Title: 6Arshid Social Community
Author: 6arshid
Published: September 6, 2026
Last modified: September 7, 2026
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# 6Arshid Social Community
By [6arshid](https://profiles.wordpress.org/6arshid/)
[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/6arshid-social-community.zip)
* [Details](https://wordpress.org/plugins/6arshid-social-community/#description)
* [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/plugins/6arshid-social-community/#reviews)
* [Installation](https://wordpress.org/plugins/6arshid-social-community/#installation)
* [Development](https://wordpress.org/plugins/6arshid-social-community/#developers)
[Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/6arshid-social-community/)
## Description
6Arshid Social Community is a complete **WordPress social network plugin** for building
member communities, private networks, creator communities, discussion spaces, and
social platforms directly inside WordPress.
It provides member profiles, activity feeds, groups, friends and followers, private
messaging, notifications, polls, hashtags, bookmarks, moderation, social embeds,
creator monetization, REST API support, and more — without requiring BuddyPress.
If you are looking for a **WordPress social network**, a flexible **WP social network**
solution, or a standalone alternative to a traditional BuddyPress-based setup, 6Arshid
Social Community gives you the core community features in one modular plugin.
#### Build a Social Network with WordPress
Turn WordPress into a modern social community where members can create profiles,
publish activity posts, follow people, become friends, join groups, send private
messages, react to content, vote in polls, save posts, and receive notifications.
The plugin is designed for:
* Private or public online communities
* Membership websites
* Creator and fan communities
* Company or organization networks
* Niche social networks
* Discussion and interest-based communities
* Local communities
* Educational and professional networks
Each major feature can be enabled or disabled independently, so you can build a
lightweight community or a more complete social network experience.
### Build Native Apps for Free
You can build native mobile and desktop applications for your 6Arshid Social Community
network at no cost. We provide free build scripts and step-by-step tutorials for
all major platforms.
Supported platforms:
* Android
* iOS
* Windows
* macOS
* Linux
For a complete tutorial on building and deploying your own native apps, visit:
[Flutter Mobile App – 6Arshid Social Community](https://6arshid.com/portfolio/flutter-mobile-app-6arshid-social-community)
### Video Tutorial
#### Member Profiles
Members can create rich profiles with avatars, cover photos, extended profile fields,
social links, privacy controls, profile completion indicators, and verification
badges.
Profile features include:
* Custom profile fields and field groups
* Public, friends-only, and private field visibility
* Avatar and cover image uploads
* Profile completion progress
* Verified member badges
* User settings and privacy preferences
* GDPR export and erasure integration
#### Activity Feed
The activity stream is the center of the community. Members can publish posts, images,
GIFs, polls, links, mentions, hashtags, and attachments.
Activity features include:
* Public, friends-only, and private posts
* Image, GIF, emoji, and link support
* Comments and threaded replies
* Reactions and comment reactions
* @mentions and member autocomplete
* Hashtags and hashtag archives
* Sticky posts
* Bookmarks and collections
* Post sharing
* Reporting and moderation
* Infinite scroll or standard pagination
Members can also edit or delete their own posts and interact with content through
reactions, comments, shares, and saved collections.
#### Groups
Create public, private, or hidden groups with their own members, activity feeds,
avatars, cover photos, invitations, and moderation roles.
Group features include:
* Admin, moderator, and member roles
* Join requests and invitations
* Group activity feeds
* Member directories
* Parent and child groups
* Group search
* Public, private, and hidden visibility
#### Friends, Followers, and Blocking
6Arshid Social Community supports both mutual friendships and one-way following.
Members can:
* Send, accept, reject, and remove friend requests
* Follow or unfollow other members
* Receive follower notifications
* Block and unblock users
* Discover suggested friends based on mutual connections
#### Private Messaging
Members can communicate through one-to-one or group conversations without leaving
the WordPress site.
Messaging includes:
* Private conversation threads
* Group conversations
* Image and document attachments
* Read receipts
* Unread message counters
* WordPress Heartbeat-powered updates
* Message deletion
* Spam and abuse reporting
#### Notifications
The built-in notification center keeps members informed about community activity.
