- Cost per year
- $0 core, then $39 to $299 per add-on
- Renewal
- Each integration is a separate purchase and renewal
- Engine
- Custom points engine
- Extends with
- 60+ add-ons, most paid. BuddyPress, WooCommerce, LearnDash, Zapier, and points conversion are each separate.
- If you stop paying
- Best fit if you want a mature add-on marketplace and only need one or two integrations
WordPressBuddyPressFree v1.5.3
FREE FOR WORDPRESS
Your community has a memory now.
Points, badges, levels, leaderboards, challenges, streaks, kudos. Every member action compounds into something they can see, share, and come back for. Zero config, works in 60 seconds.
wb-gamification / leaderboards
- Auto-detects your stack Knows BuddyPress, WooCommerce, LearnDash, bbPress, GiveWP installed. Point values pre-set + editable. Zero config.
- Async pipeline at 100k members Action Scheduler queues awards. Points snapshot to materialised totals. Leaderboards never recompute on request.
- API-first from day one 56 REST endpoints, OpenAPI auto-generated, cross-site/mobile/headless ready. Admin UI consumes the same API.
Zero-config · scales to 100k members · 56 REST endpoints
- WordPress + BuddyPress plugins since 2014
- Every feature free under GPLv2
- Scales to 100,000 members
- 10 integrations in core, no add-ons
- 56 REST endpoints + OpenAPI spec
- WordPress 6.4+ and PHP 8.0+ tested
Price Free (GPLv2)
- Integrations
- 10 in core
- Blocks
- 19 Gutenberg blocks
- Badges
- 30 pre-built
- REST API
- 56 endpoints + OpenAPI
- Scale
- 100,000 members
- Setup
- Under 60 seconds
The problem
Most communities forget every member action the second it happens.
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Lurkers stay lurkers
No reward for the first comment, the third, or the hundredth. Nothing tells the member their participation matters.
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Engagement stalls in week three
The new-member dopamine hit fades. There is nothing in the loop that makes returning feel meaningful.
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Power members go invisible
Your top contributors blend in with the masses. No leaderboard, no badge, no level. Effort goes unrewarded.
WB Gamification turns every action into compounding progress. Comments earn points. Streaks build identity. Badges unlock. The community develops a memory that members feel and lean into.
The only plugin of its kind
Built for communities, not for solitary scoreboards
GamiPress and myCred treat gamification as a points calculator. WB Gamification treats it as a layer underneath your community.
WB GAMIFICATION VS GAMIPRESS
Both are free to start. The difference is what you pay for to finish.
- Cost per year
- $0, every integration in core
- Renewal
- No renewal, no license key, no expiry
- Engine
- Event-sourced engine verified to 100k members
- Extends with
- 10 integrations free in core, 56 REST endpoints, manifest auto-discovery for any custom plugin
- If you stop paying
- Best fit if you run a community and want every integration without add-on math
SWITCHING FROM GAMIPRESS OR MYCRED
Run it side by side, then switch. No data lock-in.
WB Gamification logs its own events from the moment you activate, so you can run it alongside GamiPress or myCred and compare before you commit. Your members, content, courses, and orders are never touched.
- 01
Activate alongside your current plugin
Install WB Gamification on staging or production. It starts logging points for member actions immediately, independent of GamiPress or myCred.
- 02
Map your point rules
Open Settings then Points. Every tracked action across your active integrations is listed with an editable value. Match your existing rules in minutes, no code.
- 03
Seed starting balances (optional)
Use the WP-CLI award command or the manual-award screen to grant veteran members a starting balance that reflects their history on the old plugin.
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Switch over
Once leaderboards, badges, and levels look right, deactivate GamiPress or myCred. You stop maintaining and renewing a stack of paid add-ons.
SIX MECHANICS
What WordPress gamification actually needs to move engagement.
Most plugins bolt on one or two mechanics. A real engine covers all six and ties them to the actions your members already take. WB Gamification ships every one in the free core.
Points that track every action
An event-sourced points engine awards comments, posts, purchases, course completions, logins, and any custom action. Per-action values, daily caps, and multi-currency are built in.
Core engineBadges and achievements
30 pre-built badges plus a visual editor for unlimited custom ones. Auto-award on point milestones or action counts. Issue verifiable OpenBadges 3.0 credentials members add to LinkedIn.
Core engineLevels and ranks
Five-tier levels from Newcomer to Champion with configurable thresholds. Members auto-promote as their totals cross, giving long-term status to chase.
Core engineLeaderboards that scale
Daily, weekly, monthly, and all-time boards, group-scoped, snapshot-cached so 100k members never slow a page load. Cohort leagues add Duolingo-style weekly promotion.
Core engineStreaks and challenges
Timezone-aware daily streaks with grace periods and milestone bonuses. Individual and community challenges with shared progress bars keep members returning.
