=== bbPress ===
Contributors: matt, johnjamesjacoby, jmdodd, netweb
Tags: forums, discussion, support, theme, akismet, multisite
Requires at least: 4.7
Tested up to: 4.8
Stable tag: 2.5.11
License: GPLv2 or later
License URI: https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html

bbPress is forum software, made the WordPress way.

== Description ==

Are you looking for a timeless, elegant, and streamlined discussion board? bbPress is focused on ease of integration, ease of use, modern web standards, and performance.

bbPress is spry & nimble, and allows for great add-on features through WordPress's extensive plugin system. It is intentionally simple yet infinitely powerful forum software, built by contributors to WordPress.

== Installation ==

= From your WordPress dashboard =

1. Visit 'Plugins > Add New'
2. Search for 'bbPress'
3. Activate bbPress from your Plugins page. (You will be greeted with a Welcome page.)

= From WordPress.org =

1. Download bbPress.
2. Upload the 'bbpress' directory to your '/wp-content/plugins/' directory, using your favorite method (ftp, sftp, scp, etc...)
3. Activate bbPress from your Plugins page. (You will be greeted with a Welcome page.)

= Once Activated =

1. Visit 'Forums > Add New' and create some forums. (You can always delete these later.)
2. If you have pretty permalinks enabled, visit example.com/forums/, or if you do not have pretty permalinks enabled, visit example.com?post_type=forum
3. Visit 'Settings > Forums' and take a moment to match bbPress's settings to match your community.
4. Visit 'Tools > Forums > Import Forums' if you have an existing forum to convert to bbPress.

= Once Configured =

* bbPress comes with a robust theme-compatibility API that does its best to make bbPress look and feel right with just-about any WordPress theme. You may need to adjust some styling on your own to make everything look pristine.
* You may want to customize the register/activation/sign-in/lost-password flows, to better suit your site. bbPress comes with a bevy of shortcodes to make this possible, listed here: https://codex.bbpress.org/shortcodes/
* bbPress also comes with built-in support for Akismet and BuddyPress, two very popular and very powerful WordPress plugins. If you're using either, visit your Forum Settings page and ensure that integration appears correct.

== Screenshots ==

1. Forums - Admin Interface
2. Topics - Admin Interface
3. Replies - Admin Interface
4. Settings - Admin Interface
5. Settings 2 - Admin Interface
6. Themes - Admin Interface
7. Single Forum - Default Theme

== Changelog ==

= 2.5.12 =
* Bump minimum WordPress version to 4.7
* Use 'wp_roles_init' action for dynamic roles

= 2.5.11 =
* Improved support for WordPress 4.7
* Improved localization of role names
* Increase minimum WordPress version to 4.2

= 2.5.10 =
* Improved user display-name rendering

= 2.5.9 =
* Improved user mentions

= 2.5.8 =
* Improved ajax actions
* Improved user query parsing
* Fix BuddyPress Groups notice

= 2.5.7 =
* Improved output of certain URLs

= 2.5.6 =
* Improved notification & subscription email sending

= 2.5.5 =
* Improved bulk editing of users
* Improved suggesting of topics & authors for moderators
* Improved converter tool access

= 2.5.4 =
* Fix reply editing causing polluted hierarchy
* Add tool for repairing reply positions within topics
* Improved custom slug and displayed user field sanitization
* Improved SSL support when relying on theme compatibility

= 2.5.3 =
* WordPress 3.8 support (dashicons, new color schemes)
* Fix dropdown selects in settings pages
* Fix accidental topic subscription removal on reply form
* Fix poor grammar in profile title element
* Fix admin area SSL support

= 2.5.2 =
* Fix BuddyPress (1.9.1) Notification integration

= 2.5.1 =
* Updated subscriptions setting description
* Fix forum subscriptions not appearing on profiles for some users
* Allow links to have targets
* Improve Windows compatibility

= 2.5 =
* Added forum subscriptions
* Added importers for AEF, Drupal, FluxBB, Kunena Forums (Joomla), MyBB, Phorum, PHPFox, PHPWind, PunBB, SMF, Xenforo and XMB
* Added BuddyPress Notifications integration
* Added ability to enqueue scripts and styles in the template stack
* Fix various existing importer scripts
* Fix forum visibility meta saving
* Fix Akismet anonymous user meta checking
* Fix inconsistent bbp_dropdown() results
* Fix topic and reply ping-status inconsistencies

= 2.4.1 =
* Fix forum status saving
* Fix widget settings saving
* Fix custom wp_title compatibility
* Fix search results custom permalink compatibility
* Fix custom user topics & replies pages
* Fix hierarchical reply handling in converter

= 2.4 =
* Added hierarchical reply support
* Added ability to disable forum search
* Reorganized settings page
* Improved rewrite rules
* Improved responsive CSS
* Improved code posting
* Improved user capability integration
* Improved cache getting and setting
* Audit strict type comparisons
* Audit GlotPress string escaping
* Audit title attribute usage
* Audit WordPress core function usage
* General code clean-up

