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.

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<h4>Basic Instructions</h4>
<p>Once the plugin is installed, go to <strong><code>Settings > General > PCF Countdown Options</code></strong> to input a name and date for the countdown.</p>
<p>Use the shortcode <strong><code>[pcf_bday_countdown]</code></strong> to output the countdown.</p>
<p>The countdown will output in days by default (e.g ‘105 days until <code>name</code>s Birthday’).</p>
<h4>Changing output type</h4>
<p>The shortcode can be given a ‘type’ attribute, like so:</p>
<pre><code>[pcf_bday_countdown type="days|weeks|sleeps"]
</code></pre>
<p>This enables you to change the output type.</p>
<p>There are 3 types to choose from:</p>
<ul>
<li>Days</li>
<li>Weeks</li>
<li>Sleeps</li>
</ul>
<p>If you do not specify the type attribute, or specify an invalid type, it will default to ‘days’.</p>
<p>Example:</p>
<pre><code>[pcf_bday_countdown type="weeks"]
</code></pre>
<p>will output as</p>
<pre><code>It's `x` weeks and `y` days until `name`s Birthday!
</code></pre>
<h4>Styling the output</h4>
<p><em>Styling the output is an advanced setting, that involves writing custom CSS.</em></p>
<p>The shortcode can be given an ‘id’ attribute, which can then be used to style the output using CSS.</p>
<p>For example,</p>
<pre><code>[pcf_bday_countdown id="my-id"]
</code></pre>
<p>would output in HTML as</p>
<pre><code><p id="my-id">...</p>
</code></pre>
<p>You can then add custom CSS through <strong><code>Appearance > Editor</code></strong>. If your theme supports custom CSS, you may be able to add your styles in Theme Options. If there is a custom css file in Editor, it is advised to use that for custom styles.</p>
<p>Here is an example of some custom styles:</p>
<pre><code>#my-id{
    color: blue;
    font-size: 16px;
    text-decoration: underline;
}
</code></pre>
<p>This will set the output to be blue, underlined, and to have a font size of 16px.</p>


PCF Birthday Countdown

A simple plugin that creates an easy to use birthday countdown for your WordPress sites.

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