Enterprise intranet
Build a WordPress enterprise intranet / staff social network
A company intranet with profiles, department groups, an activity feed, documents, and announcements. BuddyNext runs the social layer free, so the cost is the theme and hosting rather than a per-seat license that grows with headcount.
The Reign theme is the only thing you have to buy. See every plugin that installs free, or have us install the whole stack for $699.
Stack recipe
What you need to assemble.
Buy the theme. Install our plugins free. The third-party engine and its Reign add-on are here for people already running that stack, not a second bill everyone pays.
Theme
Reign Theme
Free plugin · ours
BuddyNext
Free plugin · ours
MediaVerse
Free plugin · ours
Jetonomy
Pro pack
BuddyPress Community Bundle
Third-party
Google or Microsoft SSO plugin
Build it in 5 steps
From zero to live community.
Install Reign, the one purchase
Reign is $99 a year or $249 once for a single site, and the license does not scale with headcount. That is most of the argument for self-hosting an intranet.
Add the social layer, free
BuddyNext gives staff profiles, an activity feed, groups, messages, and notifications at no cost. One group per department and one per project keeps cross-team chatter sane. Already standardized on BuddyPress or BuddyBoss? Keep it, and the BuddyPress Community Bundle adds our Pro community plugins from $249 a year.
Sign staff in with their work account
A WordPress SSO plugin plus Google Workspace or Microsoft Entra means no new password to manage and no leavers keeping access after offboarding. Setup is an afternoon.
Gate the site and add documents
A membership or private-mode plugin restricts the intranet to authenticated staff. MediaVerse stores files free, with larger media types, privacy controls, and moderation in Pro from $69 a year. Add Jetonomy free where a feed is the wrong shape for internal questions and answers.
Announce weekly, not daily
Pinned posts plus one weekly digest by email through FluentCRM or MailPoet. A daily digest gets filtered; a weekly one gets read.
Add these free
More pieces you can add at no cost.
Same team builds the theme and the plugins, so these inherit the Reign design instead of needing custom CSS. The ones marked free install at no cost, and upgrades are sold per plugin, so nothing here needs a bundle.
BuddyNext
Our own community engine: profiles, activity, groups, messages, notifications.
Reign Demo Installer
One-click import of 30+ demo sites. Free with Reign theme.
Wbcom Essential
Free utility plugin bundling small enhancements for BP + Reign.
BuddyPress Check-ins
Daily check-ins build streaks + accountability.
BuddyPress Follow
Follow members + see their activity in a custom feed.
BuddyPress Giphy
GIF integration in posts + comments.
BuddyPress Group Reviews
Members rate + review groups. Helps surface active spaces.
Eventonomy
Events, calendars, and RSVPs for community sites.
See every plugin and what its free version does. Third-party tools such as LearnDash, Dokan, and MemberPress still fit where you already run them, and Reign styles those too.
FAQ
Common questions.
What does this cost per seat?
Nothing per seat. Reign is $99 a year or $249 lifetime for the site, BuddyNext and MediaVerse install free, and hosting runs $30-80 a month for a typical staff intranet. Commercial platforms charge per user per month, so past roughly 50 staff the self-hosted math wins decisively.
Does this work with Google Workspace SSO?
Yes. Use a Google Apps Login plugin, or WP SAML Auth with Google as the identity provider. Microsoft Entra works the same way.
We already run BuddyPress internally. Do we migrate?
No. Reign styles BuddyPress and BuddyBoss, and the BuddyPress Community Bundle adds our Pro community plugins for that stack from $249 a year or $699 lifetime. Keep the engine your staff already know.
Ship it
Reign is the only thing you have to buy.
BuddyNext and the rest of our plugins install free, and the theme styles them out of the box. Building on BuddyPress or BuddyBoss instead? The BuddyPress Community Bundle kit ships the theme with the matching Reign add-on.