bbPress comes with five widgets available to add to any of your WordPress themes sidebars, to active them simply open up your WordPress admin dashboard and go to ‘Appearance’ -> ‘Widgets’
(bbPress) Forums List – A list of forums with an option to set the parent.
Options:
- Title: Here you can set the title of the widget as it will be displayed in the sidebar.
- Parent Forum ID: “0” to show only root – “any” to show all
(bbPress) Recent Replies – A list of the most recent replies.
Options:
- Title: Here you can set the title of the widget as it will be displayed in the sidebar.
- Maximum replies to show:
- Show post date:
(bbPress) Recent Topics – A list of recent topics, sorted by popularity or freshness.
Options:
- Title: Here you can set the title of the widget as it will be displayed in the sidebar.
- Maximum topics to show:
- Show post date:
- Popularity check: Number of topics back to check reply count to determine popularity. A number less than the maximum number of topics to show disables the check.
(bbPress) Topic Views List – A list of registered optional topic views.
Options:
- Title: Here you can set the title of the widget as it will be displayed in the sidebar.
(bbPress) Search – A simple search form for your forums.
Options:
- Title: Here you can set the title of the widget as it will be displayed in the sidebar.
(bbPress) Login Widget – A simple login form with optional links to sign-up and lost password pages.
Options:
- Title: Here you can set the title of the widget as it will be displayed in the sidebar.
- Register URI: Link to your custom signup page eg. A WordPress page using the shortcode.
- Lost Password URI: Link to your lost-password page eg. A WordPress page using the shortcode.
(bbPress) Statistics – A list of your forum statistics.
Options:
- Title: Here you can set the title of the widget as it will be displayed in the sidebar.