Hello,

I’m currently building a new community forum and have encountered a serious issue with wpForo permissions.
I have tested this for Guest, Registered users, and even custom roles, and the problem occurs for all of them.

■ Issue Summary

A user cannot view the content of a topic unless the user has the permission:

Front – Can create topic

If this permission is not enabled,
the forum displays:

“You do not have permission to view the content. Please login or register.”

Even when:

• Forum access = Read Only

• Usergroup access = Standard Access

• All “view-related” permissions are enabled

→ The topic is still not visible.

This behaves like “view topic content” and “create topic” are linked, which does not seem correct.

■ Expected Role Structure

I would like to configure three levels:

1. Guest (not logged-in users)

• Can read topics

• Cannot reply

• Cannot create topics

2. Registered members

• Can read topics

• Can reply to existing topics

• Cannot create new topics

3. Organizers (special usergroup)

• Can read topics

• Can reply

• Can create new topics (event announcements, race posts, etc.)

However, in the current situation,
Registered users and Guests cannot read topics at all unless they are allowed to create topics.

This makes the intended hierarchy impossible.

■ Additional Issue

Even after enabling all permissions, a user with 0 posts (newly registered) cannot view their own profile page.
Only after posting once does the profile become accessible.

This also seems unexpected.

■ What I have already tried

• Full uninstall of wpForo

• Deleted all wpForo-related tables from the database manually

• Deleted wpForo plugin folders via FTP

• Reinstalled wpForo and all add-ons

• Cleared all caches (Cocoon + wpForo) many times

• Tested with default theme

• Tested with clean user roles

• Tested with and without Members plugin (now disabled)

The issue still occurs even in a clean environment.

■ Environment

• WordPress: 6.8.3

• wpForo Forum: 2.4.11

• PHP: 8.2.28

• Server: XSERVER (Japan hosting)

Active wpForo Add-ons

• Topic Prefix & Tag Manager

• User Custom Fields

• Advanced Attachments

• wpForo Embeds

(All officially purchased, license activation OK)

Other major plugins installed

(none of these affect roles or access control; Members plugin is disabled)

• Cocoon (theme)

• SlimStat Analytics

• Post Views Counter

• Site Kit by Google

• TablePress

• TypeSquare Webfonts

• Flexible Table Block

• WordPress Importer

■ Questions

1. Is this a known issue where “view topic content” depends on “create topic”?

2. How can I properly set:

   • Guest = read only

   • Registered = reply only

   • Organizer = full access

3. How can I fix the problem where new users (0 posts) cannot access their own profiles?

Any help or guidance would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you very much.