Amit Agrahari

Mohammad Imran

<p>Birthday Block for BuddyPress is a lightweight plugin that displays upcoming birthdays of your BuddyPress community members using a modern Gutenberg block. Perfect for building engagement and celebrating your community!</p>
<h4>Features</h4>
<ul>
<li><strong>Gutenberg Block</strong> – Modern block editor integration</li>
<li><strong>Customizable Display</strong> – Control what information to show</li>
<li><strong>Multiple Date Ranges</strong> – Today, weekly, monthly, or all upcoming</li>
<li><strong>Age Display</strong> – Optionally show member ages</li>
<li><strong>Birthday Wishes</strong> – Direct message integration for sending wishes</li>
<li><strong>Friends Filter</strong> – Show only friends’ birthdays</li>
<li><strong>Flexible Formatting</strong> – Custom date format support</li>
<li><strong>Birthday Emoji</strong> – Fun cake emoji for birthdays</li>
<li><strong>Responsive Design</strong> – Matches BuddyPress default styles</li>
<li><strong>REST API</strong> – Full API support for custom integrations</li>
</ul>
<h4>Block Settings</h4>
<p>The birthday block includes extensive customization options:</p>
<ul>
<li><strong>Title</strong> – Customize the block heading</li>
<li><strong>Show Age</strong> – Display the upcoming age</li>
<li><strong>Send Birthday Wishes</strong> – Enable message button (requires BuddyPress Messages)</li>
<li><strong>Date Format</strong> – PHP date format (e.g., “F d” for “January 15”)</li>
<li><strong>Birthday Range</strong> – Today only, next 7 days, this month, or all upcoming</li>
<li><strong>Show Birthdays Of</strong> – All members or friends only</li>
<li><strong>Display Name Type</strong> – Display name, username, or full name from xProfile</li>
<li><strong>Number to Show</strong> – Limit results (1-50)</li>
<li><strong>Birthday Emoji</strong> – Show cake emoji next to names</li>
</ul>
<h4>Requirements</h4>
<ul>
<li>WordPress 5.2 or higher</li>
<li>BuddyPress plugin installed and activated</li>
<li>BuddyPress Extended Profiles component enabled</li>
<li>A date-type xProfile field for birthdays</li>
</ul>
<h4>Multilingual Ready</h4>
<p>Birthday Block for BuddyPress is translation-ready and follows WordPress internationalization standards.</p>
<h3>Privacy Policy</h3>
<p>Birthday Block for BuddyPress does not collect, store, or share any user data outside of your WordPress installation. All birthday information is stored in your BuddyPress xProfile fields.</p>
<h3>Support</h3>
<p>For support, feature requests, or bug reports, please visit the <a href="https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/buddypress-birthday/" rel="ugc">plugin support forum</a>.</p>
<h3>Credits</h3>
<p>Developed by Amit Kumar Agrahari</p>
<h3>Contribute</h3>
<p>Contributions are welcome! Please visit our GitHub repository to contribute code, report issues, or suggest features.</p>


Birthday Block for BuddyPress

Display upcoming birthdays of your BuddyPress members with a beautiful, customizable Gutenberg block.

kenkeydev

<p>ACF Field to select a date with select drop downs rather than the typical popup date picker. Very useful for selecting Age/Date of Birth.</p>
<h4>Compatibility</h4>
<p>This ACF field type is compatible with:<br />
* ACF 5</p>


Advanced Custom Fields: Date Selector

This was the perfect starting point for me to implement into a project. Saved a lot of time. For my clients use case we wanted to record dates of birth but the date picker calendar was confusing for users, and fiddly on mobile. This is a much cleaner solution.

A good alternative to the clumsy date picker

ACF Field to select a date with select drop downs rather than the typical popup date picker. Very useful for selecting Age/Date of Birth.

Birthday Block for BuddyPress vs Advanced Custom Fields: Date Selector