I’m trying to create a page that includes only recent topics which would only be available to a forum role of Participant and a visibility of Private.

Creating a new page and using the short code [bbp-topic-index] doesn’t work, as the Private page visibility is based on WordPress user roles and not bbPress.

Is there a way to create an additional forum template that lists recent topics? This would not replace the main forum list view, but would be an additional page.

[@xmasons Participant 11 years, 10 months ago]

So here’s my solution.

1.) Create a page template.

2.) Using the power of current_user_can(), we may utilize the bbPress’s user roles.

3.) Insert the Topic Index shortcode with the do_shortcode() function inside the user role wrapper.