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Hello
I am new with the wpForo and looking replacement for the bbPress. So I have some learning curve here 🙂
My problems are relatively simple, I guess.
When I create a new forum (wpForo) all wp users are members of the forum.
What should I do, if I want that users must register to the forum first or they were invited by moderators?
I do not want all users to the forum. Only some.
Br, Alpo
Hi @alpoko,
The wpForo and WordPress users are the same, there is no way to separate those for each other. However, wpForo has an extended user permission system with full control over all user actions in each forum separately:
Please read this topic: https://wpforo.com/community/faq/wordpress-user-roles-wpforo-usergroups-and-forum-accesses/
Here you'll find a lot of useful information about wpForo Usergroups, Forum Accesses, and WordPress User Roles.
