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title: "Introduction"
description: "SpaceBay turns a WordPress site into a community with spaces, a feed, events, messages, points and moderation. Free on WordPress.org, with an optional Pro add-on."
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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 <span class="sb-badge sb-badge--pro">Pro</span>. See [Free and Pro](/spacebay/pro/overview/).

<img src="/spacebay/assets/screenshots/portal-admin-light.png" alt="The SpaceBay portal home page with a welcome banner and the community feed" width="1440" height="900" data-lightbox="true" />

*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](/spacebay/getting-started/requirements/).
2. [Install](/spacebay/getting-started/installation/) the plugin.
3. Run the [setup wizard](/spacebay/getting-started/setup-wizard/).
4. Take the [community portal tour](/spacebay/user-guide/community-portal/).