In our ongoing commitment to providing the best gamification solutions for WordPress, we're announcing a significant change in the BadgeOS journey. After years of offering our plugin as a free tool, BadgeOS is transitioning to a premium model. This decision wasn't made lightly, and we want to share our reasoning and what this means for our valued users. Why We're Making This Change BadgeOS has become [...]
WordPress REST API allows external applications, like Mobile Apps or other Non-WordPress web applications, to interact with your WordPress site. This is done through JSON data exchanges between both parties. We are happy to announce that with the recent release of the BadgeOS REST API add-on, BadgeOS now supports this interface. As a result, developers now have the option to expand their BadgeOS environment by connecting [...]
Fostering word of mouth is one of the best techniques that will guarantee an increase in sales and brand awareness. With our new add-on, Share2Earn, your users now will be awarded for sharing your site on their social media and helping you spread the word about your site or business. Currently, the add-on works with three main social media platforms: Facebook, Twitter, and Linkedin. The plugin [...]
This year we have been releasing several new add-ons, including integrations to help you gamify your membership sites. We are happy to announce that the new BadgeOS MemberPress Integration is now available for download! This free BadgeOS integration allows you to implement gamification elements to your MemberPress membership site. The add-on allows you to award achievements, points, and ranks to your users based on their membership-related [...]
Our team is continuously working to improve the BadgeOS plugin for our users. During this process, we have decided to revamp the BadgeOS Core plugin to make it more lightweight. This will allow us to release more plugins, updates, and fixes for our users in less time. For this reason, BadgeOs is excited to announce the launch of “Submissions and Nominations” as a separate add-on. The [...]
BadgeOS has had a roller coaster ride since it was launched in 2013. It went from being the most loved and the only gamification plugin for WordPress to being completely abandoned for over a year in 2017 and then back up. In the last 3 years, we have spent countless hours trying to bring in some amazing features and provided free support to all of [...]
If you are one of the BadgeOS+Credly users, you may have seen the email about Credly sun setting its older platform. Two years ago, Credly acquired Pearson's Acclaim business to become an even stronger digital credentials platform. While you may now connect your BadgeOS site to Credly's Acclaim network for an annual subscription fee, we have worked really hard in bringing the features you've enjoyed with [...]
We have been listening to you and one of the feedback themes we consistently hear is: “How can we create & issue standards compliant Open Badges” within our WP sites. Releasing these two exciting new add-ons should help us all stand alone! The BadgeOS Social Sharing add-on allows your users to share open badges on social media platforms like LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter and more – directly [...]