Notifications can be generated for:
* Friend requests
* Accepted friendships
* Reactions
* Comments
* Mentions
* Private messages
* Group invitations
* New followers
Users can control notification preferences, while email digest support can send
daily or weekly summaries.
#### Polls, Hashtags, and Engagement
Create interactive polls directly from the activity composer. Polls support multiple
options, expiration dates, live result distribution, quiz mode, reusable templates,
and participation history.
Hashtags are automatically detected and linked. Members can browse hashtag archive
pages, follow hashtags, use autocomplete, and discover trending topics.
The plugin also includes photo tagging, friend tagging, post sharing, sticky posts,
saved bookmarks, and bookmark collections.
#### Moderation and Community Safety
Community administrators can manage reports, suspended users, banned words, spam,
and abusive content from WordPress.
Moderation features include:
* Reporting for posts, comments, profiles, messages, and groups
* Admin moderation queue
* Resolve and dismiss workflows
* Configurable automatic suspension
* Banned-word filtering
* Suspension audit logs
* Akismet integration
* Upload validation and access controls
#### Social Embeds and Link Previews
Members can share links from popular social and media platforms. Depending on the
provider and configuration, the plugin can display oEmbed content, sandboxed iframes,
or Open Graph preview cards.
Supported platforms include YouTube, Vimeo, X / Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, TikTok,
Spotify, SoundCloud, Pinterest, Reddit, Twitch, Dailymotion, Apple Music, Apple
Podcasts, LinkedIn, Telegram, Threads, Bluesky, and Aparat.
A privacy-focused click-to-play mode can prevent third-party requests until a visitor
chooses to load embedded content.
#### Search
Unified search helps users discover content across the community from a single interface.
Search can include:
* Activity posts
* Members
* Groups
* Marketplace listings
Results respect content visibility and privacy settings.
#### Creator Monetization
Optional monetization tools allow creators to offer paid content, monthly subscriptions,
and pay-per-view posts.
Stripe Connect support allows creators to connect their own Stripe accounts, while
site administrators can configure platform fees and supported currencies.
Monetization can be disabled entirely when it is not needed.
#### Developer Friendly
6Arshid Social Community is built as a modular WordPress plugin with REST API endpoints,
AJAX actions, hooks, filters, Gutenberg blocks, shortcodes, and template overrides.
Developer features include:
* REST API under `/wp-json/arshid6social/v1/`
* Action and filter hooks
* Component-based architecture
* Theme template overrides
* Gutenberg blocks
* Shortcodes for activity, members, groups, messages, notifications, profiles,
bookmarks, hashtags, stories, verification, and blocking
* WordPress core XML sitemap integration
#### Multilingual and RTL Ready
The plugin includes internationalization support and ships with Persian (`fa_IR`)
and Danish (`da_DK`) translation files.
It also includes:
* RTL support for Persian and Arabic
* Dedicated RTL stylesheet
* Jalali (Shamsi) calendar option
* Compatibility with WPML, Polylang, and TranslatePress
#### Security and Performance
The plugin uses WordPress security best practices throughout its forms, AJAX actions,
REST endpoints, database operations, and file uploads.
Security and performance features include:
* Nonce and capability checks
* Input sanitization and output escaping
* Prepared database queries
* Upload MIME and extension validation
* Image re-encoding and EXIF stripping
* Rate limiting
* Honeypot and optional reCAPTCHA / Cloudflare Turnstile
* Conditional CSS and JavaScript loading
* Object cache and transient caching
* Database indexes
* Deferred scripts
* No jQuery dependency in front-end JavaScript
#### BuddyPress Alternative
6Arshid Social Community is **not a BuddyPress add-on and does not require BuddyPress**.
It is a standalone WordPress community and social network plugin. Sites currently
using BuddyPress can use the included migration tool to help move supported data
into 6Arshid Social Community.
This makes it suitable for site owners searching for a BuddyPress alternative while
still wanting familiar features such as member profiles, activity streams, groups,
friendships, messaging, and notifications.
