Download Version
- PeepSo Core v7.1.1.0 Activated
- PeepSo Gecko Theme v7.1.1.0
- PeepSo Audio & Video v7.1.1.0
- PeepSo Chat v7.1.1.0
- PeepSo Groups v7.1.1.0
- PeepSo Photos v7.1.1.0
- PeepSo GiveWP v7.1.1.0
- PeepSo Friends v7.1.1.0
- PeepSo Mobile App v7.0.2.3
- PeepSo User Limits v7.1.1.0
- PeepSo Email Digest v7.1.1.0
- PeepSo File Uploads v7.1.1.0
- PeepSo Early Access v7.1.1.0
- PeepSo myCRED v7.1.1.0
- PeepSo BadgeOS v7.1.1.0
- PeepSo Easy Digital Downloads v7.1.1.0
- PeepSo Tutor LMS v7.1.1.0
- PeepSo LearnDash v7.1.1.0
- PeepSo WPAdverts v7.1.1.0
- PeepSo Advanced Ads v7.1.1.0
- PeepSo Social Login & Invitations v7.1.1.0
- PeepSo WP Job Manager v7.1.1.0
- PeepSo WP Event Manager v7.1.1.0
- PeepSo WooCommerce & Dokan v7.1.1.0
- PeepSo Paid Memberships Pro v7.1.1.0
- PeepSo Almighty Support v7.1.1.0
- PeepSo MasterStudy LMS v7.1.1.0
- PeepSo IdeaPush Integration v7.1.1.0
- PeepSo Pages v7.1.1.0
- PeepSo Block Theme v7.1.1.0
PeepSo Core Introduction
Product Overview
PeepSo is a plugin that focuses on "building social networks and member communities inside WordPress". Once installed, you can quickly add Facebook-like dynamic timeline, personal homepage, friends/followers, groups, private messages, and notification center to your existing website, allowing users to continue interacting with each other within the site without being forced to jump to third-party platforms such as Facebook Groups, independent forums, and so on.
The plugin provides highly customizable user profile fields, topic tags, polls, emoji reactions, post favorites and toppers, online members and other social components, and built-in email notifications, email digests, viewer statistics, word filtering, spam protection and GDPR privacy settings to help webmasters continue to operate the community while ensuring experience and security.
Through the extended ecosystem, PeepSo can work seamlessly with WooCommerce e-commerce, multi-merchant marketplaces, LearnDash/TutorLMS online courses, BadgeOS/myCRED points medals, WPAdverts/Advanced Ads ads and other plug-ins to provide an integrated solution from interaction to transaction for course communities, membership stations, brand communities, training platforms and other It provides an integrated solution from interaction, learning to transaction for course communities, member stations, brand communities, training platforms and other scenarios.
Key Features
Full on-site social networking functionality
- User profile page (avatar, cover, custom fields), member directory, hover profile card
- Activity Dynamic Streaming: supports site-wide, follow, personal timeline, bookmarked, timed posting, and other views
Diverse interactions: making communities really “move”
- Likes and custom emoji reactions, comments and nested replies
- Hashtags, Polls, Moods, Viewer Statistics
- Operational tools such as post favorites, top announcements, edit history markers, etc.
Friends, Followers & Groups System
- Friends/Followers Relationships, @ Mentions, Member Lists & Searches
- Supports open, closed, private and announcement-based groups for course groups, communities of interest or internal training programs.
Instant Private Messaging and Chatting Experience
- One-on-one chat with multiple people, real-time message notifications
- Support for sharing images, audio/video and files in conversations (via relevant extensions)
Media & Content Enrichment Showcase
- Photo uploads and albums, audio and video uploads or external playback (including live feeds)
- Supports GIPHY, external link previews, and dynamic linking of blog posts and communities.
Notifications, emails and user recalls
- Real-time notification and email notification
- Email Digest, which automatically pushes out selected community content on a periodic basis to improve return visit rates
Operations and Safety Controls
- Customized user roles and feature access restrictions (e.g. posting/uploading permissions by role)
- Built-in word filters, brute force protection and other security features
- Built-in community SEO and Open Graph settings, GDPR compliance options
Extended Ecology and Business Integration
- Integration with WooCommerce to convert community members into mall customers, support for order activity in dynamic streams and presentation of purchases in profiles; further access to Product Vendors, Dokan and other multi-merchant solutions.
