BuddyPress vs If Menu
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| Feature | BuddyPress v14.5.4 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free · ★ 4.1/5 Visit Details | If Menu v0.19.2 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free · ★ 4.1/5 Visit Details |
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| At a glance | ||
| Active installs | 90,000+ | 50,000+ |
| Last updated | October 23, 2026 | December 5, 2024 |
| Editions | BuddyPress | If Menu · If Menu Premium ($) |
| Pros | Free and open source with a large add-on ecosystem; Member profiles, groups, activity and messages in one plugin; Blocks and admin tools for building community pages | Rules for logged-in state, roles and WooCommerce memberships on menu items; Core visibility rules are free |
| Cons | Many features to configure before a site feels finished; Heavy database footprint with many custom tables; Needs theme and add-on work for a polished front end | Country rule sends visitor IP addresses to web-api.com; Plan check contacts layered.market and sends the licence key |
| Mentioned in our posts | 1 | 1 |
| More features | ||
| Other features | Member profiles with extended profile fields, Activity streams, Groups with membership management, Private messages between members, Friendships between members, On-site notifications, Member sign-up and activation, Akismet spam checks on activity posts | Logged-in and logged-out visibility, Visibility by user role, WooCommerce Memberships condition, User location (country) condition, Premium plan check ($) |
| Integrations | ||
| E-commerce | — | WooCommerce geolocation |
| Plugins | bbPress | WooCommerce Memberships |
| Other | Akismet | web-api.com IP lookup, layered.market plan service ($) |
| Requires WordPress | 6.1 | — |
| Requires PHP | 5.6 | 6.0 |
| Tested up to | 7.0 | 6.7 |
| Phones home | No | No |
| External services | — | layered.market, web-api.com |
| Blocks | 15 | — |
| Custom tables | 19 | — |