The Recent Profile Visitors for BuddyPress (by BuddyDev) is a social engagement plugin designed for WordPress sites running BuddyPress or BuddyBoss. It allows users to see who has been viewing their profiles and highlights the most popular members of the community.
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The plugin is built to be lightweight and developer-friendly, utilizing AJAX for performance and hooks for customization.
Tracking Logic: Uses a “fair play” mutual system. If a user disables tracking for their own profile, the plugin stops recording their visits to others, and they can no longer see who visited them.
Display Options: * Automated Integration: Uses the bp_after_member_header hook to display visitors automatically in most themes.
Shortcodes: Includes shortcodes like [bp-visitors-recent-visitors] with parameters for max (number of visitors) and duration (number of days).
Widgets: Provides a “Most Popular Users” widget for sidebars or footers.
Privacy & GDPR: Includes opt-in/opt-out settings for users and data retention settings for site administrators.
Performance: Features granular caching to ensure the site remains fast even with a large number of members and high traffic.
For those looking to extend the plugin, BuddyDev provides several PHP functions and filters:
| Function | Description |
visitors_get_recent_visitors($user_id, $count) |
Returns an array of recent visitor user objects. |
visitors_get_unique_visitors_count($user_id) |
Returns the total count of unique visitors for a specific user. |
visitors_get_profile_visit_count($user_id) |
Returns the total number of visits (including repeats). |
visitors_show_my_recent_visitor() |
A template tag to manually echo the visitor list in custom theme files. |
Admins can manage the following from the Settings > Recent Profile Visitors menu:
Visitor Limit: Set the maximum number of avatars to display on a profile.
Time Duration: Define how many days of history to track and display.
Notifications: Options for local BuddyPress notifications or email alerts when a user gets a new visitor.
Layout: Choose between a standard List view or a Slider view for the visitor avatars.
