Best bbPress plugins for WordPress
The most popular bbPress plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. One User Avatar leads with 100K+ active installs, ahead of Content Aware Sidebars (30K+) and wpForo Forum (20K+). All 194 plugins tagged “bbPress” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 10 bbPress plugins
- 1.
One User AvatarThe most installed bbPress plugin, with 100K+ active installs. Rated 4.7 from 41 reviews, updated 2 months ago.
- 2.
Content Aware Sidebars30K+ active installs. Rated 4.9 from 724 reviews, updated 2 weeks ago.
- 3.
wpForo Forum20K+ active installs. Rated 4.7 from 390 reviews, updated 1 week ago.
- 4.
Restrict User Access10K+ active installs. Rated 4.3 from 94 reviews, updated 2 days ago.
- 5.forumAttachments for bbPress
6K+ active installs. Rated 4.3 from 26 reviews, updated 2 weeks ago.
- 6.
bbp style pack6K+ active installs. Rated 4.9 from 100 reviews, updated 3 weeks ago.
- 7.
Inline Image Upload for BBPress3K+ active installs. Rated 4.6 from 65 reviews, updated 2 weeks ago.
- 8.
bbPress Notify (No-Spam)2K+ active installs. Rated 4.8 from 40 reviews, updated 6 days ago.
- 9.GD bbPress Tools
1K+ active installs. Rated 3.8 from 24 reviews, updated 5 months ago.
- 10.Private groups
1K+ active installs. Rated 4.9 from 49 reviews, updated 2 months ago.
All 194 plugins tagged “bbPress”

One User Avatar
Down in the last 7 days:1#443by One Designs2 months ago
Use any image from your WordPress Media Library as a custom user avatar or user profile picture. Add your own Default Avatar.
- Installs
- 100K+
- Rating
- 4.7(41)
- Downloads
- 447/day

Content Aware Sidebars
#999by Joachim Jensen18 days ago
Display new sidebars on any post, page, category etc. Works with Classic Widgets, Block Widgets, and all themes!
- Installs
- 30K+
- Rating
- 4.9(724)
- Downloads
- 330/day

wpForo Forum
Up in the last 7 days:1#1,379by Tomdever7 days ago
Number one WordPress forum plugin with AI features. Full-fledged forum solution with modern forum design. Community builder WordPress forum plugin.
- Installs
- 20K+
- Rating
- 4.7(390)
- Downloads
- 721/day

Restrict User Access
Up in the last 7 days:3#1,549by Joachim Jensen2 days ago
Create Access Levels and restrict any post, page, category, etc. Supports bbPress, BuddyPress, WooCommerce, WPML, and more.
- Installs
- 10K+
- Rating
- 4.3(94)
- Downloads
- 323/day
forumAttachments for bbPress
Up in the last 7 days:3#2,818by Milan Petrovic15 days ago
Implement attachment upload to the topics and replies in bbPress plugin through a media library and add additional forum-based controls.
- Installs
- 6K+
- Rating
- 4.3(26)
- Downloads
- 103/day

bbp style pack
Up in the last 7 days:1#2,867by Robin W24 days ago
For bbPress - Lets you style bbPress, and add display features
- Installs
- 6K+
- Rating
- 4.9(100)
- Downloads
- 91/day

Inline Image Upload for BBPress
Down in the last 7 days:6#3,962by BerryPress14 days ago
Upload inline images to BBPress forum topics and replies.
- Installs
- 3K+
- Rating
- 4.6(65)
- Downloads
- 75/day

bbPress Notify (No-Spam)
Down in the last 7 days:7#4,308by Vinny6 days ago
Powerful, customizable email notifications for bbPress and BuddyBoss forums — without the spam.
- Installs
- 2K+
- Rating
- 4.8(40)
- Downloads
- 40/day
GD bbPress Tools
Down in the last 7 days:22#5,268by Milan Petrovic5 months ago
Adds different expansions and tools to the bbPress plugin powered forums: BBCode support, signatures, various tweaks, custom views, quote...
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 3.8(24)
- Downloads
- 33/day
Private groups
Down in the last 7 days:11#5,569by Robin W2 months ago
For bbPress - Creates private forum groups
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 4.9(49)
- Downloads
- 24/day

bbPress WP Tweaks
Up in the last 7 days:8#6,098by veppa11 months ago
Adds bbPress forum specific sidebar, wrapper, widgets, user columns, login links and other tweaks.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 4.2(11)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Avatar Privacy
Down in the last 7 days:12#6,636by pepe3 years ago
Enhances the privacy of your users and visitors with gravatar opt-in and local avatars.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 5.0(25)
- Downloads
- 14/day

reCAPTCHA for bbPress
Down in the last 7 days:5#7,875by Hitesh Chandwani1 year ago
Google reCAPTCHA v2 for bbPress is a free plugin/add-on for bbPress, that allow you to easily add Google reCAPTCHA v2 on your bbPress forum.
- Installs
- 700+
- Rating
- 5.0(4)
- Downloads
- 11/day

