Is Groups bbPress free?

Yes, Groups bbPress is free to use. It is available as a free plugin on WordPress.org.

How many websites use Groups bbPress?

Groups bbPress has 40 active installations as tracked by WordPress.org.

What are the best Groups bbPress alternatives?

Popular alternatives to Groups bbPress include bbPress, wpForo Forum, Asgaros Forum. You can compare them side-by-side on our comparison pages.

Does Groups bbPress work with the latest WordPress?

Groups bbPress has been tested up to WordPress 6.9.4. It requires WordPress 5.0+ and PHP false+.

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Groups bbPress

Name: Groups bbPress
Author: itthinx

Protect bbPress Forums, Topics and Replies using Groups.

By itthinx·Forums·Free

·40 active installs·Updated 3 months ago

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As of April 2026, Groups bbPress is a WordPress forums plugin with 40 active installations and a 0/5 rating0. It has been downloaded 3.8K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 5.0+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2016. Top alternative: bbPress.

0/5Rating

40active installs

3.8K+total downloads

10 yearssince 2016

Overview

Groups bbPress integrates Groups and bbPress so that all topics and replies related to protected forums are also protected automatically.

This additional plugin is necessary if you want to run member-only forums with bbPress and Groups. As the topics and replies in bbPress are custom post types, it is not sufficient to protect a forum using Groups.
The topics and replies in a protected forum would still be accessible unless they are also protected.
This plugin extends the access restrictions on a forum to its related topics.
This also applies to replies posted on topics: replies posted on a topic will be accessible to users who can access the topic and the forum only.
If additional access restrictions are set on a topic, its replies are protected by both the forum’s and the topic…

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