[rsanchez1]

I’m new to bbPress, using WordPress 3.4.2 and bbPress 2.1.2. What I’d like to know is how I can add metadata to each forum. For example, I want to show a description for a forum in the forums list. Is there a way to enable this with bbPress, or a plugin that does it?

[Shmoo]

Metadata for search engines?

Use a plugin maybe SEO by Yoast.

Else use Custom Fields.
https://codex.wordpress.org/Custom_Fields

[Robin W]

I want to show a description for a forum in the forums list. Is there a way to enable this with bbPress, or a plugin that does it?

use my style pack plugin

bbp style pack

once activated go to

dashboard>settings>bbp style pack>forum display and look at 6 & 7

The forum description is put in the content of the forum dashboard>forums