WP Notification Bell
Down in the last 7 days:1#8,055by wpdever27 days ago
On-site bell notifications. Display notifications custom or triggered (new posts/cpts, WooCommerce order updates, new comment replies, bbPress...)
- Installs
- 600+
- Rating
- 4.9(12)
- Downloads
- 22/day
bbPress Enable TinyMCE Visual Tab
Down in the last 7 days:1#8,421by Jared Atchison13 years ago
Activates the visual tab for the bbPress TinyMCE editor and provides a few other options.
- Installs
- 600+
- Rating
- 4.7(14)
- Downloads
- 8/day
RDFa Breadcrumb
Down in the last 7 days:45#8,432by Nitin Yawalkar10 years ago
An easy template tag for showing a breadcrumb menu on your site and on google search results with built in RDFa Markup.
- Installs
- 600+
- Rating
- 4.1(7)
- Downloads
- 11/day

bbPress Login Register Links On Forum Topic Pages
Down in the last 7 days:12#8,439by Tomas11 months ago
Add bbPress only sidebar, Add bbpress login link, bbpress register link, forget password link, log out link in bbpress forum index pages or bbpress si …
- Installs
- 600+
- Rating
- 4.1(8)
- Downloads
- 11/day
bbPress Moderation
Down in the last 7 days:14#9,042by ianhaycox13 years ago
Add the ability to moderate and approve new topics and replies in the bbPress V2.0 plugin
- Installs
- 500+
- Rating
- 4.3(14)
- Downloads
- 11/day

bbPress Voting
Up in the last 7 days:29#9,517by natekinkead2 months ago
Let visitors vote up and down on bbPress topics and replies just like Reddit or Stack Overflow!
- Installs
- 400+
- Rating
- 4.7(10)
- Downloads
- 22/day
bbPress
Up in the last 7 days:14#10,116by SandyRig1 year ago
Sort topic replies in ascending or descending order for each bbPress Topic.
- Installs
- 300+
- Rating
- 5.0(6)
- Downloads
- 11/day

Turnkey bbPress by WeaverTheme
Down in the last 7 days:60#10,167by wpweaver3 months ago
At last! Turnkey bbPress. Beautiful bbPress styles. Essential layout and user/admin usability options. No CSS or PHP coding required.
- Installs
- 300+
- Rating
- 5.0(3)
- Downloads
- 12/day
bbPress Genesis Extend
Down in the last 7 days:20#10,299by Jared Atchison7 years ago
Provides basic compatibility with bbPress and the Genesis Framework with a few extra goodies.
- Installs
- 300+
- Rating
- 5.0(11)
- Downloads
- 7/day
bbP topic count
Down in the last 7 days:10#10,413by Robin W2 months ago
For bbPress - adds any combination of topics, replies and totals under the authors avatar in topics and replies
- Installs
- 300+
- Rating
- 5.0(15)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Post Comments as bbPress Topics
Down in the last 7 days:25#11,188by Robin W17 days ago
Replace the comments on your WordPress blog posts with topics from an integrated bbPress install
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 4.3(18)
- Downloads
- 17/day
Pushover Notifications for WordPress
Down in the last 7 days:61#11,418by Chris Klosowski8 years ago
Pushover Notifications allows your WordPress site to send push notifications straight to your iOS/Android device.
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 3.6(14)
- Downloads
- 6/day
bbPress Topic Thumbnails
Down in the last 7 days:55#11,437by Shane Gowland13 years ago
Provides bbPress with support for topic thumbnails.
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 4.8(4)
- Downloads
- 0/day
bbPress
Down in the last 7 days:60#11,458by Pippin Williamson10 years ago
A simple plugin to allow your bbPress users to mark their replies as private.
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 4.9(12)
- Downloads
- 11/day
bbp user ranking
Up in the last 7 days:27#12,427by Robin W2 months ago
For bbPress - Lets you add ranking and badges to topics, replies, and profiles
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 5.0(11)
- Downloads
- 11/day

