Private forum - How-to and Troubleshooting - wpForo 2.0 https://wpforo.com/community/how-to-and-troubleshooting-2/private-forum/ Discussion Board en-US Fri, 17 Jul 2026 17:24:34 +0000 wpForo 60 RE: Private forum https://wpforo.com/community/how-to-and-troubleshooting-2/private-forum/paged/2/#post-26271 Tue, 23 Apr 2019 14:09:34 +0000 @ruby,

Done this but still no joy

Could you please leave your forum URL?

I also need to be able to approve new members, but can't find any documentation for this

User registration is being processed through the default WordPress registration system. If you already have a registration approval function in WP then it'll work for wpForo. If you don't have such function please search for Registration activation plugins, they should work for wpForo too. These are two good examples:

  1. https://wordpress.org/plugins/new-user-approve/
  2. https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-approve-user/
]]> How-to and Troubleshooting - wpForo 2.0 Sofy https://wpforo.com/community/how-to-and-troubleshooting-2/private-forum/paged/2/#post-26271 RE: Private forum https://wpforo.com/community/how-to-and-troubleshooting-2/private-forum/#post-26261 Tue, 23 Apr 2019 12:04:39 +0000 I also need to be able to approve new members, but can't find any documentation for this

]]> How-to and Troubleshooting - wpForo 2.0 ruby https://wpforo.com/community/how-to-and-troubleshooting-2/private-forum/#post-26261 RE: Private forum https://wpforo.com/community/how-to-and-troubleshooting-2/private-forum/#post-26259 Tue, 23 Apr 2019 11:42:04 +0000 Done this but still no joy

]]> How-to and Troubleshooting - wpForo 2.0 ruby https://wpforo.com/community/how-to-and-troubleshooting-2/private-forum/#post-26259 RE: Private forum https://wpforo.com/community/how-to-and-troubleshooting-2/private-forum/#post-26258 Tue, 23 Apr 2019 11:41:34 +0000 This hasn't worked. Still getting 'recent posts' tab on the forum homepage and it just takes me to them

]]> How-to and Troubleshooting - wpForo 2.0 ruby https://wpforo.com/community/how-to-and-troubleshooting-2/private-forum/#post-26258 RE: Private forum https://wpforo.com/community/how-to-and-troubleshooting-2/private-forum/#post-26257 Tue, 23 Apr 2019 11:21:05 +0000 Thank you

]]> How-to and Troubleshooting - wpForo 2.0 ruby https://wpforo.com/community/how-to-and-troubleshooting-2/private-forum/#post-26257 RE: Private forum https://wpforo.com/community/how-to-and-troubleshooting-2/private-forum/#post-26254 Tue, 23 Apr 2019 10:53:04 +0000 Hi @ruby,

Make sure you don't have a cache plugin active for forum page. You should exclude forum page from all cache solutions you have. Your cache plugins or hosting service cache may cache admin view and show it to guest. This is the problem point so you should exclude forum page from cache systems.

]]> How-to and Troubleshooting - wpForo 2.0 Martin https://wpforo.com/community/how-to-and-troubleshooting-2/private-forum/#post-26254 RE: Private forum https://wpforo.com/community/how-to-and-troubleshooting-2/private-forum/#post-26252 Tue, 23 Apr 2019 10:29:45 +0000 Thank you- this is very helpful

]]> How-to and Troubleshooting - wpForo 2.0 ruby https://wpforo.com/community/how-to-and-troubleshooting-2/private-forum/#post-26252 RE: Private forum https://wpforo.com/community/how-to-and-troubleshooting-2/private-forum/#post-26251 Tue, 23 Apr 2019 10:23:11 +0000 Hi @ruby,

Just set up a forum and think I've got my head around the user groups and permissions but when I log out entirely I can still read posts. I want the forum to be completely private unless you're logged in as a member.

Please read this article on how to Setup a Private Forum Using wpForo:

https://gvectors.com/how-to-set-up-private-forum/

Also I'd like to be able to customise the login/register page. Any tips please?

There are two ways to do that.

1. If you already have pages with custom login/registration form provided by BuddyPress or other profile plugins you can insert those pages URLs in according authorization fields of Forums > Settings > Members admin page. This replaces wpForo login/registration pages with the custom pages.

2. Purchase the wpForo Users Custom Fields addon and customize User registration fields, Account fields, Profile fields and Member Search fields based on your created custom user fields: https://gvectors.com/product/wpforo-user-custom-fields/

]]> How-to and Troubleshooting - wpForo 2.0 Sofy https://wpforo.com/community/how-to-and-troubleshooting-2/private-forum/#post-26251 Private forum https://wpforo.com/community/how-to-and-troubleshooting-2/private-forum/#post-26250 Tue, 23 Apr 2019 10:14:53 +0000 Hi

Just set up a forum and think I've got my head around the user groups and permissions but when I log out entirely I can still read posts. I want the forum to be completely private unless you're logged in as a member.

Also I'd like to be able to customise the login/register page. Any tips please?

]]> How-to and Troubleshooting - wpForo 2.0 ruby https://wpforo.com/community/how-to-and-troubleshooting-2/private-forum/#post-26250