I have wordpress yes, and when a moderator signs in it doesn't display the top dashboard I see when I log in a admin. 

I dont want to give access to the WP dashboard for mods either, they can screw alot of stuff up.

Hi @dmlphotography,

Member moderation is done under Dashboard > Forums > Members admin page. To access this page you should have Moderator Usergroup with these permissions:

Please read the doc: https://wpforo.com/docs/root/members/member-manager/