Gamifications

Points, ranks and achievements that keep members coming back

Give every action that matters a value. Your own point currencies, ranks that unlock real things, and badges members wear on their profile. All of it built in.

A BuddyBoss member profile showing points rank progress and badges

— points —

Give every action a value

— Point Types

Your own currencies: Gems, Coins, whatever fits

Run several currencies at once: Community points for taking part, Learning points for finishing a course. Each keeps its own totals, its own leaderboard and its own rank ladder.

The point types admin with Gem Learning and Engagement currencies
The add trigger dialog for a point type with audience and value

— Point Triggers

Decide exactly what earns and what costs

More than ninety things a member can do will earn points: joining a group, finishing a lesson, answering a question. You set what each one is worth, and pause any of them.

— Leaderboard

A leaderboard members check on purpose

Rank the community by any currency, over all time or the last week, month or quarter. A pinned row shows every member exactly where they stand, and the top three wear medals.

The Awards leaderboard ranked by point type with the member pinned

— achievements —

Every badge has a story behind it

The achievements admin listing badges with their criteria lines

— Achievements

Badges for the things worth celebrating

Create as many as you like: finish your first course, help ten members, show up every day for a month. Switch one off and earned badges hide, but nothing is deleted.

— Achievement Triggers

Four ways to unlock a badge

Do something a set number of times, cross a points threshold, reach a rank, or earn other badges first. Triggers lock once saved, so a badge always means what it meant.

An achievement's trigger settings and the preset icon gallery
Thirty preset achievement icons  medals crowns gems and rockets

— Achievement Icons

Badges members actually show off

Pick from the preset medals, crowns and gems, or upload your own. An earned badge then follows the member everywhere: their profile, the directory, even hover cards.

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— ranks —

Levels that unlock more

— Rank Calculation

Rank on everything, or on one currency

Rank members on their total points, or on a single currency. A learning community can promote on Learning points alone and leave everything else out of it.

Rank calculation set to total points or to one specific point type

— Rank Progress

The distance to the next level

Members see how far they have come and what the next rank costs. A visible gap is the difference between a number nobody reads and a target somebody chases.

A member's rank progress bar and the points left to the next level

— Unlock Content

Levels that open doors

A rank can add a member to a private group, open a premium course, or grant a permission. Progress buys something real, not just a bigger number.

Content gated behind a rank level

— Rank-up Celebration

The moment worth waiting for

Reaching a new rank is announced, not filed away quietly. The member knows, and so does everyone who has been watching them climb.

The rank up celebration a member sees on reaching a new level

— recognition —

Recognition everywhere members look

A profile header with currency chips badge medallions and a rosette

— Profile Header

Points, badges and rank ride on every profile

Under the name sits a chip for each currency, a row of earned medallions, and a numbered rosette pinned to the avatar. Status is visible without anyone bragging.

— Display Settings

Points and badges wherever members appear

Profile headers and directory cards each carry their own switches for points, ranks and achievements, so you decide how much status shows in public and where.

Display toggles for points ranks and achievements in two locations
The Awards page with Leaderboard Ranks Achievements and Competitions tabs

— Award Page

One page for the whole reward economy

One Awards page gathers the leaderboard, the ranks, the achievements and the competitions, styled like the rest of your site rather than bolted onto it.

— Manual Award

Hand out a reward, or take one back

Find a member, see every balance they hold, then award or deduct points and grant badges on the spot. A log keeps every manual change on the record.

  • Award/deduct points: top somebody up for work done off-platform, or claw back a mistake
  • Award/deduct achievements: hand a badge to somebody who earned it the hard way
The manual award screen with a member's balances per point type

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Nobody logs in for a points total. They log in because they were three replies short of the next rank, and they knew it.

Explore more feature modules

Courses

Finish a lesson, earn points. Reach a rank, unlock a course. The two wire straight together.

Activity Feed

Most of what earns points happens in the feed: posting, commenting, reacting, coming back tomorrow.

Social Groups

Somewhere smaller to belong, and somewhere a rank can let a member in.