#### Accessibility and Privacy
The interface includes keyboard navigation, ARIA labels, touch-friendly controls,
dark mode support, and WCAG-oriented accessibility features.
WordPress privacy tools are supported for member data export and erasure, and users
can control email notification preferences.
Third-party integrations such as GIF providers, social embeds, Gravatar, Stripe,
and Akismet are documented below in the **External services** section.
### External services
This plugin can contact the following third-party services. Calls are feature-gated
and happen only when the matching feature is enabled, configured, or triggered by
a user or administrator action.
#### Gravatar
Member profile photos fall back to Gravatar when no custom avatar has been uploaded.
The request sends the MD5 hash of the user’s email address to Gravatar when an avatar
is displayed.
* Service: https://gravatar.com * Privacy Policy: https://automattic.
com/privacy/ * Terms of Service: https://wordpress.com/tos/
#### GIF search APIs: GIPHY and Tenor
When GIF comments are enabled and an API key is configured, the GIF picker requests
trending GIFs or search results from the selected provider. Search requests send
the user’s search term, the configured API key, and normal HTTP request metadata
such as IP address and user agent.
* GIPHY API: https://api.giphy.com/v1/gifs/ *
Privacy Policy: https://support.giphy.com/hc/en-us/articles/360032872931-GIPHY-Privacy-
Policy * Terms of Service: https://support.giphy.com/hc/en-us/articles/360020027752-
GIPHY-User-Terms-of-Service * Tenor API: https://tenor.googleapis.com/v2/ * Privacy
Policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy * Terms of Service: https://policies.
google.com/terms
#### Social embeds and link previews
When Social Embeds are enabled and a user pastes a supported URL into social content,
the plugin fetches oEmbed data, iframe metadata, or Open Graph metadata for that
URL. The requested URL, site server request metadata, and any administrator-configured
provider token are sent to the matched provider. Rendered embeds or iframes may
also cause the visitor’s browser to contact the provider when the embedded content
is displayed. Each provider can be disabled in Settings > Engagement.
* YouTube/
Google: https://www.youtube.com/oembed * Privacy Policy: https://policies.google.
com/privacy * Terms of Service: https://policies.google.com/terms * Vimeo: https://
vimeo.com/api/oembed.json * Privacy Policy: https://vimeo.com/privacy * Terms of
Service: https://vimeo.com/terms * X / Twitter: https://publish.twitter.com/oembed*
Privacy Policy: https://x.com/en/privacy * Terms of Service: https://x.com/en/tos*
Instagram / Meta: https://graph.facebook.com/v18.0/instagram_oembed * Privacy Policy:
https://privacycenter.instagram.com/policy/ * Terms of Service: https://help.instagram.
com/581066165581870 * Facebook / Meta: https://graph.facebook.com/v18.0/oembed_post*
Privacy Policy: https://www.facebook.com/privacy/policy/ * Terms of Service: https://
www.facebook.com/terms.php * TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/oembed * Privacy Policy:
https://www.tiktok.com/legal/page/us/privacy-policy/en * Terms of Service: https://
www.tiktok.com/legal/page/us/terms-of-service/en * Spotify: https://open.spotify.
com/oembed * Privacy Policy: https://www.spotify.com/legal/privacy-policy/ * Terms
of Service: https://www.spotify.com/legal/end-user-agreement/ * SoundCloud: https://
soundcloud.com/oembed * Privacy Policy: https://soundcloud.com/pages/privacy * Terms
of Service: https://soundcloud.com/terms-of-use * Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.
com/oembed.json * Privacy Policy: https://policy.pinterest.com/en/privacy-policy*
Terms of Service: https://policy.pinterest.com/en/terms-of-service * Reddit: https://
www.reddit.com/oembed * Privacy Policy: https://www.reddit.com/policies/privacy-
policy * Terms of Service: https://redditinc.com/policies/user-agreement * Twitch:
https://clips.twitch.tv/embed and https://player.twitch.tv/ * Privacy Policy: https://
legal.twitch.com/en/legal/privacy-notice/ * Terms of Service: https://legal.twitch.
