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SpaceBay Pro overview

SpaceBay Pro is an optional paid add-on. It adds calls, two-factor login, a signup form builder, custom profile fields, a badge editor, event place limits and reminders, and member shops.

SpaceBay is a free plugin on WordPress.org. SpaceBay Pro is a paid add-on. Everything not listed as Pro below is in the free plugin, with no limits on members, spaces, posts or events.

FeatureFreePro
Spaces and groups, feed, posts, comments, likes, saved posts, topics and hashtags, searchYesYes
Profiles, member directory, notifications and emailsYesYes
Private messages and group chatsYesYes
Voice and video calls in chatsNoYes
Community login, signup and password reset pages, members-only mode, limits on login attemptsYesYes
Signup form with name, email address and password, and an optional “I agree to the terms” tick boxYesYes
Signup form builder (choose fields, required fields and order)NoYes
Custom profile fieldsNoYes
Two-factor authentication (authenticator app, codes by email, backup codes)NoYes
Points, levels, leaderboard and points historyYesYes
Nine ready-made badges, each one switchableYesYes
Badge editor (create and edit badges), the hand-given badges Founding member and HelperNoYes
Giving badges and adding or taking away points by handNoYes
Events with going, maybe and can’t go answers, calendar, My events, past events, Add to calendar, notifications for new, changed and cancelled eventsYesYes
Event place limits (“places left”, full events)NoYes
Event reminders before the startNoYes
Member shops: a Shop tab on profiles, products that link to the seller’s own store, approval by admins, products in the feed and in spaces, a Shop pageNoYes
Moderation, reports, blocked words, member approval and suspension, community moderatorsYesYes
Setup wizard, branding, light and dark mode, privacy tools, REST API, hooks, template overrides, WP-CLI sample contentYesYes

When Pro is switched off or removed, the settings and data of its features are kept. Until Pro is active again these features are off: members log in with their password only, chats have no call buttons and the signup form shows the standard fields. Activate Pro and they come back as they were.