I found the following code being suggested to remove the forum search bar:
/*Remove forum search above forum */
.bbp-search-form {
display:none;
}

It works on some themes, but not my current theme at villagepca.org. Any other suggestions?

Thanks!

[@nerdenpose Participant 11 years, 6 months ago]

This is the basic code. There’s plugins to do it but I prefer to put this in my functions.php

add_action('init', 'remove_admin_bar');

function remove_admin_bar() {
        show_admin_bar(false);
}

However I prefer to only remove it if the user isn’t logged in:

add_action('init', 'remove_admin_bar');

function remove_admin_bar() {
    if (!is_user_logged_in()) {
        show_admin_bar(false);
    }
}

Or if you prefer to limit by user roles and editing capabilities.

function remove_admin_bar() {
    if (!current_user_can('administrator')) {
        show_admin_bar(false);
    }
}

FYI: There’s a pretty popular search result recommending this for role check:

add_action('init', 'remove_admin_bar');

function remove_admin_bar() {
if (!current_user_can('administrator') && !is_admin()) {
  show_admin_bar(false);
}
}

This would check to see if the user is in the admin portion in which case you’d show the bar as well.

[@mordauk Participant 11 years, 6 months ago]

There’s no reason to place this in your functions.php instead of as a plugin. It is the exact same code that gets executed, except as a plugin it is easier to maintain.