Description

bbPress Style adds a set of draggable elements and ready-made shortcodes to Visual Composer (WPBakery Page Builder) to visually customize the forum created by bbPress, allowing you to redesign topics, forum lists, profiles, and replies without editing PHP templates. The plugin provides color, typography, spacing, and icon controls directly in the visual editor, ideal for those who manage WordPress communities and want to integrate the forum into the theme layout without coding.

Key Features

  • Elements for WPBakery: adds bbPress-specific blocks to Visual Composer, such as forum lists, recent topics, search forms, and user profiles.
  • Extended shortcodes: provides additional shortcodes for inserting forum sections into any page, post, or site widget.
  • Visual style controls: adjusts colors, typography, borders, icons, and spacing directly in the editor, without needing to modify CSS.
  • Multiple listing layouts: offers different display formats for topics, replies, and active forums, adaptable to the theme design.
  • Native bbPress compatibility: works with bbPress functions and templates, maintaining the integrity of the original forum plugin structure.

Benefits of bbPress Style

  • Code-free customization: redesign forum areas directly in the visual builder, eliminating the need to edit theme files.
  • Integration with the site layout: aligns the bbPress appearance with the rest of the pages built in WPBakery, maintaining a consistent visual identity.
  • Faster setup: reduces community configuration time by reusing visual elements already familiar to site editors.
  • Flexible placement: inserts forum sections into landing pages, sidebars, or specific sections via shortcode.

Who Is It For?

  • WordPress site administrators who maintain bbPress forums and use WPBakery Page Builder on the front end.
  • Agencies and developers who deliver custom communities and need to standardize the forum appearance to match the client’s theme.
  • Owners of portals, blogs, and membership sites who want to highlight topics and discussions on strategic site pages.

bbPress Style fills the gap between the visual builder and the forum plugin, transforming bbPress elements into editable blocks within WPBakery and enabling visual adjustments that would normally require custom style sheets. For teams that deliver communities connected to corporate sites, blogs, or membership areas, it is the shortest path between installing the forum and having it integrated into the project design.

Frequently asked questions

Is bbPress Style GPL-licensed?

Yes. bbPress Style is distributed under the GPL (GNU General Public License). You may legally use, modify and redistribute it on as many sites as you want.

Can I use bbPress Style on multiple sites?

Yes. You can install bbPress Style on as many sites as you want. Only automatic updates through Ultrapack Auto Updater have a limit: from 3 to 80 sites, depending on the plan.

How much does bbPress Style cost at Ultrapack?

bbPress Style costs US$2.99 as a single purchase, and it is also included in the subscription plans starting at US$12/mo (VIP I).

Does bbPress Style include updates?

Yes. The current version of bbPress Style is 1.2, published at Ultrapack on Apr 10, 2020. Subscribers update straight from the WordPress dashboard with UAU (Ultrapack Auto Updater).

Is bbPress Style scanned before publication?

Yes. Every version of bbPress Style goes through a malware scan (ClamAV and YARA rules, at UltraHub) before it is published.