Ultimate Member Friends 2.3.4

Ultimate Member Friends is a WordPress plugin extension that adds a complete friendship system to your community built with Ultimate Member profiles. It lets members send, accept, or reject friend requests so users can connect in a familiar, social way. Instead of generic interactions, it creates clearer relationships through friend lists, request tracking, and profile stats.

For community sites that use member directories and profile pages (including layouts you build with popular WordPress themes and page builders like Elementor), the plugin adds request buttons and friend management tabs directly in the user experience. It also supports notifications and optional privacy controls, helping you encourage engagement while keeping interactions relevant and friend-focused.

Main Features

• Friendship request workflow — Members can send, accept, or reject friend requests.
• Directory card request buttons — Adds a send friend request button to member directory profile cards.
• Profile-level request actions — Provides a send friend request button on every user’s profile.
• Friends list tab — Displays a dedicated tab on profiles with the user’s current friends.
• Friend requests tab — Shows another profile tab listing incoming friend requests for action.
• Followers/following stats — Displays follower and following statistics on user profiles.
• Friends-only profile option — Allows users to restrict their profile visibility to friends only.
• Email alerts for requests — Sends an email notification when a friend request is received.
• Email alerts for acceptance — Sends an email notification when a friend request is accepted.
• Friend-focused messaging and activity — Integrates with private messaging to limit messaging to friends and with social activity to show friend-only activity in the feed.

Benefits

• Stronger connections — Turns casual visits into ongoing relationships through an explicit friend system.
• More engaged profiles — Friend lists and request tabs give users a clear reason to check profiles and updates.
• Better interaction quality — Friends-only messaging reduces unwanted outreach and keeps conversations relevant.
• More responsive community — Email notifications help members notice requests and approvals quickly.
• Cleaner feeds — Social activity filtered to friends improves user focus and overall UX.

Who is it suitable for?

• Membership sites and community platforms using Ultimate Member.
• WordPress member directories and profile-based communities.
• Social networking-style sites that want friend-based interaction.
• Online schools and cohort communities with controlled member-to-member connections.
• Agencies or content communities managing semi-private user interactions.