About This Plugin
Buddy Notification Bell adds a real-time notification bell to your BuddyPress or BuddyBoss site. New notifications are detected automatically using the WordPress Heartbeat API — no page reload needed.
Key features:
- Real-time detection of new notifications via WordPress Heartbeat API
- Sound alert on new notification (enable/disable in settings)
- LinkedIn-style dropdown panel with avatar, text, and time
- Unread count badge on the bell icon
- Floating bell button option (great for block/FSE themes)
- Place the bell anywhere with the
[buddy_notification_bell]shortcode - Auto-injects into the primary navigation menu (classic themes)
- Mark all notifications as read with one click
- Individual or grouped notification display style
- Full BuddyBoss Platform compatibility — including an option to trigger BuddyBoss’s own notification panel on bell click
- Secure: all AJAX endpoints nonce-verified, all output properly escaped
Demo
![Notification Bell with Notification Drop down by BuddyDeveloper[http://buddydevelopers.com]](https://ps.w.org/buddy-notification-bell/assets/screenshot-1.png?rev=3524543)