- Integrate with LearnDash/TutorLMS to synchronize course enrollment and completion progress with community dynamics, and support social learning experiences such as exclusive course groups and VIP medals.
- Collaborate with BadgeOS, myCRED, WPAdverts, Advanced Ads and other plugins to realize points medal system, classifieds and targeted ads cash.
Flexible layout and builder compatibility
- PeepSo outputs community content through pages with short codes and provides multiple widgets/blocks that can be embedded into any page template.
- Combined with Gutenberg blocks and Shortcode/Widgets from builders such as Elementor, modules such as Dynamic Streams, Member Catalogs, etc. can be seamlessly embedded in custom page layouts.
Target audience and usage scenarios
population (esp. of a group of people)
- Enterprises and individuals running online courses, bootcamps or knowledge payment platforms
- Merchants who want to build brand communities, fan clubs, user communities
- Companies, organizations, alumni associations that need internal communication and knowledge sharing
- Webmasters who run membership sites and subscription-based content platforms
- Any WordPress site owner who wants to keep users on their own site, not on an external social media platform
Typical usage scenarios
- Course Communities / Social Learning：
PeepSo integrates with LearnDash/TutorLMS to automatically generate dynamics at the nodes of course enrollment, completion, and quizzes; together with course groups and VIP medals, PeepSo creates a "socializing while learning" learning community. - Branded User Communities and Private Domain Operations：
Build an exclusive community for the product or service, allowing users to exchange experiences, post orders, and participate in activities on the station, and enhance repurchase and stickiness through points, badges and targeted advertising. - Clubs, associations, fellowships：
Offline event albums, online discussions, notifications and registration information are hosted through groups, event updates and media sharing features. - Internal Community / Knowledge Base Peripheral Social Layer：
Create employee communities or project groups on enterprise sites for cross-departmental communication, knowledge sharing and informal socialization.
Comparison of similar plugins
| Core Functions/Features | PeepSo Community Plugin | BuddyBoss Platform | BuddyPress |
|---|---|---|---|
| Build a complete social network within WordPress (profiles + updates + friends + groups, etc.) | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
| Instant Private Message / Private Chat + Notification Center | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
| Comes with modern community UI and official theme/design suite | ✅ (Gecko themes, etc.) | ✅ (BuddyBoss Theme) | ❌ (dependence on other topics) |
| Rich interactive components (emoji reactions, polls, topic tags, badges, etc.) | ✅ | ✅* | ❌ (multiple dependencies on tripartite extensions) |
| Official e-commerce integrations (WooCommerce store/order activity streams, etc.) | ✅ | ✅ | ❌ (self-combined program required) |
| Official LMS integrations (LearnDash/TutorLMS, etc.) | ✅ | ✅ | ❌ (more reliance on third-party add-ons) |
| Community Migration Tool (from BuddyPress / BuddyBoss) | ✅ | ❌ | ❌ |
| Out-of-the-box experience for non-technical webmasters | ✅ (Emphasis on installation ready) | ✅ (Companion Theme & Guide) | ❌ (more developer oriented, need style/template tuning) |
Differences and options recommendations (brief)
- What makes PeepSo stand out
- More emphasis is placed on light weight and modularity, and the required functions are combined through expansion.
- Provides the official Gecko community theme with tons of widgets/blocks for quickly landing modern community interfaces.
- Built-in word filtering, GIPHY action figure, email digest, badges, GDPR settings and other operation-oriented functions, more friendly to the webmasters who do not want to put together their own plug-ins.
- Provides an official path to migrate from BuddyPress/BuddyBoss for smooth upgrades of existing communities.
- The BuddyBoss Advantage: Making "Course + Community + Theme" into an all-in-one program is very attractive to "course-centered" platforms.
- BuddyPress Positioning: It's more of a 'social component framework' for teams with development skills who want to fully customize their experience; but for non-technical webmasters, the cost of getting started and integration is high.
User Feedback Highlights
“Good reviews of the hands-on experience and interface”
User reviews generally mention that the installation process is simple, the interface is close to mainstream social products, and members can start posting news, building groups and chatting with little learning cost.
“Official support and pace of updates recognized”
Third-party reviews and plugin profiles have repeatedly emphasized that PeepSo's continued active development, frequent feature updates, and active technical support and maintenance are more friendly to webmasters who have been running the community for a long time.
