Title: Groups to protect bbpress forums
Last modified: September 1, 2016

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# Groups to protect bbpress forums

 *  Resolved [designbysue](https://wordpress.org/support/users/designbysue/)
 * (@designbysue)
 * [10 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/groups-to-protect-bbpress-forums/)
 * I have created 3 forums using bbpress to replace current yahoo groups. Each has
   it’s own membership. I am trying to understand how to set up groups to accomplish
   this and am hoping for some help. How do I set up Groups to allow only users 
   that have “accounts” for each of the forums and only access the forum for which
   they have that account? Is there some kind of overview of the process that would
   make using this plug in easier for me (I seem to have some kind of mental block!)
 * Thanks
    Sue
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/groups/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/groups/)

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 *  Plugin Author [Kento](https://wordpress.org/support/users/proaktion/)
 * (@proaktion)
 * [10 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/groups-to-protect-bbpress-forums/#post-7476784)
 * Hi,
 * Here’s a simple solution: create a capability named `registered` and assign it
   to the `Registered` group, all users with accounts belong to that group. Now 
   you can use the `registered` capability to protect forums, topics and replies
   if you use [https://wordpress.org/plugins/groups-bbpress/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/groups-bbpress/)
 * Cheers

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 * Last activity: [10 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/groups-to-protect-bbpress-forums/#post-7476784)
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