bbPress Moderation

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1. ★★★★★ 3dbyte

   3.5y ago

   I used this plugin today and works good. It is a solution which I need. But last update 9 years ago. For security can be problem? This topic was modified 3 years, 4 months ago by 3dbyte.

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2. ★★★★★ shrewdies

   11.4y ago

   I like to keep my forums open to all, but spam is an obvious problem. This bbPress addition does exactly what it promises and helps me combat spam.

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3. ★★★★★ kech61

   11.8y ago

   Does exact what it promises. It was easy to to modify the plugin to my needs( eg “new” instead of “>” ), hiding “mark as read” when no user is logged aso. Thanks a lot for this plugin ! Best regards, Christian

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4. ★★★★★ solhuebner

   12.1y ago

   Thank you 🙂

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5. ★★★★★ khansariamirreza

   12.1y ago

   very good plugin hope the authors continue development of this useful plugin

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6. ★★★★★ Bizstudio

   12.4y ago

   Really does the job, but approval process and options needs to be refined. Would be great to be able to bulk approve comments, allow certain roles permission to not be moderated, one click approval function on the topic page. With a bit more input this would be really great!

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7. ★★★★★ Jose C

   12.5y ago

   I want to like this, but 1) approving is too much of a hassle, you have to click on the post to go to post edit screen, then publish. There should be a bulk, or a quick publish when you hover over title. Also, I don’t want this to moderate people who have commented in the past. In the options, there is this: Do not moderate (check or uncheck box) A topic or reply by a previously approved author I have tried both checked and unchecked, and it still holds in moderation replies by previously approved authors…. So I have gone on to disactivate this plugin. Especially because I will be in vacation and need the forum replies to flow without this issue. However, I want to like it and make it work well for anonymous posts.

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8. ★★★★★ yu

   12.6y ago

   Very useful and easy to use. Great job!

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Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.2.16 · WP 5.2.4

Growth timeline

Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow

1. 2026-05-21 600+ → 500+ down after 2 days in tier
2. 2026-05-19 500+ → 600+ up after 3 days in tier
3. 2026-05-16 600+ → 500+ down after 1 days in tier
4. 2026-05-15 500+ → 600+ up after 14 days in tier
5. 2026-05-01 600+ → 500+ down after 1 days in tier
6. 2026-04-30 500+ → 600+ up after 1 days in tier
7. 2026-04-29 600+ → 500+ down after 304 days in tier
8. 2025-06-29 700+ → 600+ down after 1 days in tier

Competes with

The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach, closest match first. The letter on the right is each plugin's health grade (A best, F worst).

• forumManager for bbPress 100+ installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags C
• Comment Moderator 100+ installs · 3.9★ · 2 shared tags D
• W WP-Blacklister 60+ installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags D
• One User Avatar | User Profile Picture 100K+ installs · 4.5★ · 1 shared tag A
• Content Aware Sidebars – Fastest Widget Area Plugin 30K+ installs · 4.9★ · 1 shared tag B
• wpForo Forum 20K+ installs · 4.7★ · 1 shared tag A

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bbPress Moderation: 500+ active installs, 4.3★ (14 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-08-28. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/bbpressmoderation