Wordpress gets a Buddy

Automattic, the brains behind wordpress have snapped up the services of Andy Peatling and his BuddyPress plugins.

At the moment a place holder is all that we can see at the BuddyPress site, but Andy on his blog says…

I’ve been all consumed in WordPress for the past two years now, I think almost every single site I’ve built since working as a freelancer has used WordPress in some way. To get the opportunity to concentrate fully on WordPress everyday, and also the chance to help mould WordPress in new ways is a fantastic one not to be missed.

Also, the buddypress.com domain is in the process of being moved, so further updates on the project will be available there once the move has been completed.

BuddyPress is a series of plug-ins that turns your Wordpress installation into a Social Network, Automattic have already indicated that they would like to dip their toe into world of Social Networking so this acquisition makes sense to them.

 

Tags: Wordpress, Automattic, BuddyPress