CleanTalk bbPress spam scanner
Up in the last 7 days:32#12,578by CleanTalk Inc1 month ago
Check existing bbPress topics for spam and move to trash all found spam.
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 12/day
Enable bbPress for Block Themes
Up in the last 7 days:67#12,726by WebMan Design | Oliver Juhas1 month ago
Enables bbPress for a full site editing WordPress block theme.
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 5.0(5)
- Downloads
- 11/day
bbPress
Down in the last 7 days:65#12,727by Josh Eaton12 years ago
Give your bbPress forum users the ability to report inappropriate content or spam in topics or replies.
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 5.0(10)
- Downloads
- 11/day
bbPress Reply Titles
Down in the last 7 days:103#12,839by Boone Gorges10 years ago
Add a Title field to bbPress replies.
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 4/day

bbPress forum utility pack
Up in the last 7 days:19#12,856by enomoto celtislab2 years ago
This is a utility plugin that nifty to support the management of bbpress. However, some features are the Japanese version only.
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 6/day
bbPress Notification
Up in the last 7 days:42#12,960by Tomas1 year ago
You will receive mail notification about all bbPress new topic, replies, via multiple customizable email addresses
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 6/day
bbp last post
Down in the last 7 days:66#13,009by Robin W2 months ago
For bbPress - changes the freshness displays to date
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 5.0(10)
- Downloads
- 0/day

bbPress Members Only
Up in the last 7 days:23#13,318by Tomas1 year ago
bbPress Members Only restricts Your bbPress forums to logged in/registered members.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 3.6(5)
- Downloads
- 11/day

Comment Mention
Up in the last 7 days:16#13,451by Bunty2 months ago
Tag and mention users in WordPress comments with @username — no BuddyPress needed! Notify tagged users via email. Supports bbPress & WooCommerce.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 5.0(5)
- Downloads
- 12/day

bbPress No CAPTCHA reCAPTCHA
Down in the last 7 days:56#13,876by Studio Hyperset6 years ago
Adds Google’s No CAPTCHA reCAPTCHA to bbPress forms.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day

bbPress Messages
Down in the last 7 days:63#13,922by DevriX9 years ago
bbPress Messages - Simple yet powerful private messaging system tailored for bbPress.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 4.5(11)
- Downloads
- 11/day
bbPress
Up in the last 7 days:47#14,458by Pippin Williamson7 years ago
A simple plugin to enable short codes in bbPress topics and replies.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 4.6(5)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Gator Cache
Down in the last 7 days:57#14,625by GatorDog7 years ago
A better, stronger, faster page cache for WordPress. Performance that's easy to manage.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 4.8(36)
- Downloads
- 0/day
powerSearch for bbPress
Down in the last 7 days:309#14,713by Milan Petrovic15 days ago
Enhanced and powerful search for bbPress powered forums, with options to filter results by various criteria.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 11/day
bbPress Pencil Unread
Down in the last 7 days:81#14,751by grosbouff6 years ago
bbPress Pencil Unread display which bbPress forums/topics have already been read by the user.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 4.9(11)
- Downloads
- 0/day
WP Forum Server
Down in the last 7 days:52#14,764by lucidcrew11 years ago
This Wordpress plugin is a complete forum system for your wordpress blog.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 3.3(12)
- Downloads
- 11/day
bbPress Multi Image Uploader
#14,895by Ankit Gade8 years ago
Upload multiple images to bbPress topics and replies.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 4.5(8)
- Downloads
- 0/day
bbp profile information
Down in the last 7 days:165#15,104by Robin W2 months ago
For bbPress - adds fields to the bbp user profile and displays any combination of these under the authors avatar in topics and replies
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 4.2(5)
- Downloads
- 11/day
forumManager for bbPress
Down in the last 7 days:37#15,430by Milan Petrovic2 months ago
Expand how the moderators can manage forum and topics content from the frontend, from any page showing the list of topics or forums.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 11/day

Forward
Down in the last 7 days:113#15,613by Forlæns2 months ago
Automatically turn direct image URLs into embedded images in posts, pages, bbPress content, and BuddyPress activity feeds.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 5.0(3)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Permalinks with ID for bbPress
#16,108by Nicolas Korobochkin1 month ago
Transforms default bbPress permalinks (URLs) that use slugs into permalinks that use numeric IDs.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 4.7(3)
- Downloads
- 0/day
bbP Signature
Down in the last 7 days:15#16,136by Arjun S Kumar2 months ago
This plugin adds user signature support to bbPress 2.0.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 2.7(6)
- Downloads
- 0/day