Yup, you can use the same database as your current wordpress install – in fact, you have to in order to integrate the user data:
https://bbpress.org/documentation/integration-with-wordpress/
“bbPress can share user data with an existing WordPress installation. All you need to do is specify the location of that database on installation or afterwards in the “WordPress Integration” section of the “Settings” area in your bbPress admin.”
Yes, and there are translations available here:
https://bbpress.org/forums/tags/chinese
I’m using it to power a traditional chinese forum, and it’s working great!
I believe this plugin should cover that situation?
https://bbpress.org/plugins/topic/read-only-forums/
There’s a forum permissions plugin here – I’ve used it on a number of bbPress installs, and it is really great!
https://bbpress.org/plugins/topic/hidden-forums/
bbPress is not a forum plugin for WordPress; it’s its own separate program.
What are the basic features of a forum you’d like to see? Let us know, and we can help steer you in the right direction! 
bbPress is its own standalone program, similar to how WordPress is its own standalone program. It’s definitely not just a plugin to WordPress… although there are a few WP plugin forum plugins! Sounds like you’re already playing around with one of them.
Stickies should already be in the core? More info on how they work here:
https://bbpress.org/forums/tags/sticky
2 is the status for Spam. Do you have Akismet active? It sounds like it’s spamming some of your topics – you can go into the admin and clear them?
Subscribe To Topic will send updates on a particular thread/topic to subscribed users… but this should do what you’re looking for:
https://bbpress.org/plugins/topic/moderator-new-post-notification/
Or here’s another possibility:
https://bbpress.org/plugins/topic/xili-new-post-notification/
Good luck!
Do you mean, limit the number of posts on one page?
This plugin powers a support forum/ticketing system:
https://bbpress.org/plugins/topic/support-forum/
It’s hard to say without seeing the page itself…
The instructions say:
Q: How do I create a link to my page?
A: Notice the ID number of your page, then use the following “syntax”: http://domain.com/page.php?page_id=X, where ‘X’ is your page ID.
Try that link for your site?
http://yourdomain.com/page.php?page_id=1
It sounds like a CSS issue. Could you post a link to a page with bbRatings installed, so we could all take a look?
There are some extra steps in the Installation ssection, beyond just putting it in the plugins folder:
https://bbpress.org/plugins/topic/bbpages/installation/
Try them out and see if that does the trick? Good luck!
Which plugin is it? And have any other plugins or changes been made in the past four days?
There is a plugin available that lets you delete users:
https://bbpress.org/plugins/topic/mass-delete-users/
If you’re worried about deleting them, you can always just edit the users so that they are Blocked… that will prevent them from posting again in the future.
Even if the users don’t post, if they have a URL in their profile… they help the Google PageRank of that URL. So maybe that’s the nefarious goal here… you could always zero out all the profile fields, including the url.
Sounds like it!!
Try this plugin by ck… it really helps cut down on spambot registrations:
https://bbpress.org/plugins/topic/human-test/
You can post your contact info here (email)… or contact some of the professional listed here:
http://bbshowcase.org/forums/topic/bbpress-professionals-advertise-in-this-topic
Good luck!!
Maybe try clearing the cache?
Looks like that plugin was designed for version 0.74… that’s three releases ago!
https://bbpress.org/plugins/topic/bbpress-mobile/
Maybe you could study how it works, and adapt it to work with more recent versions?
