
Plugin Review – bbp Style Pack
https://wordpress.org/plugins/bbp-style-pack/
Version Tested: V 3.8.2
bbp Style Pack is a huge styling plugin for bbPress and more besides. Using bbp Style Pack you can change the look and feel of just about any element of your bbPress forums, for example you can control the colours and font sizes of all elements of your forums listing page, you can do the same with each individual forum topics list page and you can control the same elements for the individual topic and reply page.
It should be noted that this plugin have features for both BuddyPress and Standalone bbPress installations and therefore some features may not be so relevant to BuddyPress installs.
Once you install and activate the plugin you will be able to access the bbp Style Pack settings via the Dashboard>>Settings>>bbp Style Pack page. Once there you will find twenty different tabs of forum settings and information.
bbp Style Pack does more than just styling; it comes with it’s own Recent Replies widget and also allows you to insert custom CSS into your forum pages, it allows you to change the forum breadcrumb settings plus a whole lot more.
Feature Review
The following explains broadly the contents of the Dashboard>>Settings>>bbp Style Pack page.
Forums Index Styling
This tab holds all the options for styling the Forums Index Page
Forum Templates
This holds pre-built templates that you could apply to your forums.
Forum Display
This section have several forum display options.
Freshness Display
This provides options to add a topic freshness display to topic lists.
Breadcrumbs
This section controls the display of breadcrumbs in the forum pages
Buttons
This tab add “Create Topic”, “Subscribe” and “Profile” buttons to the forum index page.
Login
This page adds additional locations for displaying the login button.
Forum Roles
This tab controls how roles are displayed in the forums
Topic Order
Changes the order that topics are loaded in the topics list.
Topics Index Styling
This tab has the options for styling the Topics Index page
Topic/Reply Styling
This tab shows the options for styling the topic/reply to topic area.
Topic/Reply Form
This section has the settings for the topic reply form.
Profile
This section allows bbPress specific profiles to be turned off etc.
Shortcodes
Details of how to use the shortcodes bundled with the plugin.
Widgets
Details of the Widgets bundled with the plugin
Latest Activity Widget Styling
Styling options for the Latest Activity widget.
Custom CSS
A place to enter custom CSS
CSS Location
The location of the custom CSS file.
I discovered bbp Style Pack a while back and after playing with it once this has become a must have companion to any bbPress install I manage, it is highly recommended – 11 out of 10. A truly Awesome plugin!
My Star Rating
Other Peoples Reviews
Mauricevdh
Excellent service
I use this plugin for almost 3 years and it's great. Really helpfull.
Also Robin created a plugin for me, specially for my needs. Even after 4 months he helps me with some issues.
May 5, 2023
3dbyte
excellent
I thank to Robin for this great plugin. You can customize easily your bbpress forum.
March 10, 2023
Paul Hawkins (XPiRED)
Epic plugin for BBPress
By far the best plugin for BBPress. Wow. The support is exceptional too 🙂
March 3, 2023
digifessor.com (digifessor)
Excellent Plugin
Just install this plugin. You will love it!
February 28, 2023
codejp3
Swiss Army Knife for bbPress
I've been a user of this plugin for years. It's a HUGE time-saver customizing the look-and-feel of bbPress forums and even adds some essential forum functions like subscriptions, moderation, and site integrations. [...]
Disclosure: I've contributed code to this plugin, so of course my rating is biased. Don't take my word for it, just look at the swift responses in the support forum and the abundance of 5-star reviews. Read more »
February 5, 2023
DeepBlue (deepblue5)
The Best plugin for BBpress !
<p>The best plugin for BBpress</p> [...]
<p>You can custom everything for your bbpress forum<br />and adds must have features :</p>
<p><br />Quote<br />Moderation<br />Rich editor reply form<br />Forum roles<br />Widgets</p>
<p>and much more<br />...</p>
<p>A must have !</p>
<p>Congrats<br /><br /></p> Read more »
January 18, 2023
Llewen (llewen)
Helps fix a lot of the deficiencies of bbpress
How do you make a silk purse out of a pig's ear? You don't, however, this plugin will make the ever-so-clunky, awkward and generally ugly bbpress prettier and more functional. [...]
Just be prepared to spend an awful lot of time going through settings. There are a lot of them.
But overall the developers of this plugin deserve a huge thankyou and kudos for making bbpress an almost acceptable forums solution for WordPress websites, and it's free. They deserve free beer for that, at the very least.
This plugin is a must-have if you are going to use bbpress on your website. Read more »
August 6, 2021
lembi2001
Great plugin and even better support
Love the plugin and makes it easier to modify the Forum layouts. What makes this plugin standout is the stellar support offered by the dev!
Had a request regarding a possible new feature and it was implemented within 2 hours!
Amazing response
March 16, 2021
ibnat
Excellent plugin and support
This is a must if you are using bbpress forum on your site. The support from the plugin author is excellent and he even added a suggestion of mine (open post/reply links in new window) to the core plugin. [...]
Styling the forum is really easy and simple especially with the numbered images so you know exactly what you are changing each time you click on save... Great plugin! Read more »
February 22, 2021
alinaalinuta
Great!
It is a very useful tool and it works great. I huge recommend it
January 20, 2021
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