Hi,
BBpress really needs a way for administrators to create new roles and assign capabilities. This is one feature that lacks. Currently, I can create a new dynamic role but I had to do it via a function. Secondly, I have no way to edit that role once it’s created unless I do a database edit or find a plugin that can manage capabilities.

I would also like to see the ability to restrict users on a per forum base. I haven’t found a way to allow a person to “moderate” a specific forum in bbpress out of the box. This is something I feel would push BBpress forward in terms of making it a seriously viable forum software.

[@netweb Keymaster 6 years, 8 months ago]

You can use this plugin to manage roles https://wordpress.org/plugins/bbp-capabilities/

bbPress 2.6 coming soon adds support for per-forum moderators

[@erich199 Participant 6 years, 8 months ago]

Hi @netweb,
Thanks for the reply. I have seen this plugin before but it doesn’t have the ability to add a custom role. I was just making the suggestion that the ability to create and edit new roles and capabilities be an out of the box feature of bbpress.