Switching / WordPress or BuddyBoss
All the community. None of the plugin hell.
We move your members, blog posts and old links. Paying members keep the access they paid for, and you pay 0% platform fees.
14-day free trial, no cardCancel anytime30-day refund on your first payment
Great Big Photography World, before the move
- BuddyBoss Platform
- BuddyBoss Pro
- BuddyBoss Theme
- LearnDash
- WooCommerce
- WooCommerce Subscriptions
- CheckoutWC
- Elementor
- FluentCRM
- WP Rocket
- Perfmatters
- Object Cache Pro
- Yoast SEO Premium
- Uncanny Automator
- WP Fusion
- GamiPress
- AffiliateWP
- Patchstack
- MalCare
- CleanTalk
- BlogVault
- + 80-plus more
What moves, and how
We move your members and the content that matters, and plan the move with you before you start.
| What | How it moves |
|---|---|
| Members and profiles | Our team imports them for you. No sign-up emails go out.Great Big Photography World: 2,314 members moved |
| Logins | Members set a password on their first visit, or keep signing in through your WordPress site. |
| Paying members | They keep the access they paid for, until their period ends or for life if they bought lifetime access. At renewal they subscribe on TribeCrafter, and the old subscriptions stop, so nobody pays twice. |
| Blog posts | Moved for you, with their authors and original dates.Great Big Photography World: 768 posts |
| Old links | Redirected to their new pages, so links from Google and other sites still land in the right place.Great Big Photography World: 816 old links redirected |
| Courses | Set up again in Studio, with my help: upload a course's folder of videos and each video becomes a lesson. |
| Forums | Groups take their place, each with its own feed and threaded comments. |
No LearnDash courses? Then there's nothing to set up again: we move your members and posts, and you add your plans in Studio.
You'll talk to the person who built it.
Moving Great Big Photography World off WordPress and onto TribeCrafter was a real leap of faith, and we took it gladly. What used to be a patchwork of plugins is now a platform we can grow with.Domien Van Eynde, Founder, Great Big Photography World
For years I looked after Great Big Photography World's BuddyBoss site: making it faster, and fixing BuddyBoss's own plugin code when it broke. The slowness was the part I could never fix, so I built TribeCrafter, and then we moved them over.
I answer support myself, and a small team builds the product with me.
Your move, and who does what
- Together A 30-minute call: what you run today, which plugins, and what moves.
- You, with me Your logo, colours, plans and groups in Studio. I walk you through every screen.
- Us Our team imports your members, moves your blog posts and points your old links to their new pages.
- You Your courses: upload each course's folder of videos in Studio and each video becomes a lesson. No code.
- Together We plan the email to your members, and you go live on your own domain.
What those plugins did, built in
One product and one invoice. Updates and security are ours.
- CommunityBuddyBoss Platform, Pro and ThemeFeed, groups, profiles, events and 1:1 chat, live without a refresh.
- CoursesLearnDash and its add-onsCourses with hosted video, free preview lessons, progress and certificates. Enter course details once.
- SellingWooCommerce, Subscriptions, CheckoutWC, MemberPressProducts, monthly and annual plans and bundles, with Stripe checkout and 0% platform fees.
- Pages and brandingElementor and its add-onsYour logo, colours, landing page and domain, set in Studio without code.
- Search enginesYoast SEOYour search title and description, a sitemap, and a show-in-search switch on each course, group, event and blog post.
- SpeedWP Rocket, Perfmatters, Object Cache ProNothing to tune. Each community runs on its own database, storage and search.
- Security and updatesPatchstack, MalCare, CleanTalkOurs to run: hosting, updates, and files that open only for members with access. Reported posts go to a review queue in Studio.
- Member emailsFluentCRMReminders, digests and announcements go out for you. Keep your email tool for newsletters.
Add up what BuddyBoss costs you
Each licence renews on its own date, and hosting and a developer come on top.
| What you pay for | Renewal, per year |
|---|---|
| BuddyBoss web plan$199–349 in the first year, hosting not included | $399–699 |
| BuddyBoss App, if you want one$499–2,999 in the first year, plus Apple's $99 a year | $999–3,999 |
| LearnDashSold as a bundle; 1 site | $350 |
| A membership plugin, e.g. MemberPressAt renewal; its Launch plan also takes 4.9% of payments | $399–999 |
| Licences aloneBuddyBoss, LearnDash and MemberPress, before hosting, a developer or an app | $1,148–2,048 |
| Great Big Photography World's developerUpdates, fixes and security, on top of a dedicated server. That developer was our founder. One customer's real bill, not a typical cost. | $6,000+ |
Vendor pricing pages, checked 12 Nov 2026: BuddyBoss and BuddyBoss App, LearnDash by Liquid Web, MemberPress. The shaded row is one customer's own bill before the move: Great Big Photography World.
Great Big Photography World, moved
A photography school with courses, groups and a large blog, whose BuddyBoss site our founder looked after for years. Live on TribeCrafter since 1 September 2026.
Before, on WordPress
- Slow, even on a dedicated server with 64 GB of RAM.
- WordPress updates switched off, because plugins' licence and update checks slowed the site.
- BuddyBoss crashed the site or made it unusable many times.
- Course details typed twice: once in LearnDash, once in the page builder.
Before and after, members only
Jan–Jun 2026TribeCrafter
Sep–Oct 2026
Counted from both sites, staff left out, including members who joined after the move.
Pages load in about 0.75–1.2 seconds on desktop (lab test), with no layout shift.
WordPress was quite slow, specially the front end… uploading images, loading posts.Irfan Arshad, Content and SEO Manager at Great Big Photography World
I would highly recommend it over WordPress, specifically BuddyBoss.Perrin, Site Admin at Great Big Photography World
Moving from BuddyBoss, answered
Do my members have to sign up again?
No. We move their accounts; they set a password on their first visit, or keep your WordPress login while that site stays up.
Will paying members' subscriptions carry over?
Their access does, until their paid period ends, or for life if they bought lifetime access. At renewal they subscribe on TribeCrafter, and the old subscriptions stop, so nobody pays twice. We help you plan the timing and the email to members.
Is my site down during the move?
No. Your WordPress site keeps running while we set up TribeCrafter, and you switch over on the day you go live, with one email to your members.
Does the move cost extra?
No. Moving your members and my help setting up are part of every plan. And if it isn't right for you, ask within 30 days of your first payment and we refund it in full.
What happens to my students' course progress?
Students keep the access they paid for and start the course fresh on TribeCrafter, with progress saved from then on.
Do I still need a developer?
Not for TribeCrafter: hosting, updates and security are ours.
Is there an app?
Members use TribeCrafter in their phone's browser today, with email and in-app notifications. Native iOS and Android apps are coming in early 2027.
Is there a long contract?
No. Cancel anytime. Your member list exports as a CSV from Studio whenever you like.
Who fixes it when something breaks?
We do. One team runs the whole platform, so there's no plugin vendor to chase. Write to me: I answer support myself.
Bring your BuddyBoss community over.
Set it up yourself, or book 30 minutes with the founder first and ask anything.
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