New Forum (bbPress)

Creates a forum from inside the app. Most members will not see the form — see below.

Before you start


Plugin	bbPress — or BuddyBoss Platform with its Forums component on
Endpoint group	bbPress
Plan	Every plan
Needs	The `publish_forums` capability — Moderator and Keymaster, not Participant

Who can use it

bbPress does not give ordinary members permission to create forums. A Participant — the role most of your members will have — opens this screen and sees a short notice saying only moderators can create forums, rather than a form whose submit would always be refused.

Place it in a drawer your moderators use, not in the bottom bar.

Settings

Setting	What it does	Default
Title, Description	Shown above the form	Empty
Visibility	What the form opens on	Public
Restrictions	Which roles see the tab	Everyone

Visibility

Option	Who can read the forum
Public	Everyone
Private	Any signed-in member — not a chosen few
Hidden	Moderators only

This is bbPress’s own model, and private is the one worth reading twice: it means every signed-in participant. For a staff-only forum, choose Hidden.

The member can still change it on the form; this setting only decides the starting point.

Creating a bbPress forum as a moderator

record → src/assets/media/bbp-create-forum.mp4