Weaver for bbPress – Recommended Plugins
Recommended Plugins
To help build a user friendly, active forum, we also recommend the following plugins. Weaver for bbPress also supports these plugins with integrated subTheme styling.
- bbPress Pencil Unread – What, a forum without an indicator for Unread posts? Bad idea. This plugin will clearly indicate unread Topics, and bbPress Weaver styles the marker to match the theme. The “Mark all as Read” link is styled as a button that appears at the top right of forum Topic list.
- Private groups – If you need to keep some forums private from the general user population, this plug works great.
Great Plugins You Probably Don’t Need Now
The following plugins are great, but most of their major functionality is now included withWeaver for bbPress.
- bbp style pack, bbPress forum utility pack, bbPress WP Tweaks – there are among several other similar plugins that provide different kinds of tweaking for bbPress. We’ve integrated the most useful tweaks into bbPress Weaver, and you most likely won’t need these plugins any more.
- bbPress Private Replies – its features are enhanced and integrated into bbPress Weaver, including styling.
- bbResolutions – Weaver for bbPress include the functionality of this plugin. If you’ve been using that plugin in the past, Weaver for bbPress uses the same settings, so all of your previously marked topics will retain there resolution.
- bbPress Simple View Counts – its features are enhanced and integrated into bbPress Weaver. In fact, bbPress Weaver will detect and use the count data from this plugin, so you won’t even lose your data by switching.