[jelliott2014]

I am creating my first forum using bbPress 2.5.12 with WP 4.8. When registering as a new user, I am unable to do so; getting “Registration has been disabled.” I cannot find a setting in WP that allows new registrations. On the Net, All comments have mentioned enabling “allow new users” in Settings>General, but it is not present.

Am I missing the obvious?

[Robin W]

1. what are you clicking to get ‘registration is disabled?

2. have a further look at dashboard>settings>general>membership>anyone can register

if that isn’t present come back (and confirm what version of wordpress you are using)

[jelliott2014]

Robin, thanks for the prompt response. I resolved the issue shortly after posting. bbPress is “network-installed”, so the user registration checkbox is located in Network-admin>Settings. I had checked this earlier, but overlooked the setting for some reason.

I sure wish I could find a complete, easy to read instruction manual to avoid rookie errors like this.

[Robin W]

agree that docs can always be improved.

It would also help if you had posted that you had fixed it. That’s 10 minutes of my life I won’t get back 🙂