How BuddyPress Theme Compatibility Works – John James Jacoby

In this session, John James Jacoby takes us through a technical understanding of how the theme compatibility functionality of BuddyPress works. Specifically, he demonstrates how to extend and override BuddyPress templates within your theme and how to build similar template compatibility into your plugins.

Have you been thinking about using BuddyPress? Are you currently using BuddyPress and think you could be doing something better? There is no better place if you want to know the ins and outs of building a site, theme, or plugin with a focus on BuddyPress.

What You’ll Learn

• What is theme compatibility and why does it matter
• How to extend BuddyPress templates
• Technical solutions for using BuddyPress inside of WordPress
• And more!