bbPress
This is a troubleshooting guide for issues using bbPress.
Follow this guide: http://codex.buddypress.org/getting-started/installing-group-and-sitewide-forums/#a-set-up-sitewide-forums-only
My users are receiving a "you do not have the ability to post replies" email when trying to reply via email
Users need to have at least a forum participant role to post and reply. bbPress dynamically sets this role when the user is logged in, but for the purposes of BP Reply By Email, their role needs to be actually set in the database.
You can automatically assign new users with the "participant" role by:
- Logging in to the WP admin dashboard
- Navigate to "Settings > Forums"
- Check "Automatically give registered visitors the forum role"
- And select the "Participant" role
- Save
If you need to set the forum role for an individual user manually, you can do so by:
- Logging in to the WP admin dashboard
- Navigate to "Users"
- Click on the user you want to edit
- Scroll down to the "Forums" section
- For the "Forum Role", select "Participant"
- Save