Core engineRewards and redemption
A built-in redemption store lets members spend points on custom rewards or WooCommerce coupons, with stock control. Loyalty without a second plugin.
Core engine How it works
Up and running in under 60 seconds
1
Install + activate
Drop the zip in WordPress. Activate. The setup wizard opens automatically. No keys, no servers, no accounts.
2
Pick a starter template
Blog, Community Engagement, Online Course, Coaching, or Nonprofit. Point values are pre-tuned for your shape of site. Change anything later.
3
Members start earning
Every comment, post, activity update, course completion fires points. Badges unlock. Streaks build. Leaderboards populate. You did nothing else.
Who it's for
Who reaches for WB Gamification
Community managers
Members feel rewarded for showing up. Engagement curves bend up instead of flat.
WordPress + BuddyPress site owners
Every BuddyPress activity earns points. Members see their progress. Lurkers convert.
Course creators (LearnDash, LifterLMS)
Lesson completions earn points. Course-finish badges unlock. Cohorts compete.
Membership site owners
Returning weekly drives streaks. Streaks drive renewals. Members come back because they have something to lose.
WooCommerce store owners
Loyalty without another plugin. Purchases earn points. Refunds debit cleanly.
Agencies + intranets
Drop it on a client site. The setup wizard does the work. Free tier covers every site, with no per-site license to manage.
vs. GamiPress + myCred
Nothing else covers BuddyPress, WooCommerce, and LearnDash out of the box
WordPress gamification has been a calculator-with-add-ons for a decade. WB Gamification is a community engine.
WB Gamification is the only one that ships every integration in the core plugin. No paid extensions for BuddyPress, WooCommerce, or LearnDash support. No license key for the redemption store, the cohort leagues, the webhooks. One install, every feature.
Auto-detected integrations
10 integrations, including our own. Zero config.
Activate WB Gamification on any site. It scans your active plugins and lights up the matching integrations automatically, including Wbcom's own Reign-stack plugins. Each integration ships with sensible point values you tune from one screen.
Jetonomy + WPMediaVerse (first-party)
Wbcom's own Reign-stack plugins are built in. Jetonomy awards points for joining a space, gated approvals, and trust-level ups. WPMediaVerse awards photo uploads, albums, and likes. Same team, same hooks, with more Wbcom integrations coming next.
BuddyPress
Activity updates, comments, reactions, friends accepted, group joins, kudos. Profile shows points, badges, and streak. The members directory ranks by points.
WooCommerce
Order completed earns points. Refund debits cleanly. Loyalty patterns work out of the box. No coupon plugin to install.
LearnDash + LifterLMS + bbPress + more
Lesson, course, quiz, topic, reply, donation, RSVP, attendance. Every action your members already perform earns gamification credit.
Settings, Points tab. Every action across every active integration, with editable point values.
LIVE
Every action your members take earns points.
These are the real awards WB Gamification ships with, one per plugin you already run. Activate, and the points start flowing.
24,820 points awarded this week
Features
Everything your community needs
No extensions to buy. No integrations to configure. It ships with all of this.
Points engine
Event-sourced, async pipeline. Every action awards points the engine knows about, configurable per-action with daily caps.
30 default badges
Pre-built milestones for posts, comments, streaks, level-ups. Plus a visual editor for unlimited custom badges.
5-tier levels
Newcomer through Champion. Configurable thresholds. Auto-promotes when point totals cross.
Leaderboard
Daily, weekly, monthly, all-time. Group-scoped. Snapshot-cached so 10k members never slow it down.
Daily streaks
Timezone-aware streak counter with grace period and 7 milestone tiers that unlock bonus points.
Peer kudos
Members give each other kudos. Both giver and receiver earn points. Daily cooldown prevents spam.
Cohort leagues
Duolingo-style weekly competition. Members ranked within signup-week or role cohorts. Promotion + demotion tiers.
Community challenges
Group goals with shared progress bars. Every contributor earns the reward when the team hits target.
Redemption store
Members spend points on rewards. Custom rewards or WooCommerce-backed coupons. Stock control + active/inactive.
Outbound webhooks
Subscribe to events, fire HMAC-signed POSTs to Zapier, Make, n8n, or your own endpoint. Replay log included.
56 REST endpoints
OpenAPI 3.0 spec. X-WB-Gam-Key auth for mobile, headless, AI agents. Admin UI uses the same API.
WP Abilities API
12 abilities registered for AI agent discovery. ChatGPT, Claude, custom agents can find and call your gamification surface.
OpenBadges 3.0
Verifiable credentials for every earned badge. Public credential URL. Members add to LinkedIn, portfolios.
Toast notifications
Front-end toast popups when members earn rewards. Plus BuddyPress inbox notifications when BP is active.
Analytics dashboard
6 KPI cards, top actions, top earners, daily sparkline, 7/30/90 day windows. Read-only and live.
GDPR-compliant
Full data export + erasure registered with WP Privacy. Per-user opt-in for public profile pages and OG share URLs.
