I too have tried using BuddyPress to build a “Social Media” platform and have found the same things you have stated in YOUR post. I have tried using Elementor with is and all that happens is that one of the plugins doesn’t work with or agree with BuddyPress.
I’ve been pulling my hair out using Elementor (which in and by itself) seems to be a great program. I’m NOT by any stretch of the imagination a computer guru, I’m struggling every minute that I work on this social network and in the end, I’ll give it up due to the massive about of know-how it takes to build such a platform.
Like yourself, I was REALLY hoping to do this with BuddyPress and I was like….sooooo excited when I first saw the plugin, and then when I started to use it became a pretty big letdown very quickly.
Thanks for listening!
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