CubePoints Buddypress Integration
Adds CubePoints support to Buddypress. Reward members using your BuddyPress portion of your website by giving them points and awards!
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- Small user base (30+ active installs)
- Low rating so far — 3.2/5 from only 5 reviews
- No update in 14 years
- Only tested up to WordPress 3.4 (latest is 7.1)
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Rankings
Where CubePoints Buddypress Integ… stands todayWordPress.org search rankings
Live position in the plugin search, top 100| Keyword | Position |
|---|---|
| buddypress | >100 |
| comments | >100 |
| cubepoints | #8 |
| points | >100 |
| reply | >100 |
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Share of active sites per release.
Rating breakdown
★★★★★★★★★★ 3.2 from 5 reviews
About CubePoints Buddypress Integration
From the official readme · v1.9.8.9Description
Adds CubePoints support to Buddypress. Reward members using your BuddyPress portion of your website by giving them points and awards! IMPORTANT: You will need to install CubePoints (at least version 3.0.1) first.
Integrates with the CubePoints Giveaway & Betting System
See full details on how the system works and how to get it here. But a brief overview is you can setup a giveaway where your members can enter a giveaway using points. They can get extra entries in the giveaway for sharing it on Twitter, Google+, Facebook and a few other ways and earn points for it!
There is a built in betting system so your members can bet their points against each other. If you have this system installed it displays the number of lotteries or bets they have not entered, in the top BuddyPress admin bar.
Here is what you can get points for. You can change these values or disable them in the BP CubePoints admin menu.
- Group Creation
- Group Deletion
- Joining a Group
- Leaving a Group
- Updates/Replies
- If a user deletes their own update/reply
- Completed Friend Request
- Canceled Friendship
- New Group Forum Topic
- Group Forum Post
- Uploading Avatar
- Uploading Group Avatar
- Sending a Message
bbPress 2.0 Support
- Give your members points for being active in your bbPress 2.0 forum!
Other BuddyPress Plugin Support
- BuddyPress Links by Marshall Sorenson (MrMaz)
- BuddyPress Gifts by Warut Sudpoothong
- BP Gallery by Brajesh Singh
Plugin Authors Can Add Their Own Support for CubePoints!
Awards
- Give your members another reason to be active on your website.
- Have anywhere from 1 – 70 awards! Plus 1 more for earning all the awards on your site.
- Customize each award image and title and the criteria for earning the award.
- You can turn this feature off as well.
- Simple:Press Forum Support.
Members can earn awards for a variety of things:
- Groups
- Friends
- Posting Updates
- Replies
- Group Forum Topics
- Group Forum Replies
- Comments
- Blog Posts
- Blog Posts in a Category
- Donations
- Logging In
- Points
- Simple:Press Forum Posts
Adds CubePoints to the BuddyPress Profile
It shows the points the member has earned. Donate link and rank (if enabled).
Adds Points to the BuddyPress Admin Bar
It shows the points the member has earned. If you click on the points you can donate right from there. But only if “Enable user-to-user donations” is enabled.
Public Points Log
- You can view the points you have earned right from your BuddyPress profile. Or view the logs of others on your BuddyPress site.
- There is also a Sitewide Points log that displays the points everyone has earned.
- You can choose how many point logs show up per page.
Point Legend
- Shows all the ways to earn points on your site dynamically on what you enter from the admin menu.
- Plus an option to put other ways to earn points on that page as well.
- Simple instructions on how to enable a [earnpoints] shortcode for use in posts and pages.
Point Blocker!
You can enter in the User ID(s) of people that abuse the system just to earn points. After they are blocked, they will not be able to earn any points on the BuddyPress portion of your website.
Spam Control
- Limit only members with a certain amount of points access to send new messages to other members.
- Limit only members with a certain amount of points access to create new groups.
- Limit only members with a certain amount of points access to updates & replies.
Installation
- Activate the “CubePoints Buddypress Integration” Plugin
- Modify the point values in the BP CubePoints admin menu.
- Have fun!
Changelog
CubePoints Buddypress Integration 1.9+ Requires at least CubePoints 3.0
Version 1.9.8.9
- Fixed bug with points showing in the WP Admin bar when logged out.
