Title: BuddyPress Hovercards
Author: Mike Martel
Published: <strong>June 26, 2012</strong>
Last modified: January 24, 2013

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# BuddyPress Hovercards

 By [Mike Martel](https://profiles.wordpress.org/mike_cowobo/)

[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/buddypress-hovercards.1.1.3.zip)

 * [Details](https://test.wordpress.org/plugins/buddypress-hovercards/#description)
 * [Reviews](https://test.wordpress.org/plugins/buddypress-hovercards/#reviews)
 *  [Installation](https://test.wordpress.org/plugins/buddypress-hovercards/#installation)
 * [Development](https://test.wordpress.org/plugins/buddypress-hovercards/#developers)

 [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/buddypress-hovercards/)

## Description

This plugin adds hovercards (like on WordPress,com (Gravatar), Twitter, Facebook,
Google+, etc.) to BuddyPress. Whenever a user hovers over a user avatar, the hovercard
shows up.

Hovercards are completely themable by adding a `hovercard.php` template to your (
child) theme.

Based on imath’s blogpost [on BuddyPress xprofile hovercards](http://imath.owni.fr/2010/11/23/buddypress-xprofile-hovercard/)
and uses the jQuery [Tipsy](http://onehackoranother.com/projects/jquery/tipsy/) 
library and [Rrrene’s hovercards](https://github.com/rrrene/tipsy.hovercard).

## Screenshots

 * [[
 * Example hovercard using the template included in the plugin.

## Installation

 1. You can download and install BuddyPress hovercards using the built in WordPress
    plugin installer. If you download BuddyPress Hovercards manually, upload the whole
    folder to “/wp-content/plugins/”.
 2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress

If you want to add a custom hovercard, or change the displayed fields, copy ‘/bp-
hovercards/templates/hovercard.php’ to the root of your (child) theme and edit it
there to prevent it being overwritten at an update.

## FAQ

  How can I disable hovercards for certain avatars?

Hovercards are disabled for some avatars already, namely the profile badge and the
profile header. To add more disabled elements, you can use the folowing filters:

‘bphc_parent_filter’ to disable hovercards for all children of a certain element
id or class, e.g.:

    ```
    function disable_bphc_by_parent( $filter ) {
        return $filter . ', .children-of-this-class';
    }
    add_filter('bphc_parent_filter', 'disable_bphc_by_parent');
    ```

‘bphc_element_filter’ to disable hovercards for avatar img tag with this class/id,
e.g.:

    ```
    function disable_bphc_for_elements ( $filter ) {
        return $filter . ', .avatars-with-this-class, #avatar-with-this-id'
    }
    add_filter('bphc_parent_filter', 'disable_bphc_by_parent');
    ```

  Can I make my own hovercard?

Yes. If you want to add a custom hovercard, or change the displayed fields, copy‘/
bp-hovercards/templates/hovercard.php’ to the root of your (child) theme and edit
it there to prevent it being overwritten at an update.

## Reviews

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## Contributors & Developers

“BuddyPress Hovercards” is open source software. The following people have contributed
to this plugin.

Contributors

 *   [ Mike Martel ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/mike_cowobo/)

[Translate “BuddyPress Hovercards” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/buddypress-hovercards)

### Interested in development?

[Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/buddypress-hovercards/),
check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/buddypress-hovercards/),
or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/buddypress-hovercards/)
by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/buddypress-hovercards/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss).

## Changelog

#### 1.1.3

 * Fix that avatars would show the hovercard as an alt-text in certain cases

#### 1.1.2

 * Better compatibility with BP Social Theme

#### 1.1.1

 * Disable hovercards for profile badge and profile header (thanks Sandy)
 * Added filters ‘bphc_parent_filter’ and ‘bphc_element_filter’ to disable hovercards
   for certain avatars

#### 1.1

 * Hovercards are now not reloaded when they’re still visible
 * Never show two hovercards at the same time
 * Hovercards were loaded during AJAX calls (when the mouse was no longer on)

#### 1.0

 * Fixed that non-logged in users got a stylish ‘0’ instead of the hovercard
 * Hovercards are now reloaded on _all_ AJAX request (except BP Live Notifications)

#### 0.9.6

 * Hovercards now refresh anytime something is loaded in with AJAX
 * BP 1.6 Beta 1 & 2 compatibility

#### 0.95

 * Fixed ‘Load More’-bug. Users of the WP admin bar would not get hovercards on 
   posts loaded in using the ‘Load More’ button.

#### 0.9

 * Initial upload

## Meta

 *  Version **1.1.3**
 *  Last updated **13 years ago**
 *  Active installations **10+**
 *  Language
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 * Tags
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## Contributors

 *   [ Mike Martel ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/mike_cowobo/)

## Support

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