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Link submission/tagging/voting/commenting plugin for BuddyPress (similar to Digg)?

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As the title suggests, I am looking for a plugin that will allow members to share links, and vote and comment on them. Basically, I like the idea behind Digg.com for finding great stories, but I only care about the links that my members are interested in rather than the whole Digg community.

I am only just in the development stage for my network (niche business community), and considered basing it around Pligg. However, even though this feature is important to me, it is not the core of the network which Pligg sites generally are.

There is a BuddyPress plugin – BuddyPress Links – but there doesn’t seem to have been any development for months, particularly since WordPress 3. Even if it was updated, I am nervous about plugins developed by just one person – basing a key part of my community on a free plugin that could disappear at each wordpress update doesn’t excite me!

Any suggestions as to where I should look, and/or is this something wpmudev might consider?

Fri, 27 Aug 2010 13:07:13
  • Mason
    • DEV MAN’s Sidekick

    Hiya Marc,

    Thanks for your suggestion!

    As far as a “digg-like” solution for BuddyPress, I think the BP Links plugin you mentioned is your best bet – although I understand the worry about a single developer.

    We’ve discussed a loyalty rewards program for BuddyPress / Multisite users before, and are hoping to get this together at some point, but nothing like what you’re looking for. We just haven’t seen a ton of interest for it. If that changes, we’ll gladly get it on the list! :smiley:

    Thanks!

  • AquaPebble
    • The Incredible Code Injector

    I am using BuddyPress links with latest version of WP and BP.

    The only problem I experienced was with it showing and odd link on the menu’s which Tammie gave me a theme fix to get rid of.

    I suppose you can always hire another developer to extend it for you. However, I am with you on the one developer issue. There are far too many plugins on Buddypress.org extend that are out dated. Unfortunately there just doesn’t seem to be another option at this stage for this functionality – not that I could find.

  • Marc
    • WPMU DEV Initiate

    Thanks for the responses.

    I’ll have a play with BP Links, and have a think about how much it might cost to get a developer to update it for me, and offer continuing support, before giving my members a feature that might have to be pulled without notice.