We started the recipe by configuring the settings for the plugin. bbPress provides forum-specific user roles in order to give various access levels to forum features. In the Roles setting, we set the default role to Participant to avoid having to add a forum role manually. Let's take a look at the functionality of the various roles:
- Keymaster: This is the administrative role in bbPress with all the access to forums. These users can create/edit/delete any forum and topics and also have the ability to modify forum settings.
- Moderator: This is the role that manages the forum. These users can create and edit forums. Also, these users can create/edit/delete topics and replies on any forum.
- Participant: This is the default role ...