This feature requires the Pro version of the PublishPress Permissions plugin.
bbPress is the most popular forum software for WordPress. With the Pro version of PublishPress Permissions, you can manage access and to important bbPress features.
One key features of PublishPress Permissions Pro is that you can control permissions for specific bbPress forums.
Permissions for bbPress Forums #
Here's the way to start adding permissions for specific bbPress forums:
- Go to “Permissions” then “Settings” in the WordPress admin menu.
- Enable the box for “Forums”.
You will now see several boxes under each forum. The boxes control different permissions for this forum:
- View this Forum: who can view posts in this forum.
- Create Topics in this Forum: who can create posts in this forum.
- Submit Replies in this Forum: who can reply to posts in this forum.
- Moderate / Edit this Forum: who can edit / moderate posts in this forum.
- Select this Forum as Parent: who can move this forum to a different place in the forum hierarchy.
- Assign Terms to this Forum: who can add taxonomy terms to posts in this forum.
Adding bbPress Roles to Users #
It is also possible to give bbPress roles to specific users or groups. This means you could choose to make a single user into a bbPress Moderator without promoting everyone else who is in the same role as that users.
- Go to “Permissions” in the WordPress admin menu.
- Click the “Users” tab.
- Click to edit the user you want to modify.
- Choose “Forum” from the “Post Type” dropdown.
- Choose “Participant” or “Moderator”.
- Click “Add Role” then “Save Roles”.
This specific user will now have this supplemental role in addition to their normal WordPress role.
