Maybe we need a new plugin

I was really excited to find this plugin, until I realized it doesn’t work. Apparently, it was a decent plugin at one time, but the author has simply lost interest in it, to the point where it is worthless. Maybe I should try my hand at it.

I have dabbled in PHP and JavaScript, and I am new to WordPress. Basically, I know just enough to get myself into trouble. Just being honest, but I’ll tell you what I’ve come up with.

Reviewing the wp_bp_groups table, I noticed a field called parent_id. Buddy Press created that field, but I’m not sure Buddy Press actually does anything with it. In the one group I created, the field simply contains a zero.

For a subgroup, that would be an obvious place to put the parent group ID. The danger is that Buddy Press might actually use that field for some purpose of which I am unaware. Also, if it is currently unused, that doesn’t necessarily mean it won’t be used by some future version of Buddy Press.

I just like to avoid potential conflicts. Can anyone tell me if there is any danger in putting something into that field? If that is a problem, I could simply create another field easily enough, perhaps naming it parent_group_id.