bbPress Pencil Unread
bbPress Pencil Unread display which bbPress forums/topics have already been read by the user.
4.9(11 reviews)
·100 active installs·Updated 6 years agoAs of April 2026, bbPress Pencil Unread is a WordPress new plugin with 100 active installations and a 4.9/5 rating from 11 reviews. It has been downloaded 16K+ times in total. Requires WordPress false+ and PHP 5.6+. Available on WordPress.org since 2013. Last updated 6 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Top alternative: Pluginception.
4.9/511 reviews
100active installs
16K+total downloads
13 yearssince 2013
Overview
bbPress Pencil Unread display which bbPress forums/topics have already been read by the logged user; and adds classes to forums/topics so you can customize your theme easily.
Compatible with BuddyPress Groups Forums feature.
- For forums, it checks if the user has read all topics since last visit.
- For topics, it checks if the user opened the topic since it was last active.
- Mark as read (optional) mark all topics of a forum as read.
- Bookmarks : (optional) adds a link after the topics titles; that goes directly to the last read reply of a topic.
- Option to set as read topics that where created before the user’s registration
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Ratings & Reviews
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Compatibility
| WordPress | false+ requiredTested up to 5.3.21 |
| PHP | 5.6+ required |
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Changelog
1.3.0
- Try to optimize queries that count forum topics in has_user_read_all_forum_topics():
- ‘no_found_rows’ => true (see https://wpartisan.me/tutorials/wordpress-database-queries-speed-sql_calc_found_rows); so use count() instead of found->posts
- ‘update_post_term_cache’ => false
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