- Fixed bug with links in the WP Admin bar.
- Fixed translation issue in the WP Admin bar.
- Code optimization for compatibility with the Cubepoints Giveaway & Betting System
Version 1.9.8.8
- Added support for WordPress Admin Bar.
- Updated German translation.
Version 1.9.8.7
- Updated German translation.
Version 1.9.8.6
- Added German translation.
Version 1.9.8.5
- Translation is now working properly.
- Option of showing community point total on points logs page.
- Code optimization
Version 1.9.8.4
- Code optimization
- You will need to update to version 1.6 of the Cubepoints Giveaway & Betting System for it to work properly with the BuddyPress admin bar.
Version 1.9.8.3
- SVN Timeout when uploading last update to WordPress.org
Version 1.9.8.2
- Fixed translation bugs.
Version 1.9.8.1
- Fixed bug with BuddyPress Admin Bar.
Version 1.9.8
- bbPress 2.0 Support!
- Spam Control: Limit only members with a certain amount of points access to updates & replies.
- Fixed small bug with the admin bar and the CubePoints Giveaway & Betting System.
Version 1.9.7
- Integrates with the CubePoints Giveaway & Betting System
- Spam Control: Limit only members with a certain amount of points access to create new groups.
Version 1.9.6
- Message Spam Control: Limit only members with a certain amount of points access to send new messages to other members!
- Updated [earnpoints] shortcode. See admin screen for new code.
Version 1.9.5
- More BuddyPress 1.5 Compatibility
- Fixed issue with admin menu not showing if Network mode is turned on.
Version 1.9.4
- Fixed database error when accessing awards page if you never hade CubePoints 2.0 installed.
Version 1.9.3
- BuddyPress 1.5 Compatibility
- Small CSS Tweaks
- Admins can delete groups and not lose points.
- Removed code that was no longer needed. Because CubePoints 3 handles the display of points logs now.
Version 1.9.2
- Added hooks for other plugin authors to tie into the CubePoints system and add settings to the admin menu for changing point values.
Version 1.9.1
- Moved admin menu to CubePoints section.
- Fixed members slug in buddypress admin bar when donations is turned off.
Version 1.9
- [IMPORTANT] From this point forward CubePoints 3.0 is required!
- This update makes CubePoints Buddypress Integration compatible with CubePoints 3.0
Version 1.8.2
- Fixed error message on awards page if Simple:Press Forum is not enabled.
Version 1.8.1
- Small bug fix with group awards
Version 1.8
- New Awards Feature!
Version 1.7.6.6
- Fixed group avatar upload bug
Version 1.7.6.5
- Points for uploading a group avatar
- Fixed it so members can only get points once for uploading a avatar or group avatar.
- You can disable the top members portion on the point legend page.
- For WordPress MU and WordPress 3.0+ users with network enabled. I made it so the plugin can be activited site-wide or on a per site basis.
Version 1.7.6.4
- Fixed WPMU Issue
- Recreated Point Legend page to use divs instead of tables
- Small fix to the points showing in the BuddyPress Admin Bar, thanks hnla!
Version 1.7.6.3
- Pagination wasn’t showing the correct number at the bottom after you change the value in the admin.
Version 1.7.6.2
- You can change how many point logs show up per page
Version 1.7.6.1
- Point Legend page wasn’t loading. It’s now fixed.
Version 1.7.6
- Point Legend – Shows all the ways to earn points on your site dynamically on what you enter from the admin menu. Also shows the top users on this page.
- Simple instructions on how to enable a [earnpoints] shortcode for use in posts and pages.
- You can change the Menu Titles under “Points” in BuddyPress Admin Bar.
- You can disable or show certain menu items
- CSS Bug Fix – Thanks Nit3watch!
- Included a non optimized css file for those that want to tweak it.
- Other various tweaks.
Version 1.7.5
- Plugin is ready to be localized! If your interested in translating let me know!
- Compressed CSS by 17.6 percent for faster loading.
Version 1.7.4.1
- Small bug fix.
Version 1.7.4
- Adds Points to the BuddyPress Admin Bar.
- It shows the points the member has earned. If you click on the points you can donate right from there.
- But only if “Enable user-to-user donations” is enabled within CubePoints.
