# BuddyPress Media 2.6 with Privacy Features Released

*Published:* 2013-02-26
*Author:* Saurabh Shukla

> BuddyPress Media, 2.6 released with Media Privacy and updated code

We release the newest version of BuddyPress Media, 2.6 today. This release involves a lot of code rewriting to make way for the feature, most demanded by users, Media Privacy.

## Keep private moments private

[![BuddyPress Media 2.6 with Privacy](https://rtcamp.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2013/02/privacy.jpg?resize=460%2C265&quality=100&strip=all)](https://rtcamp.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2013/02/privacy.jpg?quality=100&strip=all)

Now, users can upload media and keep it to themselves or share it with other users at different levels of access. Confirming to BuddyPress user relations, BuddyPress Media has four levels of privacy:

1. **Private**, Visible only to the user
2. **Friends**, Visible to the user’s friends
3. **Users**, Visible to all registered users
4. **Public**, Visible to general visitors, as well

So, now your users can upload and share amazing moments without worrying about who’ll this be visible to. More uploads, more sharing, more activity. Your social network, just scaled a level!

## Set default privacy level for your social network

[![Admin Default Privacy Settings for BuddyPress Media](https://rtcamp.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2013/02/Screenshot2-e1361873373431.png?resize=460%2C197&quality=100&strip=all)](https://rtcamp.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2013/02/Screenshot2.png?quality=100&strip=all)

Site admins can decide what the default privacy levels for media uploaded by users can be. They can also allow the users to set their own default privacy levels.

[![Default User Privacy Settings for BuddyPress Media](https://rtcamp.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2013/02/Screenshot7.png?resize=460%2C236&quality=100&strip=all)](https://rtcamp.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2013/02/Screenshot71.png?quality=100&strip=all)

Each image, video or audio can have separate privacy levels.

[![Media Privacy Settings fr BuddyPress Media](https://rtcamp.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2013/02/Screenshot9.png?resize=460%2C291&quality=100&strip=all)](https://rtcamp.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2013/02/Screenshot91.png?quality=100&strip=all)

##  Other changes

-
- Featured button renamed to ‘Set as Album Cover’ to reflect the true functionality
- The download functionality has been fixed
- Major code rewrite

## Supporting multiple audio/video formats

Our premium addons for BuddyPress Media, have also been updated. Existing users of [BuddyPress-Media FFMPEG addon](https://rtmedia.io/rtmedia-premium/ "BuddyPress-Media FFMPEG addon") and [BuddyPress-Media Kaltura addon](https://rtmedia.io/rtmedia-premium/ "BuddyPress-Media Kaltura addon") can automatically update them from their dashboards.

If you haven’t installed [BuddyPress-Media FFMPEG addon](https://rtmedia.io/rtmedia-premium/ "BuddyPress-Media FFMPEG addon") or [BuddyPress-Media Kaltura addon](https://rtmedia.io/rtmedia-premium/ "BuddyPress-Media Kaltura addon"), you can purchase it from [our store](https://rtmedia.io/rtmedia-premium/ "rtCamp Store"), today.

## Coming Soon

Our developers are working on the next most demanded feature: the ability to import media from outdated and unsupported media managers for BuddyPress. Work on activity form media uploader is also on full swing and these will be released soon.

### Categories and Taxonomies

#### Categories
[News](https://rtcamp.com/blog/category/news.md), [Releases](https://rtcamp.com/blog/category/release.md)

#### Tags
[Archive](https://rtcamp.com/blog/tag/archive.md)

### Related Posts

- [What's coming in WordPress 7.2](https://rtcamp.com/blog/whats-coming-in-wordpress-7-2.md)
- [When you're the only one who understands WordPress: Take from WordCamp US 2026](https://rtcamp.com/blog/only-one-who-understands-wordpress-wcus-2026.md)
- [Agents need good tools too: Insights from WordCamp US 2026](https://rtcamp.com/blog/editorial-experience-for-humans-ai-wcus-2026.md)
- [Why the WordPress agency is becoming invisible | Perspective from WCUS 2026](https://rtcamp.com/blog/wordpress-agency-becoming-invisible-wcus-2026.md)
- [Behind the table Takeaways from WordCamp’s “Core AI Prompt Bar” with David Levine](https://rtcamp.com/blog/wcus-2026-core-ai-prompt-bar-takeaways.md)

### Navigation

- Previous Post: [BuddyPress-Media FFMPEG Converter v1.4 with Video-Thumbnails & Translation](https://rtcamp.com/blog/buddypress-media-ffmpeg-converter-video-thumbnails-spanish-translation.md)
- Next Post: [WordPress-Nginx Series is updated for WordPress 3.5](https://rtcamp.com/blog/wordpress-nginx-series-updated-wordpress-3-5-rtcamp.md)