JordiPlana

bbPress Protected Forums adds a metabox, shown while editing a forum, that allows you to disable new topic creation for determined user roles. 
The plugin is perfect for those situations that you may want your users to see the list of topics of a forum but don’t want them to create new topics.
<h4>bbPress 2.x</h4>
Plugin fully compatible with bbPress 2.x
<h4>Languages</h4>
bbPress Protected Forums is currently in:
<ul>
<li>English</li>
<li>Spanish</li>
</ul>
The plugin comes with .po files. Feel free to translate it to your language!
<h4>Official site</h4>
For more information about this plugin you can check the <a href="http://jordiplana.com/bbpress-protected-forums-plugin" rel="nofollow ugc">official site</a>.

bbPress Protected Forums

Thank you for this great plugin , still working after 3 years
Regards
The X Learner



Great , Still working

Disables new topic creation in some forums for determined roles.

WPYog

WPYog Documents is a free, versatile WordPress document listing and management plugin. Upload, organize, and display PDF, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and any other file type directly from your WordPress dashboard using a simple shortcode.
<a href="https://demo.poppinsdigital.com/wpyog-documents/" rel="nofollow ugc">View Live Demo</a>
Key Features
<ul>
<li>Display documents on any post, page, or widget area using the <code>[wpyog-document-list]</code> shortcode</li>
<li>Organize documents into categories</li>
<li>Filter, sort, and limit the document list via shortcode attributes</li>
<li>Secure file downloads via nonce-verified AJAX</li>
<li>Supports all common file types: PDF, DOCX, XLSX, PPTX, images, audio, video, zip archives, and more</li>
<li>No programming knowledge required — works out of the box</li>
</ul>
Shortcode: [wpyog-document-list]
Place this shortcode on any post or page to list documents. Available attributes:
<ul>
<li><code>category</code> — filter by category ID. Example: <code>[wpyog-document-list category="7"]</code></li>
<li><code>desc</code> — show/hide description. <code>1</code> = show, <code>0</code> = hide. Example: <code>[wpyog-document-list desc="1"]</code></li>
<li><code>date</code> — show/hide upload date. <code>1</code> = show, <code>0</code> = hide. Example: <code>[wpyog-document-list date="1"]</code></li>
<li><code>orderby</code> — field to sort by. Accepts <code>date</code>. Example: <code>[wpyog-document-list orderby="date"]</code></li>
<li><code>order</code> — sort direction. <code>DESC</code> or <code>ASC</code>. Example: <code>[wpyog-document-list order="ASC"]</code></li>
<li><code>download</code> — show/hide download button. <code>1</code> = show, <code>0</code> = hide. Example: <code>[wpyog-document-list download="1"]</code></li>
<li><code>limit</code> — maximum number of documents to show. Example: <code>[wpyog-document-list limit="5"]</code></li>
<li><code>columns</code> — number of columns (1–4). Default is 1. Example: <code>[wpyog-document-list columns="2"]</code></li>
</ul>
To display a single document, use the <code>[wpyog-document]</code> shortcode:
<ul>
<li><code>id</code> — document ID to display. Example: <code>[wpyog-document id="4"]</code></li>
</ul>
Supported File Types
<ul>
<li>Microsoft Word (DOC, DOCX, DOCM, DOTM, DOTX)</li>
<li>Microsoft Excel (XLS, XLSX, XLSB, XLSM)</li>
<li>Microsoft PowerPoint (PPT, PPTX, PPSX, PPS, PPTM, POTM, PPAM, POTX, PPSM)</li>
<li>Adobe PDF</li>
<li>Images (PNG, JPG, GIF, WEBP, SVG)</li>
<li>Audio (MP3, WAV)</li>
<li>Video (MP4, WEBM, AVI, MOV, WMV)</li>
<li>Archives (ZIP, RAR, TAR, GZ, 7Z)</li>
<li>Plain text and more</li>
</ul>

WPYog Documents

Useful plugin

Upload, organize, and display documents (PDF, Word, Excel, PowerPoint) on any page using a simple shortcode.

bbPress Protected Forums vs WPYog Documents