=== BuddyPress Featured Groups ===
Contributors: buddydev,raviousprime,sbrajesh,venutius
Tags: buddypress, featured groups
Requires at least: 4.5.0
Tested up to: 6.6
Stable tag: 1.4.0
License: GPLv2 or later
License URI: https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html

BuddyPress Featured Groups plugin allows site admins to mark groups as featured and display their list.

== Description ==

BuddyPress Featured Groups plugin allows creating/displaying list of featured groups a pleasurable experience.
It is highly flexible in the way the lists are displayed( slider, list, theme default, or custom).
It also provides a simple API for marking/unmarking groups as featured.

Features:-

*   Multiple groups can be marked as featured
*   Featured Groups can be displayed using shortcode or widget
*	Featured Groups can be displayed in a banner above the groups directory list, with a choice of grid or two list layouts (simple and full)
*   Featured Groups Can be displayed in the directory too
*   You can use multiple widget/shortcodes
*   Each shortcode/widget can be displayed as a list or a slider of groups.
*   A default theme view for groups list is also supported, It lists the groups using groups-loop.php from your theme
*   Easy API for marking a user as featured/removing group from the list of featured groups.
For documentation, Please see the [plugin page]( http://buddyuser.com/plugin-bp-featured-groups/ ).

This is a fork of BuddyDev's BuddyPress Featured Members, other than getting it to work for groups this plugin works in exactly the same way.

== Installation ==

1. Visit Dashboard->Plugins->add New
2. Search for BuddyPress featured Groups
3. Install this plugin
4. Click Activate
5. Now, you can use the widget or shortcode [bp-featured-groups].

For more details, Please see the plugin documentation page.

== Screenshots ==

1. screenshot-1.jpg Widget

== Changelog ==

= 1.4.0 =

* 21/07/2024

* Update: Improved translation and escaping.

= 1.3.1 =

* 14/04/2019

* Fix: Corrected unwanted array display.

= 1.3.0 =

* 11/04/2019

* New: Added Groups directory link

= 1.2.5 =

* 11/04/2019

* New: Added French translation, thanks to Bruno Verrier.

= 1.2.4 =

* 25/02/2019

* Fix: corrected banner for cases where featured groups are not found.

= 1.2.3 =

* 25/02/2019

* Fix: Corrected styling for List2 to remove the bullets.
* Fix: Removed banner from profile groups page.

= 1.2.2 =

* 20/02/2019

* Fix: Added settings sanity checking.

= 1.2.1 =

* 19/02/2019

* New: Added uninstall.php to clean up the options on deletion.
* Fix: Corrected List2 template filename.
* Fix: Updated text fields for translation.

= 1.1.0 =

* 19/02/2019

* New: added two grid layout options for the shortcode.
* New: added optional featured groups banner to the groups directory page.
* Fix: amended documentation and shortcode to get better control over the avatar size in the featured groups display.

= 1.0.0 =
* initial release

