BuddyPress Friendship Restrictions is a lightweight add-on that gives you full control over who can send and receive friend requests in your BuddyPress or BuddyBoss community. Set clear rules, reduce spam, protect users, and shape member connections by role, age, profile fields, or mutual requirements—all without touching code.
- Restrict who can send friend requests based on user roles
- Limit incoming requests to selected roles or member types
- Block friend requests from new or unverified accounts
- Require mutual friends before allowing a request
- Set minimum profile completeness before users can connect
- Age-based restrictions using profile field values
- Whitelist or blacklist by specific users or roles
- Customizable error messages on blocked requests
- Optional daily or total request limits per user
- Admin overrides for manual connections
- Per-group rules to control connections inside groups
- Compatible with BuddyPress and BuddyBoss Platform
- Works with member types and custom profile fields (xProfile)
- Lightweight, fast, and translation-ready
- Easy setup with a clean settings page in wp-admin
- Hooks and filters for developers to extend rules
- GDPR-friendly: no extra personal data stored
