Is there a way to deactivate new users but still allow them to sign up through wordpress side? I found that If I create a user on bbpress it doesnt show in wordpress but it will show if a wordpress user is coming to the forums?

[@trent Member 15 years, 12 months ago]

Generally what I do is just edit your template to change the code on register.php to just have the registration page either redirect to your wordpress registration or have a link on it. If you use the default theme, just copy it into /my-templates/ and edit the register.php file of your theme. That seems to be the easiest as it then never shows the bbPress registration form.