Real-time notification bell for BuddyPress & BuddyBoss with sound alerts, LinkedIn-style dropdown, and floating bell shortcode.

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Neeraj Jangid

BuddyDevelopers

<p>Buddy Notification Bell adds a real-time notification bell to your BuddyPress or BuddyBoss site. New notifications are detected automatically using the WordPress Heartbeat API — no page reload needed.</p>
<p><strong>Key features:</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Real-time detection of new notifications via WordPress Heartbeat API</li>
<li>Sound alert on new notification (enable/disable in settings)</li>
<li>LinkedIn-style dropdown panel with avatar, text, and time</li>
<li>Unread count badge on the bell icon</li>
<li>Floating bell button option (great for block/FSE themes)</li>
<li>Place the bell anywhere with the <code>[buddy_notification_bell]</code> shortcode</li>
<li>Auto-injects into the primary navigation menu (classic themes)</li>
<li>Mark all notifications as read with one click</li>
<li>Individual or grouped notification display style</li>
<li>Full BuddyBoss Platform compatibility — including an option to trigger BuddyBoss’s own notification panel on bell click</li>
<li>Secure: all AJAX endpoints nonce-verified, all output properly escaped</li>
</ul>
<h3>Demo</h3>
<p><span class="embed-youtube" style="text-align:center; display: block;"><iframe loading="lazy" class="youtube-player" width="750" height="422" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/seMBJZB-vu8?version=3&rel=1&showsearch=0&showinfo=1&iv_load_policy=1&fs=1&hl=en-US&autohide=2&wmode=transparent" allowfullscreen="true" style="border:0;" sandbox="allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox"></iframe></span></p>
<p><span class="embed-youtube" style="text-align:center; display: block;"><iframe loading="lazy" class="youtube-player" width="750" height="422" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/d0viMMI5LMU?version=3&rel=1&showsearch=0&showinfo=1&iv_load_policy=1&fs=1&hl=en-US&autohide=2&wmode=transparent" allowfullscreen="true" style="border:0;" sandbox="allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox"></iframe></span></p>


Buddy Notification Bell

This plugin may be good alternative for buddypress notification.
it provide shortcode which you can use wherever you want at your comfortable place in side of header or middle of header just paste that shortcode.

and along with notification it provide bell alert like we get facebook or whatsapp.

Nice Notification

Nice Plugin

Tested it with the latest version of BuddyPress and WordPress. 
I appreciate the effort of all people who help in coding, testing, designing. 

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