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Posting a Quote

This page explains what a member sees and does when they post a styled quote in the activity feed, and how to share or download a quote after it is posted.

The quote picker modal open inside the BuddyPress activity composer, showing a grid of backgrounds with a search field and category tabs at the top. The background picker modal. Members search by name or filter by category tab.

  1. Open the activity composer on the BuddyPress feed (the “What’s new?” box).
  2. Click the quote icon (speech-bubble icon) in the composer toolbar. The background picker modal opens over the composer.
  3. Browse, search, or filter backgrounds:
    • Type in the search field to find a background by name or tag.
    • Click a category tab to narrow the list to one category (tabs appear when two or more categories are configured).
    • Switch to the Presets tab to pick a saved style in one click.
  4. Click the background you want. The composer immediately previews your text on that background.
  5. Type or paste your quote text in the composer’s text area.
  6. If AI suggestions are enabled, click Suggest and enter a short prompt. The plugin returns up to five quote options — click one to insert it.
  7. Click Post (or Share on BuddyBoss Platform) to publish.

A finished quote card in the activity feed showing text overlaid on a photograph with the share icon visible in the top-right corner of the card. A posted quote in the activity feed. The share icon appears when you hover the card.

If you want to post the quote at a future time instead of immediately:

  1. Follow steps 1–6 above.
  2. Click the Schedule option (a clock icon next to the Post button, if enabled by your administrator).
  3. Pick a date and time.
  4. Click Schedule. The quote will appear in the feed at the chosen time.

The share modal showing a quote rendered as a PNG with share buttons for Twitter, Facebook, WhatsApp, LinkedIn, and Pinterest lined up below it. The share modal. The rendered PNG is shown above the social share buttons.

  1. Hover over any quote card in the feed and click the share icon (arrow icon) that appears in the top-right corner of the card. The share modal opens. The plugin renders the quote as a PNG image in the background.
  2. Click any social network button to open a pre-filled share post for that network. The PNG URL is attached automatically.
  3. To save the image locally, right-click the PNG preview and choose Save image as…, or click the Download button if one is shown.
  • The rendered PNG is cached for one hour. If you click the share icon again within that window, the same image is reused and the modal opens instantly.
  • The social networks that appear in the modal depend on which share targets the admin has enabled in Settings → Share.
  • A watermark (if configured) is baked into the exported PNG.
  • On BuddyBoss Platform the composer toolbar layout is slightly different, but the quote icon and workflow are identical.