending the Rest of Your Community
Wbcom Designs’ broader BuddyPress/BuddyBoss lineup:
- BuddyPress Member Type (free), custom member classifications.
- BuddyPress Member Blog / Member Blog Pro (free / from $49), frontend blogging from a member profile.
- BuddyPress Check-ins / Check-ins Pro (free / from $49), location tagging, with maps on Pro.
- BuddyPress Statistics (from $49), registration, post, and engagement tracking.
BuddyPress Business Profile pricing: $59/year (1 site), $129/year (5 sites), $299/year (unlimited), plus lifetime options. See the full Wbcom Designs catalog for the rest.