by Varun Dubey 5 (5 reviews)

BuddyPress Favorite Notification

Name: BuddyPress Favorite Notification
Rating: 5.0 (5 reviews)
Author: Varun Dubey

Notify BuddyPress members when someone favorites their activity or comment, with realtime popups and email alerts.

BuddyPress Favorite Notification ranks #17,388 among WordPress.org plugins with 90+ active installations, is #651 of 2,893 in the Discussion & Community category, a 5/5 rating from 5 reviews, and was last updated Jul 31, 2026. Data from WordPress.org, refreshed twice daily — see methodology.

Tested up to WP 7.0.6 (Current: 7.1.2)

v2.1.0 Current Version v2.1.0

Updated 1 month ago Last Update on 31 Jul, 2026

Refreshed 6 hours ago Last Refreshed on

#651 of 2,893 in Discussion & Community Top 25% by installs Downloads -26.1% this week

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#17,388

+8 this week

Active Installs

90+

-29.1%

KW Avg Position

55.3

1 better

Downloads

25.8K

+4 today

Support Resolved

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100%

Review 5 out of 5

5 (5 reviews)

Next Milestone 100

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Plugin Details

Version: 2.1.0
Last Updated: Jul 31, 2026
Requires WP: 6.5+
Tested Up To: 7.0.6
PHP Version: 8.0 or higher
Author: Varun Dubey

Support & Rating

Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 5
Reviews: 5
Support Threads: 0
Resolved: 0%

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TL;DR

AI summary of the plugin's readme

This plugin is for BuddyPress community site owners who want members to know when their activity or comments get favorited. It solves the lack of feedback on appreciated content by sending notifications, emails, and realtime popups, plus giving admins visibility into trending content.

Realtime popups via Heartbeat API
HTML email alerts
"Who liked this" display line
Three favorite display modes
Choice of favorite icon
Admin dashboard with trending stats
Automatic notification cleanup
Per-member notification preferences

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about BuddyPress Favorite Notification

Yes. BuddyPress must be installed and active. The plugin extends the BuddyPress activity and notification components, and deactivates itself with an explanation if BuddyPress is not available.

No. There is no settings page. Once the plugin is active, authors are notified when their activity or comment is favorited. The one admin page, WB Plugins > Favorite Notifications, is for statistics and maintenance: an Overview tab, a Tools tab, and a Discover tab.

Yes. The plugin works with any theme that supports BuddyPress, and follows BuddyPress Nouveau and Legacy template standards. Its styles adapt to your theme's colour palette, and it has been tested with BuddyX and Reign.

Realtime popups use the WordPress Heartbeat API, which checks for new notifications every 15 seconds, with an AJAX fallback if Heartbeat is unavailable. When a new favorite is detected, a popup appears on screen without a page refresh.

No. Members are not notified when they favorite their own content.

Yes, when several members favorite the same activity. Those favorites collapse into one notification that reads "%d people favorited your activity" instead of one entry per member. Grouping is per activity, so if one member favorites several different activities of yours, you get a separate notification for each of them.

Yes. Members have a Settings > Favorite Notifications screen in their BuddyPress profile with a switch for each activity type (posts, comments) and each channel (web, email, realtime). Notifications are on by default; turning one off stops it.

Yes. Copy the templates from the plugin's templates/emails/ directory into a buddypress/bp-favorite-notification/emails/ directory in your theme, and your copies are used instead.

Yes, with the bpfn_email_from_name and bpfn_email_from_email filters. There is no admin screen for this; by default emails are sent from your site name and your site's admin email address.

Logged-in members only. Logged-out visitors do not see the favorite count line under activities.