com/en/legal/terms-of-service/ * Dailymotion: https://www.dailymotion.com/services/
oembed * Privacy Policy: https://legal.dailymotion.com/en/privacy-policy/ * Terms
of Service: https://legal.dailymotion.com/en/terms-of-use/ * Apple Music / Podcasts:
https://music.apple.com and https://podcasts.apple.com * Privacy Policy: https://
www.apple.com/legal/privacy/ * Terms of Service: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-
services/itunes/ * LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com * Privacy Policy: https://
www.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy * Terms of Service: https://www.linkedin.com/
legal/user-agreement * Telegram: https://t.me/ * Privacy Policy: https://telegram.
org/privacy * Terms of Service: https://telegram.org/tos * Threads / Meta: https://
www.threads.net/oembed/ * Privacy Policy: https://help.instagram.com/515230437301944/*
Terms of Service: https://help.instagram.com/769983657850450 * Bluesky: https://
bsky.app * Privacy Policy: https://bsky.social/about/support/privacy-policy * Terms
of Service: https://bsky.social/about/support/tos * Aparat: https://www.aparat.com/
oembed.json * Privacy Policy: https://www.aparat.com/privacy * Terms of Service:
https://www.aparat.com/terms * Generic Open Graph previews: when no named provider
matches and generic previews are enabled, the plugin fetches the user-submitted
target URL to read metadata. The external service is the target site chosen by the
user; that site’s own privacy policy and terms apply.
#### Social sharing links
The social sharing feature builds share links in the browser. No request is sent
to these services until the user explicitly clicks a share button or opens a local
share handler. The shared page URL and title are passed to the selected service
or app.
* Facebook / Meta: https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php * Privacy
Policy: https://www.facebook.com/privacy/policy/ * Terms of Service: https://www.
facebook.com/terms.php * X / Twitter: https://twitter.com/intent/tweet * Privacy
Policy: https://x.com/en/privacy * Terms of Service: https://x.com/en/tos * WhatsApp:
https://api.whatsapp.com/send * Privacy Policy: https://www.whatsapp.com/legal/privacy-
policy * Terms of Service: https://www.whatsapp.com/legal/terms-of-service * Telegram:
https://t.me/share/url * Privacy Policy: https://telegram.org/privacy * Terms of
Service: https://telegram.org/tos * LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/sharing/share-
offsite/ * Privacy Policy: https://www.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy * Terms
of Service: https://www.linkedin.com/legal/user-agreement * Reddit: https://reddit.
com/submit * Privacy Policy: https://www.reddit.com/policies/privacy-policy * Terms
of Service: https://redditinc.com/policies/user-agreement * Threads / Meta: https://
www.threads.net/intent/post * Privacy Policy: https://help.instagram.com/515230437301944/*
Terms of Service: https://help.instagram.com/769983657850450 * Bluesky: https://
bsky.app/intent/compose * Privacy Policy: https://bsky.social/about/support/privacy-
policy * Terms of Service: https://bsky.social/about/support/tos * Pinterest: https://
pinterest.com/pin/create/button/ * Privacy Policy: https://policy.pinterest.com/
en/privacy-policy * Terms of Service: https://policy.pinterest.com/en/terms-of-service*
LINE: https://social-plugins.line.me/lineit/share * Privacy Policy: https://www.
lycorp.co.jp/en/company/privacypolicy/ * Terms of Service: https://terms.line.me/
line_terms * Gmail / Google: https://mail.google.com/mail/ * Privacy Policy: https://
policies.google.com/privacy * Terms of Service: https://policies.google.com/terms*
Yahoo Mail and AOL Mail: https://compose.mail.yahoo.com/ and https://mail.aol.com/*
Privacy Policy: https://legal.yahoo.com/us/en/yahoo/privacy/index.html * Terms of
Service: https://legal.yahoo.com/us/en/yahoo/terms/otos/index.html * Outlook.com/
Microsoft: https://outlook.live.com/owa/ * Privacy Policy: https://privacy.microsoft.
com/privacystatement * Terms of Service: https://www.microsoft.com/servicesagreement*
Viber local app handler: viber://forward * Privacy Policy: https://www.viber.com/
en/terms/viber-privacy-policy/ * Terms of Service: https://www.viber.com/en/terms/
viber-terms-use/ * Email, SMS, copy-link, and send-as-message actions are local
browser/site actions. The plugin does not make a third-party HTTP request for those
actions.