“Perceived Realities of Medium to Large Communities.”
The review also warns that PeepSo is full-featured and interactive, but it has certain requirements for server resources, so medium- to large-scale communities are advised to use higher-performance cloud or VPS hosts and set aside a little time for learning and debugging.
Suggestions for pairing with other plugins/themes
Community + E-commerce: Community Carrying Goods / Member Store
- Pairing:PeepSo + WooCommerce (+ Product Vendors / Dokan optional)
- Value: Show purchase records and order activities in community members' profile page and dynamic flow, to bridge the "socialize first, close the deal later"; Multi-merchant plug-in can upgrade active members into sellers, forming a community-based mall.
Community + Online Courses: Socialized Learning Platform
- Pairing:PeepSo + LearnDash / TutorLMS
- Value: Course enrollment, completion, and quiz results can be pushed to the community dynamics, students automatically join the corresponding course groups, combined with VIP medals, points and other mechanisms, significantly increase learning participation and willingness to renew.
Community + Incentive System: Points and Medals Drive Participation
- Pairing:PeepSo + BadgeOS / myCRED
- Value: Points, medals, or levels are awarded upon completion of posting, commenting, learning tasks, and purchasing behaviors, and are displayed in PeepSo profiles to encourage users to continue contributing content and interacting.
Community + Ads / Classifieds: Content Realization
- Pairing:PeepSo + Advanced Ads / WPAdverts etc.
- Value: Place targeted ads based on user profiles, groups and behaviors, or post classifieds within the community to increase the site's advertising and service revenue.
Communities + Page Builders: Flexible Floor Design
- Pairing:PeepSo + Gutenberg / Elementor and other builders
- Value: With the pages, shortcodes and widgets provided by PeepSo, and with the help of Gutenberg blocks or Elementor's Shortcode / Widgets, modules such as Dynamic Streams, Member Lists, Login Bar, Online Members, etc. are embedded into customized page layouts to achieve a community page that is consistent in style with the overall site.
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
1. What is PeepSo? What's the difference from a regular membership plugin?
PeepSo is a WordPress plugin that focuses on "Social Networking / Online Communities", adding Facebook-like community features to your existing website: dynamic streaming, friends/followers, groups, private messaging, notifications, etc., not just a simple member login and profile.
It is suitable for webmasters who want to keep users on their site and build a highly interactive community, rather than just providing the usual signup/login and comment functions.
2. Is PeepSo a standalone site or can it be embedded in an existing WordPress site?
Either way is fine.
It is also possible to build a special "community site" and use PeepSo as the core function of the site, making it similar to a private social platform or club site.
If you already have an official brand website, e-commerce site or content site, you can add a community page to your current site to allow users to complete browsing, ordering and social interaction under the same domain.
3. What are the server and environment requirements for using PeepSo?
PeepSo runs in a standard WordPress environment, as recommended:
- Use the currently supported stable versions of PHP and WordPress;
- Choose VPS / cloud servers with SSD storage over shared hosting where resources are tight, especially if you plan to host medium to large communities.
The more active the community is and the more people are online, the higher the CPU / RAM requirements. Smaller communities can start with a basic solution and upgrade servers later based on actual load.
4. Does PeepSo support WordPress Multisite?
The official requirement is that the Single Site Installation environments using PeepSo, Multisite environments are explicitly labeled as "Not Supported" to ensure stability of functionality and updates.
If you're currently using Multisite, it's often recommended to set up a separate standalone WordPress site for the community to run PeepSo to avoid running into hard-to-troubleshoot compatibility issues.
5. Is there a free version of PeepSo? What is the relationship with the paid extensions?
PeepSo itself offers a free core plugin, available in the WordPress plugin repository, for a quick experience with basic user profile and community features.
On top of that, functionality can be further enhanced with a range of extension plugins, such as groups, private chat, media uploads, loyalty badges, e-commerce and LMS integration. Different combinations are suitable for different sizes and types of communities. The specific modules included in the current product can be based on the function description on your product page.
6. Will PeepSo conflict with existing themes or plugins?
PeepSo is built on the standard WordPress development specification, and generally coexists with most "modern, well-coded" themes and plugins.
- The front-end display uses shortcodes, widgets and dedicated pages, and you can embed community modules in the current theme;
- For a visual that best matches the community, consider using a community theme designed for PeepSo or making a few CSS tweaks to an existing theme.
