Hi,

I just install bbpress and I am new to managing forums. I’ve searched this forum and did not seem to find the answer to my question.

How to hide or remove the “Create New Topic” section at the bottom of my forum. I do not want my participants to be able to add new topics. Only want them to comment on the ones provided. Is there an extra plugin that would give me this ability?

thanks
Jason

[@robin-w Moderator 4 years, 5 months ago]

you will need

Private groups

so once installed create a group called whatever you like

dashboard>settings>bbp private groups>group name settings
then in
dashboard>settings>bbp private groups>assign groups to roles
set subscribers to get the group above
then in
dashboard>settings>bbp private groups>topic permissions
set this to active
Finally for each forum, go into it and set the forum group you set up, and click save
then you will see topic permissions and be able to set this group to only create/edit replies

then all subscribers will only be able to create/edit replies

[@jpgram777 Participant 4 years, 5 months ago]

Thanks for the quick reply! I have installed your plugin and it’s working fine. Can I also assign administrators to the same group as the Subscribers so Admins can see the Forum as well?

[@robin-w Moderator 4 years, 5 months ago]

forums can have multiple groups with the same or different permissions.

so maybe

dashboard>settings>bbp private groups>group name settings create a group called admins
then in
dashboard>settings>bbp private groups>assign groups to roles
assign admins group to the administrator role
then for each forum
Go into it and set the admin forum group you set up, and click save
then you will see topic permissions and be able to set this group to say be able to create/edit topics and replies (and view all topics/replies)

so admins can create topics and replies, but subscribers can only post replies.