See it in action
A complete platform, not a simple widget
Pricing
100% free. Forever.
Every feature, every integration. Use it on as many sites as you want. No license key, no per-site limit, no paid upgrade waiting behind a paywall.
WB Gamification
Unlimited sites
Free
- Unlimited sites
- Every feature in the plugin
- Every integration in core (BuddyPress, WooCommerce, LearnDash, bbPress, more)
- 56 REST endpoints + OpenAPI spec + WP Abilities API
- 30 pre-built badges + visual badge editor
- Analytics dashboard + WP-CLI commands
- GDPR data export + erasure
- Community support via the Wbcom forums
Free under GPLv2. Every feature and every integration, including the first-party Jetonomy and WPMediaVerse support, ships in the core plugin. No paid add-ons, no license key.
GPLv2 licensed · No license key · No per-site limit
Testimonials
Rated 4.8/5 on Trustpilot, built by Wbcom Designs since 2014
Top notch support! I've been frustrated generally by the slow support for most themes and plugins, but they are helpful and quick to reply. Highly recommend!
Woods
Trustpilot Review
I wanted to build a community website and these guys created the perfect plugins for me. To be honest, I want to buy every single one of their plugins.
Sora Seaton
Trustpilot Review
The template from Wbcom Designs is truly great. Modern, flexible, and easy to use. The support is very helpful and friendly. For questions or problems you receive fast, competent assistance.
Barry Bohme
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FAQ
Common questions
Is WB Gamification really free?
Yes. Every feature, every integration, every admin surface ships in the free plugin. No paid add-ons, no license key, no per-site limits.
Does it require BuddyPress?
No. WB Gamification works with plain WordPress on its own. BuddyPress, WooCommerce, LearnDash, and 7 more host plugins are auto-detected when present, but none are required.
How does WB Gamification compare to GamiPress?
GamiPress is free at the core but charges $39 to $299 for each integration: BuddyPress, WooCommerce, LearnDash, Zapier, and points conversion are all separate add-ons. WB Gamification ships every integration, the redemption store, cohort leagues, and webhooks in the free core with no license key. If you only need one integration, GamiPress works. If you run a community with several, WB Gamification removes the add-on math.
Can I add gamification to LearnDash or my LMS?
Yes. WB Gamification auto-detects LearnDash and LifterLMS. Lesson completions, course completions, quiz passes, and topic activity all award points out of the box. Add course-finish badges, level ladders, and cohort leagues so learners compete by signup week. No LMS add-on to buy.
Does it work with WooCommerce for loyalty points?
Yes. Completed orders award points automatically and refunds debit cleanly, so you get a loyalty program without a separate points-and-rewards plugin. Members spend earned points in the built-in redemption store on custom rewards or WooCommerce coupons, with stock control.
Can I gamify a membership site?
Yes. WB Gamification detects MemberPress and works with any membership plugin through WordPress core actions. Daily-login streaks and weekly challenges give members a reason to return, which is what drives renewals. They build a streak and a badge collection they do not want to lose.
Does it work for BuddyPress and online communities?
Yes, this is the core use case. Every BuddyPress activity update, comment, reaction, friendship, group join, and kudos earns points. Member profiles show points, badges, level, and streak. The members directory ranks by points. Lurkers convert when participation finally counts for something visible.
Will it slow down my site?
No. The async award pipeline runs on Action Scheduler, off the request hot path. Materialised user-totals mean leaderboard reads are single-row PK lookups, not full SUMs. Built for 100k+ members.
Can I customise the point values?
Yes. The Settings, Points screen lists every tracked action across every active integration. Edit values, set daily caps, toggle repeat behaviour, all in one place.
Can I use it for mobile apps?
Yes. 56 REST endpoints + OpenAPI spec + the X-WB-Gam-Key header give first-class API access. Submit events from your mobile app, read leaderboards, award badges remotely. The Cross-Site API doc covers the centralised gamification server pattern.
How do I integrate with my custom plugin?
Drop a wb-gamification.php manifest in your plugin's root directory. The engine auto-discovers it on plugins_loaded. Your manifest is silently ignored when WB Gamification is not installed. The Build Your First Integration guide walks through it in 5 minutes.
What about WordPress Multisite?
Network-activate or per-site activate, both work. Each subsite has its own gamification database tables and settings. Cross-site reporting is on the roadmap.
Does it require external accounts (Google, Stripe, etc.)?
No. Everything runs on your WordPress install. No SaaS sign-up, no API keys to manage. The optional integrations (Zapier, Make) use outbound webhooks the plugin generates.
How do I get support?
Wbcom community forum + Wbcom support email + the docs site. As a free product, fast support is on a best-effort basis.
Will my data be portable if I uninstall?
Yes. WP-CLI export command writes a JSON file with every event, badge, kudos, streak. Reimport on another site or archive. GDPR export and erasure work the same way.