#### Stripe
When the Monetization module is enabled and Stripe keys are configured, the checkout
UI loads Stripe.js from Stripe and server-side monetization requests call the Stripe
API to create or retrieve payment intents and process webhook events. Data sent
can include amount, currency, payment intent identifiers, Stripe keys, purchaser
and creator user IDs, activity IDs, and Stripe metadata required to complete the
payment. The plugin does not store raw card or bank details.
* Stripe.js: https://
js.stripe.com/v3/ * Stripe API: https://api.stripe.com/v1/ * Privacy Policy: https://
stripe.com/privacy * Terms of Service: https://stripe.com/legal
#### Akismet
When Akismet spam checking is enabled and the separate Akismet plugin is installed
and active, activity content is sent to Akismet’s spam-checking API before publication.
Data sent includes the submitted content, author information, IP address, user agent,
referrer, permalink, and site URL.
* Service: https://akismet.com * Privacy Policy:
https://automattic.com/privacy/ * Terms of Service: https://akismet.com/tos/
#### WordPress.org theme downloads
The setup wizard can download a WordPress.org theme ZIP when an administrator explicitly
chooses to install a theme from the wizard. The requested theme slug and normal
server request metadata are sent to WordPress.org.
* Service: https://downloads.
wordpress.org/theme/ * Privacy Policy: https://wordpress.org/about/privacy/ * Project
License and Policies: https://wordpress.org/about/license/
#### Developer build helper
The development-only Bootstrap Icons download helper in the build directory downloads
the Bootstrap Icons release ZIP from GitHub only when a maintainer runs that script
manually. This is not executed during normal plugin runtime.
* GitHub: https://
github.com/twbs/icons/ * Privacy Policy: https://docs.github.com/site-policy/privacy-
policies/github-privacy-statement * Terms of Service: https://docs.github.com/site-
policy/github-terms/github-terms-of-service
## Blocks
This plugin provides 3 blocks.
* Activity Feed Display a live activity feed with infinite scroll and reactions.
* Group List Display a grid of social network groups with search and join buttons.
* Member Directory Display the 6Arshid Social Community member directory with
search and filters.
## Installation
1. Upload the `6arshid-social-community` folder to `/wp-content/plugins/`
2. Activate the plugin through the **Plugins** menu in WordPress
3. Follow the setup wizard that appears after activation
4. Activation and setup create/configure plugin pages only. The plugin does not change`
show_on_front`, `page_on_front`, or assign itself as the site homepage automatically.
5. Configure components and settings at **6arshid Social Community Settings**
## FAQ
### Is this a WordPress social network plugin?
Yes. 6Arshid Social Community is a standalone WordPress social network plugin that
adds member profiles, activity feeds, groups, friends, followers, private messaging,
notifications, polls, hashtags, moderation, and other community features.
### Is this a BuddyPress plugin or BuddyPress add-on?
No. It does not require BuddyPress. It is an independent social network plugin for
WordPress and includes a BuddyPress migration tool for supported data.
### Can I disable specific features?
Yes. Go to **6arshid Social Community Settings Components** and toggle each feature
on or off.
### How do I override a template?
Copy the template file from `6arshid-social-community/templates/` into your theme
at `{your-theme}/social-network/` with the same relative path.
### Is it compatible with BuddyPress?
6Arshid Social Community is an independent plugin and does not require BuddyPress.
A data migration tool from BuddyPress is included in the admin Tools page.
### Does it work in RTL?
Yes. Persian and Arabic are fully supported with a dedicated `rtl.css` and Jalali
calendar date formatting.
### How do I add custom profile fields?
Developers can use the `arshid6social_xprofile_groups` and `arshid6social_xprofile_fields`
tables directly or via the provided PHP API. An admin UI for field management is
planned for a future release.