Version 1.7.3
- You can choose your own BuddyPress slug in the admin. Default is yoursite.com/members/username/cubepoints/ Now you can change cubepoints to what you want.
- Added another way to integrate CubePoints in the admin area in the bottom.
Version 1.7.2
- Admin can delete things in the activity stream and not get points removed.
- WP-MU Fixes – Thanks to hnla and thekmen!
- Division by zero error no longer shows on the points log.
- The two points screens in members accounts return results now.
Version 1.7.1
- Small bug fix.
Version 1.7
- Point Blocker! You can enter in the User ID(s) of people that abuse the system just to earn points. After they are blocked, they will not be able to earn any points on the BuddyPress portion of your website.
- Public Points Log. You can view the points you have earned right from your BuddyPress profile. Or view the logs of other on your BuddyPress site.
- There is also a Sitewide Points log that displays the points everyone has earned.
- Pagination is available on the personal Points Logs.
- Recoded the plugin to standardized BuddyPress
- Points Menu added to the Admin Bar and profile.
Version 1.6.7
- Fixed a possible points exploit in editing forum topics and posts.
Version 1.6.6
- Reworked the friend feature so it won’t be abused or spammed.
- Points will only be given for a completed friend request. Then points are given to both parties. Same idea for Canceled Friendship.
Version 1.6.5
- Adding support for the following
- Joining a Group
- Leaving a Group
Version 1.6.4
- Points removed for Friend Deleted
Version 1.6.3
- Added support for BP Gallery by Brajesh Singh
- You can remove points for Group Deletion
Version 1.6.2
- Added support for BuddyPress Gifts
- You need to enter a negative number now to remove points.
- Small css update for CubePoints displaying in the BuddyPress Profile.
- Reworked the BP CubePoints Admin Menu a little.
Version 1.6.1
- Small bug fix.
Version 1.6
- Fully functional BP CubePoints admin menu. Thanks thekmen!
- Added CubePoints to the BuddyPress Profile. It shows the points the member has earned. Donate link and rank with image (if enabled).
- Added more support for BuddyPress Links
- Points for BuddyPress Link Vote
- Points for BuddyPress Link Comment
- Delete Points for BuddyPress Link Removal
Version 1.5.1
- Added points for Message Sent
- Points for BuddyPress Link Creation | Requires BuddyPress Links by Marshall Sorenson (MrMaz)
- Added basic admin page. Working on a fully functional one.
Version 1.5
- Added points for Avatar Upload
Version 1.4
- Added points for BuddyPress Group Forums
Version 1.3
- Added points for adding friends and friend requests.
Version 1.2
- Fixed issue with deleting comments and not removing points.
Version 1.1
- Small bug fix that showed up in the admin area.
Version 1.0
- First release (Thanks for the support r-a-y!)
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Is CubePoints Buddypress Integrati… free?
Yes. CubePoints Buddypress Integrati… is free to download and use from the official WordPress.org plugin directory.
Is CubePoints Buddypress Integrati… safe to use in 2026?
CubePoints Buddypress Integrati… shows warning signs in 2026 — compare the alternatives below before installing. It runs on 30+ sites, is rated 3.2/5 and was last updated 14 years ago, and scores 29/100 on our health check.
How many websites use CubePoints Buddypress Integrati…?
CubePoints Buddypress Integrati… is active on 30+ WordPress websites and has been downloaded 64,105 times since it launched in April 2010. It was downloaded 81 times in the last 30 days.
Does CubePoints Buddypress Integrati… work with WordPress 7.1?
CubePoints Buddypress Integrati… is officially tested up to WordPress 3.4.2, while the latest release is 7.1.2. It may still work, but try it on a staging site first.
When was CubePoints Buddypress Integrati… last updated?
The latest version, 1.9.8.9, was released on September 14, 2012 (14 years ago).
Who makes CubePoints Buddypress Integrati…?
CubePoints Buddypress Integrati… is developed and maintained by Tosh.
What are the best alternatives to CubePoints Buddypress Integrati…?
The most popular alternatives to CubePoints Buddypress Integrati… are Better Messages (10K+ installs), rtMedia for WordPress, Budd… (7K+ installs) and BuddyPress Docs (6K+ installs).
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