For bbPress - displays private forums titles and optional descriptions to non-logged in users, and optionally hides the prefix 'private'
As of April 2026, Private forums visibility is a WordPress bbp plugin with 10 active installations and a 1.5/5 rating from 2 reviews. It has been downloaded 4.3K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 3.0.1+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2014. Last updated 4 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Top alternative: bbp style pack.
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use https://wordpress.org/plugins/bbp-private-groups/
This plugin displays private forums titles to non logged-in users in main index.
This allows non logged-in users to see that forums exist, but have no acces to these.
If selected by a non logged-in user, the use is sent to a page (determined in settings), allowing the admin to determine what information is given, eg login, registration, text etc.
It also has the options to
display forum content (descriptions) for sub forums
remove the prefix ‘private’ from all private forums
Works with bbpress 2.5.4
| WordPress | 3.0.1+ requiredTested up to 5.0.25 |
| PHP | false+ required |
1.0 Version 1
2.0 Version 2 – settings options added
2.1 minor readme corrections
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