bbPress Replies Moderation

This plugin provides the following settings for flagging replies in forums:

Button text for submitting a report

The option helps in setting button text for flag which is set to ‘Flag’ by default.

Button text for undo a report

The option helps in setting button text while unflagging replies which are set to ‘Unflag’ by default.

Enable automatic moderation

Site admin can enable/disable automatic moderation for flagged replies. This setting is complemented with an Automatic moderation limitWhen automatic moderation is enabled the flagged replies gets hidden for reporters or all site members depending upon the hide mode setting

Automatic moderation limit

This setting complements Enable automatic moderationThis setting accepts a numeric value. If automatic moderation is on and the number of reporters becomes greater than or equal to the automatic moderation limit for the flagged reply then that reply gets hidden for reporters or all site members depending upon the hide mode setting. Default automatic moderation value is 5.

Hide reported content for

Hide mode settings provide two ways of hiding content. When the Reporters option is selected then the content is hidden only for reporters, while when the All members option is selected content is hidden for all site members. When hide mode is set from the plugin settings section, the mode is assigned to newly flagged content. Apart from this admin can set hide mode individually for every flagged content. In the screenshot, we can see the Hide Mode settings under the related actions post meta section.

Enable BuddyPress notification


This setting enables Buddypress notification to users whose reply is flagged.

Moderate all bbPress replies

Enable this option to moderate all replies before they are visible to the public.

Update on July 20, 2022