Invite Anyone
Makes BuddyPress's invitation features more powerful.
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Invite Anyone shows warning signs in 2026 — compare the alternatives below before installing. It runs on 1K+ sites, is rated 4.3/5 and was last updated 2 years ago, and scores 41/100 on our health check.
- No update in 2 years
- Only tested up to WordPress 6.6 (latest is 7.1)
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Daily downloads
Download spikes usually follow a new release — each site that auto-updates counts as a download.
Rankings
Where Invite Anyone stands todayWordPress.org search rankings
Live position in the plugin search, top 100| Keyword | Position |
|---|---|
| buddypress | >100 |
| friends | >100 |
| group | >100 |
| invitations | #74 |
| Invite | #12 |
Version adoption
Share of active sites per release.
Rating breakdown
★★★★★★★★★★ 4.3 from 26 reviews
About Invite Anyone
From the official readme · v1.4.10Description
Invite Anyone has two components:
1) The ability to invite members to the site by email. The plugin creates a tab on each member’s Profile page called “Send Invites”, which contains a form where users can invite outsiders to join the site. There is a field for a custom message. Also, inviters can optionally select any number of their groups, and when the invitee accepts the invitation he or she automatically receive invitations to join those groups.
The email invitation part of the plugin is customizable by the BP administrator, via Dashboard > BuddyPress > Invite Anyone.
2) By default, BuddyPress only allows group admins to invite their friends to groups. In some communities, you might want members to be able to invite non-friends to groups as well. This plugin allows you to do so, by populating the invitation checklist with the entire membership of the site, rather than just a friend list.
Because member lists can get very long and hard to navigate, this plugin adds a autosuggest search box to the Send Invites screen – the same one that appears on the Compose Message screen – which allows inviters to navigate directly to the members they want to invite.
Invite Anyone features optional integration with CloudSponge http://cloudsponge.com, a premium address book service, that allows your users to invite their friends to the site in a way that’s easy and fun. Enable it at Dashboard > BuddyPress > Invite Anyone.
Translation credits
- Belarussian: Alexander Ovsov (Web Geek Science)
- Brazilian Portuguese: Celso Bessa
- Catalan: Mònica Grau and Toni Ginard
- Danish: Mort3n
- Dutch: Jesper Popma, Tim de Hoog
- French: Guillaume Coulon, Nicolas Mollet
- German: Lars Berning, Thorsten Wollenhöfer, Matthias Lunz
- Greek: Lena Stergatou
- Italian: Luca Camellini
- Norwegian: Stig Ulfsby
- Russian: Jettochkin, Roman Leonov
- Serbo-Croatian: Anja Skrba
- Spanish: Mauricio Camayo, Gregor Gimmy
- Swedish: Alexander Berthelsen, Jan Anderson
- Ukrainian: Ivanka
Additional details about the plugin can be found in the following languages:
* Serbo-Croatian: http://science.webhostinggeeks.com/teleogistic
Installation
- Upload the directory ‘/invite-anyone/’ to your WP plugins directory and activate from the Dashboard of the main blog. Some users have reported problems when activating the plugin sitewide, so consider activating it on the BP blog only.
- Configure the plugin at Dashboard > BuddyPress > Invite Anyone, where you can customize the default invitation message, determine which members are allowed to invite by email, and more. If you are running WordPress Multisite version 3.1 or greater, BuddyPress Dashboard panels are found in the Network Admin area.
- If you are upgrading from a version of Invite Anyone older than 0.8, your data will be migrated from a custom database table (usually wp_bp_invite_anyone) to WordPress custom post types. After upgrading, if you are satisfied that the automatic migration has gone successfully, you can safely archive and remove the wp_bp_invite_anyone table from your database.
Changelog
1.4.10
- Fixed bug that caused group Send Invites nav item to show to non-members
1.4.9
- Fixed regression in 1.4.8 that caused group invite template not to load correctly
1.4.8
- Security fix: Prevent XSS during AJAX autocomplete
- Security hardening
- Internal codebase improvements
1.4.7
- Fixed regression in 1.4.6 that may cause duplicate nav items in groups
1.4.6
- BuddyPress 12.0 compatibility
- Improved compatibility with PHP 8.0+
- Accessibility improvements to invitation checklists
- Fixed JS bug that might have prevented invitation checkboxes from working properly in some cases
1.4.5
- Fixed bug in routine responsible for saving the CloudSponge configuration settings.
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FAQ
Invite Anyone: quick answers
Straight answers, pulled from live WordPress.org data.
Live data from WordPress.org · checked Oct 13, 2026
Is Invite Anyone free?
Yes. Invite Anyone is free to download and use from the official WordPress.org plugin directory.
Is Invite Anyone safe to use in 2026?
Invite Anyone shows warning signs in 2026 — compare the alternatives below before installing. It runs on 1K+ sites, is rated 4.3/5 and was last updated 2 years ago, and scores 41/100 on our health check.
How many websites use Invite Anyone?
Invite Anyone is active on 1K+ WordPress websites and has been downloaded 263,631 times since it launched in December 2009. It was downloaded 291 times in the last 30 days.
Does Invite Anyone work with WordPress 7.1?
Invite Anyone is officially tested up to WordPress 6.6.10, while the latest release is 7.1.3. It may still work, but try it on a staging site first.
When was Invite Anyone last updated?
The latest version, 1.4.10, was released on August 19, 2024 (2 years ago).
Who makes Invite Anyone?
Invite Anyone is developed and maintained by Boone Gorges.
What are the best alternatives to Invite Anyone?
The most popular alternatives to Invite Anyone are Better Messages (10K+ installs), rtMedia for WordPress, Budd… (7K+ installs) and BuddyPress Docs (6K+ installs).
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