Introduction

SpaceBay turns your WordPress site into a community: members join spaces, post, comment and react in a fast portal that works on desktop and mobile, in light and dark mode.

SpaceBay 1.0.0 · SpaceBay Pro 1.0.0 · By WPAnchorBay

SpaceBay is free on WordPress.org. SpaceBay Pro is an optional add-on with calls, two-factor login and a few tools for community managers. Features that need Pro are marked Pro. See Free and Pro.

The community portal at yoursite.com/community/.

What you get

• Spaces and groups where members meet, with public, private and secret spaces.
• A feed with posts, images, link previews, comments, likes, saved posts, topics and hashtags.
• Events with going, maybe and can’t go answers, a calendar and Add to calendar.
• Private messages and group chats.
• Profiles and a member directory.
• Points, levels, badges and a leaderboard.
• Notifications and emails, and search.
• Moderation: reports, blocked words, member approval and community moderators.
• Login and signup pages in your community’s design, with optional Google and Facebook login.
• Privacy tools, a REST API, hooks and template overrides for developers.

Where to start

1. Check the requirements.
2. Install the plugin.
3. Run the setup wizard.
4. Take the community portal tour.