Title: BP External Group Blogs Author: Andy Peatling Published: September 30, 2009 Last modified: June 21, 2013 --- Search plugins This plugin **hasn’t been tested with the latest 3 major releases of WordPress**. It may no longer be maintained or supported and may have compatibility issues when used with more recent versions of WordPress. ![](https://s.w.org/plugins/geopattern-icon/external-group-blogs.svg) # BP External Group Blogs By [Andy Peatling](https://profiles.wordpress.org/apeatling/) [Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/external-group-blogs.zip) * [Details](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/external-group-blogs/#description) * [Reviews](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/external-group-blogs/#reviews) * [Installation](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/external-group-blogs/#installation) * [Development](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/external-group-blogs/#developers) [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/external-group-blogs/) ## Description Give group creators and administrators on your BuddyPress install the ability to attach external blog RSS feeds to groups. Blog posts will appear within the activity stream for the group. New posts will automatically be pulled every hour, or every 30 minutes if someone specifically visits a group page. ## Installation 1. Copy bp-groups-externalblogs.php to /wp-content/plugins/ 2. a. In the WordPress Admin panel, visit the plugins page and Activate the plugin. b. When creating new groups you will see a new creation step “External Blogs”. c. Blogs can be added to an existing group by visiting that group’s admin menu. ## Reviews There are no reviews for this plugin. ## Contributors & Developers “BP External Group Blogs” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin. Contributors * [ Andy Peatling ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/apeatling/) * [ modemlooper ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/modemlooper/) * [ Boone Gorges ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/boonebgorges/) [Translate “BP External Group Blogs” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/external-group-blogs) ### Interested in development? [Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/external-group-blogs/), check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/external-group-blogs/), or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/external-group-blogs/) by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/external-group-blogs/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss). ## Changelog #### 1.2.3 * fixed fetching multiple feeds * Added fetch time setting #### 1.2.2 * code clean up via @Boone 🙂 #### 1.2.1 * Adding missing filter option and fixed duplication bug #### 1.2 * Fixes for BuddyPress 1.2 final, as well as better cron support for auto-updates. #### 1.1 * Updated the plugin to support BuddyPress 1.2 #### 1.0 * Initial release. ## Meta * Version **1.2.3** * Last updated **13 years ago** * Active installations **10+** * Language * [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/external-group-blogs/) * Tags * [Blogs](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/blogs/)[buddypress](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/buddypress/) [feeds](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/feeds/)[groups](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/groups/) [rss](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/rss/) * [Advanced View](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/external-group-blogs/advanced/) ## Ratings 3 out of 5 stars. * [ 1 5-star review ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/external-group-blogs/reviews/?filter=5) * [ 0 4-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/external-group-blogs/reviews/?filter=4) * [ 0 3-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/external-group-blogs/reviews/?filter=3) * [ 0 2-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/external-group-blogs/reviews/?filter=2) * [ 1 1-star review ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/external-group-blogs/reviews/?filter=1) [Add my review](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/external-group-blogs/reviews/#new-post) [See all reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/external-group-blogs/reviews/) ## Contributors * [ Andy Peatling ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/apeatling/) * [ modemlooper ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/modemlooper/) * [ Boone Gorges ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/boonebgorges/) ## Support Got something to say? Need help? [View support forum](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/external-group-blogs/)