= 2.3.2 =
* Improved posting of preformatted code
* Improved theme compatibility CSS
* Improved BuddyPress Activity Streams integration

= 2.3.1 =
* Improved posting of preformatted code
* Fix deleting of post cache group
* Fix moderators not having view_trash capability

= 2.3 =
* Added forum search functionality
* Improved BuddyPress Group Forums integration
* Improved allowed tags in topics and replies
* Added template stack support to theme compatability
* Added more forum migration options

= 2.2.4 =
* Prepare converter queries
* Improve validation and sanitization of form values

= 2.2.3 =
* Improve compatibility with some themes
* Fix integration with BuddyPress Group Forums
* Fix BuddyPress Activity Stream integration

= 2.2.2 =
* RTL and i18n fixes
* Improved user profile theme compatibility
* Fixed incorrect link in credits page
* Fixed admin area JS issues related to topic suggest
* Fixed template part reference in extras user edit template

= 2.2.1 =
* Fix role mapping for non-WordPress roles
* Fix issue with private forums being blocked
* Allow moderators to see hidden forums

= 2.2 =
* Improved user roles and capabilities
* Improved theme compatibility
* Improved BuddyPress Group Forums integration
* Improved forums conversion tool
* Improved forums tools and settings
* Improved multisite support
* Added What's New and Credits pages
* WordPress 3.5 and BuddyPress 1.7 ready

= 2.1.2 =
* Fixed admin-side help verbiage
* Fixed reply height CSS
* Fixed password converter
* Fixed child post trash and delete functions

= 2.1.1 =
* Fixed Invision, phpBB, and vBulletin importers
* Fixed private/hidden forum bugs
* Fixed topic split meta values
* Fixed theme compatibility logic error
* Fixed role mask issues for shared user installs
* Fixed missing function cruft
* Fixed missing filter on displayed user fields

= 2.1 =
* WordPress 3.4 compatibility
* Deprecate $bbp global, use bbpress() singleton
* Private forums now visible to registered users
* Updated forum converter
* Topic and reply edits now ran through Akismet
* Fixed Akismet edit bug
* Fixed Widgets nooping globals
* Fixed translation load order
* Fixed user-edit bugs
* Fixed settings screen regressions
* Improved post cache invalidation
* Improved admin-side nonce checks
* Improved admin settings API
* Improved bbPress 1.1 converter
* Improved BuddyPress integration
* Improved Theme-Compatibility
* Improved template coverage
* Improved query performance
* Improved breadcrumb behavior
* Improved multisite integration
* Improved code clarity
* Improved RTL styling
* Added 2x menu icons for HiDPI displays
* Added fancy editor support
* Added fallback theme picker
* Added tools for importing, resetting, and removing

= 2.0 =
* Released on September 21, 2011

= 2.0-rc-5 =
* Fixed Genesis incompatibilities
* Fixed BuddyPress activity stream issues
* Fixed Subscription email sending issues
* Fixed Theme Compat display issues for some themes
* Improved Theme Compat class
* More future proofing internal API's

= 2.0-rc-4 =
* BuddyPress @mention integration
* Improved Akismet user agent handling
* Added blacklist_keys support
* Fixed spam/deleted user handling
* Updated green admin color scheme for WordPress 3.2
* Added actions to topic/reply forms
* Improved support for future ajaxification

= 2.0-rc-3 =
* Fixed activation/deactivation
* Added Forum Participant role for multisite use

= 2.0-rc-2 =
* BuddyPress activity action integration
* Multisite integration
* Fixed a bushel of bugs
* Fixed tag pagination again
* Fixed ajax priority loading

= 2.0-rc-1 =
* Fixed tag pagination
* Broke tag pagination
* Squashed a bunch of bugs

= 2.0-beta-3b =
* Fix regression in forum index theme compatibility template
* Audit usage of get strings for moderator level and above users

= 2.0-beta-3 =
* Akismet integration
* Fixes replies within wp-admin
* Fixes reply notification links
* Fixes inconsistent breadcrumb behavior
* Fixes theme compatibility issues
* Fixes archive and page conflicts
* Improvements to unpretty permalink support
* Improvements to importer
* Improvements to multisite support
* Normalize theme, shortcodes, and template parts
* Add humans.txt
* Add empty index.php files to prevent snooping
* Add max length to topic titles (default 80 chars)

= 2.0-beta-2 =
* GlotPress integration
* Fixes Forum archive bug
* Fixes and improvements to importer
* Adds home link support to breadcrumb
* Improvements to Theme Compatibility
* Numerous template and CSS improvements
* RTL support
* Improved multisite support
* Add filters for future anti-spam support
* Add missing breadcrumbs to various template files
* Topic/reply trash fixes

= 2.0-beta-1 =
* In development