### Can I extend it with my own components?
Yes. Hook into `arshid6social_loaded` to register custom components, and use `arshid6social_settings_tabs`
to add your own settings tab.
### What shortcodes are available?
[arshid6social_activity], `[arshid6social_members]`, `[arshid6social_groups]`, `[
arshid6social_messages]`, `[arshid6social_notifications]`, `[arshid6social_profile]`,`[
arshid6social_bookmarks]`, `[arshid6social_trending_hashtags]`, `[arshid6social_stories_tray]`,`[
arshid6social_verification_request]`, `[arshid6social_block_list]`
### Is the REST API available to external apps?
Yes. The REST API at `/wp-json/arshid6social/v1/` covers activity, members, friends,
groups, messages, notifications, bookmarks, hashtags, polls, tags, sharing, sticky
posts, and attachments.
## Reviews
There are no reviews for this plugin.
## Contributors & Developers
“6Arshid Social Community” is open source software. The following people have contributed
to this plugin.
Contributors
* [ 6arshid ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/6arshid/)
* [ hassantafreshi ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/hassantafreshi/)
* [ Amin Khadivar ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/aminkhadivar/)
[Translate “6Arshid Social Community” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/6arshid-social-community)
### Interested in development?
[Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/6arshid-social-community/),
check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/6arshid-social-community/),
or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/6arshid-social-community/)
by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/6arshid-social-community/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss).
## Changelog
#### 1.8.3
* WordPress.org review fix: plugin activation and setup no longer assign a static
front page or modify the site’s homepage settings.
* Security hardening: sticky activity REST/AJAX permissions now validate the activity
owner, profile scope owner, group destination, and moderator capabilities before
pinning or unpinning.
* Compliance hardening: removed runtime error-suppression operators from local
asset version and icon metadata reads.
* Security hardening: tightened REST permission callbacks, social media file serving,
story visibility checks, friend-request acceptance, monetization setting sanitization,
and remote GIF API requests.
* External services documentation: rebuilt the section to match the currently supported
services and removed obsolete sharing-provider disclosures.
#### 1.8.2
* Plugin Check: resolved the remaining `PluginCheck.Security.DirectDB.UnescapedDBParameter`
notices by annotating the safe dynamic table-name/whitelist identifiers (all
query values are bound via `$wpdb->prepare()` placeholders — never raw user input)
and cleared the last `PreparedSQLPlaceholders` notices.
* Hardened the dev-only CLI migration test harness with a direct-access guard;
it remains excluded from the distributed package.
* Trimmed the readme tag list to five.
#### 1.8.1
* Hardening: unslashed and type-correctly sanitized all remaining superglobal reads(
passwords are unslashed but never sanitize_text_field’d; arrays sanitized per
field type; uploads validated by the media handler).
* Added explicit nonce-context annotations to the Ads admin screen’s read-only
view routing (form processing was already nonce-verified).
* Corrected all `$wpdb->prepare()` placeholder usages flagged by Plugin Check (
dynamic `IN()`/`WHERE` clauses build their placeholders at runtime and bind values
via prepare()).
* Annotated safe dynamic table-name interpolations (built from `$wpdb->prefix`
and in-code whitelists, never user input) and the intentional third-party cache-
plugin integration hooks.
#### 1.8.0
* Consistency: migrated all custom database tables from the legacy `sn_` secondary
prefix to the plugin’s standard `arshid6social_` prefix. Existing sites are upgraded
automatically and losslessly via an idempotent `RENAME TABLE` migration on update;
fresh installs create the new table names directly.
* Consistency: renamed the remaining client-side `sn_*` form-field names (GIF and
attachment staging fields) to the `arshid6social_*` prefix. No stored data or
request payloads are affected.
* Fixed broken third-party Terms/Privacy links in the External Services documentation.
* Packaging: the development-only `build/` tooling is excluded from the distributed
plugin via `.distignore` / `.gitattributes`.
#### 1.7.0
* Renamed plugin to 6Arshid Social Community with a consistent `6arshid-social-
community` slug/text domain and `arshid6social` code prefix throughout.
* Fixed remaining WordPress.org plugin review items: removed the last raw inline`