Buddypress Friend of a Friend (FOAF) for WordPress Plugin Directory
By quan_flo
Buddypress Friend of a Friend (FOAF) is a WordPress app, with a 4.7 average rating from 9 reviews, as of Aug 31, 2026.
Buddypress Friend of a Friend (FOAF) is a WordPress Plugin Directory app by quan_flo. With a rating of 4.7★ from 9 reviews.
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Buddypress Friend of a Friend (FOAF) is a highly rated WordPress app with a limited review volume. Category data on the canonical marketplace listing is currently incomplete, so AppRanks falls back to platform-wide rather than category-relative comparison for this listing. 9 reviews put it in the early-traction tier — useful for early-stage stores willing to be on the leading edge. Early-traction review counts are sensitive to single launch periods or feature events, so a 30-day re-check before bigger commitments often resolves whether the trend is sustained. Paid-only pricing means evaluating fit on the marketplace listing or via the developer's documentation before installing. AppRanks tracks rating, review count, pricing tier, and category position daily — the figures on this page reflect the most recent scrape from the canonical WordPress Plugin Directory listing.
Pros
- +High average rating (4.7★) signals consistent merchant satisfaction
- +Published by quan_flo — established developer track record
Cons
- −Limited review base (9) — ratings can shift significantly with new feedback
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How Buddypress Friend of a Friend (FOAF) works
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Increase communication and networking at your buddypress based social network.
This plugin includes a new block inside each user profile page and includes a “Friend of a Friend (FOAF)” display.
If you have buddypress friends enabled your users will have friends. Their friends also have friends and these friends again have friends.
So there are “social paths” inside your members friends lists. This Plugin visualizes the nearest path to the user whose profile is visited by another user.
The world is small and you’ll see that most users know each other – because their friends are friends…
Features:
New block inside buddypress profile page (automatically integrated) that tells you whose friend the visited user is
Shortcode: Create a page using the shortcode [buddypressfoaf_show_potential_friends] that shows excerps of friends of your friends that are not yet your friends
Widget: Show a random user (friend’s friend or random user if you do not have friends)
Please take a look at the screenshot section for some examples!
More about me and my plugins
Since the year 1999 I do administration, customizing and programming for several forums, communities and social networks. In the year 2013 I switched from another PHP framework to WordPress.
Because not all plugins I’d like to have exist already I wrote some own plugins and I think I’ll continue to do so.
If you have the scope at forums or social networks my other modules might also be interesting for you. Just take a look at my WordPress Profile to see all my Plugins. Use them and if my work helps you to save time, earn money or just makes you happy feel free to donate – Thanks. The donation link can be found at the right sidebar next to this text.
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Frequently asked questions
What is Buddypress Friend of a Friend (FOAF)?
Buddypress Friend of a Friend (FOAF) is an app for WordPress. It currently holds a 4.7-star rating from 9 merchant reviews, and AppRanks has been tracking its public marketplace data on the refresh cadence published in our methodology. AppRanks tracks its category position, review-velocity trend, and the top alternatives in the same space. Developed by quan_flo.