Before going live, it is recommended to verify compatibility with existing SEO, e-commerce, caching, and security plugins in a test environment.
7. Does PeepSo support Chinese, multilingual and mobile access?
Yes.
Mobile Adaptation: The default front-end interface is a responsive layout that is automatically adapted on cell phones and tablets. The community can also be packaged as a standalone App with third-party solutions for users to access through mobile apps.
Language and Localization: PeepSo follows the localization mechanism of WordPress, and supports localization of interface texts through translation tools/multilingual plugins, suitable for building Chinese or Chinese-English bilingual communities.
8. Can it be integrated with WooCommerce, e-commerce, online courses, membership systems?
PeepSo offers a number of integrations with leading plugins:
- e-commerce: In conjunction with e-commerce plug-ins such as WooCommerce, you can display purchase behavior and order activity in user profiles or dynamic streams, bridging the community and the mall.
- Online Courses / LMSIntegration with Learning Management Systems (LMS) such as LearnDash, Tutor LMS, etc. to provide exclusive groups, learning updates, achievements and other social functions for course participants.
- Membership / Automation: Can collaborate with a wide range of membership and marketing automation plugins to trigger workflows such as credits, unlocking content or sending emails based on user behavior in the community.
If you run an e-commerce site, a course platform or a membership site, PeepSo can be used as a 'community layer' to boost retention and conversion.
9. How large a community is PeepSo suitable for? How does it perform?
PeepSo is suitable for a wide range of sizes, from small interest groups to medium to large paid communities, as long as the server resources match the number of visitors.
- Small communities (a few hundred to a few thousand registered users) can run smoothly on a properly configured web host / entry-level VPS;
- Medium to large communities are recommended to use higher configuration cloud servers with caching, object caching and image optimization solutions.
Reviews and experience articles generally agree that PeepSo is relatively lightweight for a plugin of its kind, but the large number of real-time interactions can inherently bring database and IO pressure, and planning a good hosting and caching solution is key.
10. Who controls the data and privacy? Are there privacy features?
PeepSo runs entirely on your own servers and databases, and user data (accounts, updates, private messages, etc.) is in the hands of the site owner, not a third-party social platform.
The plugin provides privacy settings, content filtering and reporting, and supports setting the scope of visibility and basic GDPR-related options, making it easy for you to set up a privacy policy and terms of use according to the requirements of your region.
11. Will installing or deactivating PeepSo affect my existing website?
pre-installation: It is recommended to try it in a test environment first to confirm compatibility with the current theme and key plugins.
deactivate: When PeepSo is disabled, community-related features and front-end pages will no longer be displayed, but the community data in the database will be retained for later re-enabling or migration.
If you need to delete the data completely, you can usually do it through the uninstall option of the plugin itself or the "Remove Plugin" operation in the WordPress backend (be careful to make a backup of your database first).
12. Can I migrate from BuddyPress or BuddyBoss to PeepSo?
PeepSo provides a migration tool from BuddyPress / BuddyBoss to migrate user profiles, friendships, groups, and some community content to help existing communities smoothly switch to the new system.
The actual types of data that can be migrated may vary slightly with versions and extension modules, so it is recommended to perform a complete walkthrough in a test environment before migration.
13. Do I need programming or front-end development skills to use PeepSo?
It is not mandatory to know how to write code.
If you want a completely unified style with the overall branding of your website, you can then adjust the details through the theme customizer or a small amount of CSS, and this part can be left to the technician who maintains your website.
The plugin comes with a visual backend setup interface, and most of the functions can be done by ticking, dropdown and form filling;
Community pages are generated with pre-made pages and shortcodes, and you can simply add these pages to the menu;
14. How should I plan for PeepSo's portfolio of functional modules?
Recommendations from core requirement Backpropagate feature combinations instead of loading all extensions at once:
- If you're doing Courses + Community, prioritize LMS integration, groups, private messaging, and notification-related modules;
- If you are more interested in "community bandwagon / e-commerce", then prioritize the use of modules such as WooCommerce integration, points / medals, ads and so on;
- Pure content communities or communities of interest, on the other hand, can be built around interactive components such as dynamic streams, hashtags, polls, media uploads, and more.
You can start with a set of core modules, and after the community has been operating for a while, gradually add other components based on actual usage.
