BuddyApprove holds new members, activity posts, groups, and forum topics and replies behind a one-click review. Stop spam before it's public. Keep the door open for real members. One plugin, five moderation types — built natively for BuddyBoss and BuddyPress.
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Every claim on this page ships in the actual plugin — not promised for a future release. Here's what's in the box.
New registrations can't log in, post, or appear in the member directory until you approve them. Bots and throwaway accounts stop at the door — real members get a clean, branded "Pending Approval" page.
New profile updates and group activity posts wait in the queue. Authors see a pending badge on their own post so they know what's happening — no confusion, no support tickets.
Every group has its own "Enable Activity Moderation" switch on the group Manage → Settings screen. Trusted communities run free. High-risk ones get reviewed. You pick per group, not per site.
Hide pending groups from the directory, search results, and the REST API until approval. The creator still sees their own group with a banner explaining it's awaiting review.
Moderate new bbPress topics, replies, or both independently. Pending rows get a yellow left border and a "Pending" post-state badge in the native admin list, so nothing slips past.
Rewrite every notification BuddyApprove sends — admin alerts, user pending notices, approval and rejection confirmations — with a dedicated editor and click-to-insert placeholders.
[username] or [topic_title] to insert at cursorChoose which user roles go through review — per content type, not site-wide. Trust your Editors, moderate Subscribers, exempt Admins everywhere. When a moderation type is off, its entire code tree — classes, hooks, database queries, email listeners — is skipped. You don't pay a performance cost for features you're not using.
No code. No workflow builders. No documentation marathon. Install, flip switches, ship.
Every plan ships every feature. Pick by site count or go lifetime. No upsells. No feature paywalls.
$49
1 site · 1 year of updates & support
$99
3 sites · 1 year of updates & support
$199
10 sites · 1 year of updates & support
Short answers, grounded in actual plugin behavior. Email us if something isn't here.
Both. BuddyBoss Platform 1.3.5+ and BuddyPress 2.5+ are supported side by side — the plugin auto-detects whichever you're running. Every integration point works natively in both ecosystems.
Yes. bbPress 2.0+ is fully supported. Forum topics and forum replies are moderated independently — enable one, both, or neither. Pending rows are highlighted in the native bbPress admin lists with the "Pending" post-state badge.
Yes, granularly. Each content type has its own "Roles to Moderate" list. Moderate Subscribers for activity but not for groups. Moderate Contributors everywhere. Leave a list empty to moderate every role for that type. Administrators are always exempt.
Yes — this is the piece that stops mobile apps, third-party integrations, and bots from bypassing your rules. Pending members, groups, forum topics, and forum replies are filtered out of REST responses for anyone who isn't the author or a site admin.
Yes. Beyond the site-wide toggle, every group has its own "Enable Activity Moderation for this group" switch on the group Manage → Settings screen. Group admins and moderators automatically bypass their own group's review.
All 26 notification emails are editable on a dedicated Emails page. Each row has a modal editor
with separate Subject and Body fields plus a placeholder palette. Click a placeholder like
[username] or [topic_title] to insert it at your cursor.
On sign-up, yes — stored in user meta to help you spot spam patterns and VPN abuse. The Pending Members column shows the IP plus rough geolocation (cached, not hit on every page view). On approval, IPs can be auto-purged for GDPR compliance.
No. Moderation classes only load when their type is enabled. Turn off activity moderation and none of that code runs — no hooks, no queries, no email listeners. BuddyApprove also defers to native BuddyPress and BuddyBoss list queries instead of adding its own.
Your data is safe. Pending flags stay in the database untouched. Content is no longer filtered from public view while the plugin is off — but the moment you reactivate, moderation resumes exactly where it left off. Zero data loss.
Yes. BuddyApprove activates per site on a multisite network. Each site has its own settings, pending queues, and email templates — no cross-site leakage.
Yes. A .pot file ships with the plugin and every user-facing string is wrapped in
standard WordPress translation functions. Drop in a .mo file for any language and
the plugin picks it up automatically.
WordPress 5.4 or newer, PHP 7.4 or newer, and one of: BuddyBoss Platform 1.3.5+, BuddyPress 2.5+, or bbPress 2.0+. Tested against the latest stable release of all three on every plugin update.
Yes — 14-day money-back guarantee. If during the first 14 days you run into an issue that makes BuddyApprove unusable and we can't resolve it, we'll happily consider a full refund. Email us with the details and we'll sort it out.
Free moderation plugins typically cover only one content type — usually just member approval. BuddyApprove covers five moderation types (members, activity, groups, forum topics, and replies), includes 26 editable email templates, per-group controls, REST API filtering, and role-based rules. It's actively maintained and supported. The price reflects the depth of integration and ongoing development.
There's no free trial, but the 14-day refund policy lets you test it on your live site with zero risk. Install it, configure your moderation rules, and see it in action. If it doesn't meet your needs and we can't resolve the issue, email us within 14 days for a full refund.
We're thrilled to have you try BuddyApprove! If during the next 14 days you experience an issue that makes the product unusable and we are unable to resolve it, we'll happily consider offering a full refund of your money.
Five moderation types. 26 editable email templates. Per-group controls and role-based rules. Built natively for BuddyBoss, BuddyPress, and bbPress — all in one plugin, starting at $49.
BuddyBoss 1.3.5+ · BuddyPress 2.5+ · bbPress 2.0+ · WordPress 5.4+ / PHP 7.4+ · Translation-ready · 14-day money back