{"id":30983,"date":"2010-04-26T10:15:16","date_gmt":"2010-04-26T14:15:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wpmu.org\/?p=30983"},"modified":"2013-05-14T15:04:55","modified_gmt":"2013-05-14T19:04:55","slug":"display-upcoming-birthdays-in-buddypress-with-new-easy-to-use-widget","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wpmudev.com\/blog\/display-upcoming-birthdays-in-buddypress-with-new-easy-to-use-widget\/","title":{"rendered":"Display Upcoming Birthdays in BuddyPress With New Easy-to-Use Widget"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a rel=\"lightbox[30983]\" class=\"blog-thumbnail\" href=\"https:\/\/wpmudev.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/birthdaycupcake1.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-30992\" title=\"birthdaycupcake\" src=\"https:\/\/wpmudev.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/birthdaycupcake1.jpg\" alt=\"Post image\" aria-hidden=\"true\" width=\"204\" height=\"260\" \/><\/a>Let your users wish each other a happy birthday! There&#8217;s a new BuddyPress plugin this month that makes it possible to easily display your users&#8217; upcoming birthdays in the sidebar of your site.<\/p>\n<p>Many people rely on Facebook or online birthday services to remember their friends&#8217; birthdays. In this digital age, when users have an ever-widening circle of friends online, their primary social network can play a key role in helping them remember important dates. Check out the <a href=\"http:\/\/wordpress.org\/extend\/plugins\/tdlc-birthdays\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">TDLC Birthdays<\/a> plugin for a quick way to add this functionality to your BuddyPress site. The newest version is compatible with BuddyPress 1.2.3.<\/p>\n<div style=\"clear: both; width: 630px; height: 5px;\"><\/div>\n<h2>TDLC Birthday Plugin Options:<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Show all birthdays or only friends&#8217; birthdays<\/li>\n<li>Display birthdays happening in the next x number of days<\/li>\n<li>Display or hide ages<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>How to Add Birthday Updates to BuddyPress:<\/h2>\n<p><b>1. Add a birthday field in the Buddypress extended profile settings<\/b><br \/>\n<b>2. Users must fill it out the birthday field in their profiles for it to work<\/b><br \/>\n<b>3. Install the TDLC Birthdays, activate, and drag the birthday widget to the sidebar<\/b><\/p>\n<p>This is what the widget looks when there are users with upcoming birthdays:<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_181574\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" data-caption=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-181574\" src=\"https:\/\/wpmudev.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/birthdays.jpg\" alt=\"Displaying upcoming birthdays in BuddyPress.\" width=\"600\" height=\"370\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Display upcoming birthdays in BuddyPress.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>If you&#8217;re willing to do a little editing, you could use this plugin to display wedding dates on a wedding site, graduation dates, pregnancy due dates, any date that may be an important common relational factor for your users.<\/p>\n<p>When your project is on a budget, sometimes re-purposing a plugin with similar functionality to what you need is a good option for customizing your site.<\/p>\n<p>Simply edit the <i>tdlc-birthdays.php<\/i> file and you&#8217;ve got custom user-selected dates displayed for your site&#8217;s needs.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em>Update:<\/em> Last time we checked, the plugin hadn&#8217;t been updated for a while. If the above plugin doesn&#8217;t work for you, check out <a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/bp-birthday-greetings\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">BP Birthday Greetings<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_181576\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" data-caption=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-181576\" src=\"https:\/\/wpmudev.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/bp-birthday-greetings.jpg\" alt=\"BP Birthday Greetings WordPress plugin for BuddyPress.\" width=\"600\" height=\"265\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">BP Birthday Greetings WordPress plugin for BuddyPress.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/bp-birthday-greetings\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">BP Birthday Greetings<\/a>\u00a0does something very similar to the\u00a0TDLC Birthdays plugin. It\u00a0displays a list of members&#8217; birthdays and sends out a birthday greeting notification to members.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Let your users wish each other a happy birthday! There&#8217;s a new BuddyPress plugin this month that makes it possible to easily display your users&#8217; upcoming birthdays in the sidebar of your site. Many people rely on Facebook or online birthday services to remember their friends&#8217; birthdays. 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