powerSearch for bbPress

Add an advanced search form to bbPress search page with filters and search results ordering controls. On the admin side, you can control which user roles (or visitors) can use filters, and hide the filters you don’t want to use.

The Plugin adds the following filters:

• Forums, including an option to select forums, and search subforums
• Users, select a user or type username
• Content Type (reply, topic)
• Topic Status
• Topic Tags
• Date Period, predefined list of periods
• Change results sort order

Also, plugin can replace the default search form to include the link to the advanced form. The plugin supports use of the templates’ replacement package plugin GD Quantum Theme Pro for bbPress.

Plugin uses templates with filters and actions, and all templates can be overridden through theme, just like default bbPress templates can.

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• topicPolls for bbPress – add polls to the bbPress topics
• GD Forum Manager – quick and bulk forums and topics edit
• GD Members Directory – add new page with list of all forum members
• GD bbPress Attachments – attachments for topics and replies
• GD bbPress Tools – various expansion tools for forums

Upgrade to powerSearch Pro for bbPress

The Pro version contains many more great features:

• Highlight keywords in the search results
• Select where to search (title, content or both)
• Search by the topic sticky status
• Additional search filters
• Multi select for users filter
• Datetime picker for Date filter

More information about powerSearch Pro for bbPress
* Compare Lite vs. Pro Plugin
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General Requirements

• PHP: 7.4 or newer

PHP Notice

• The plugin doesn’t work with PHP 7.3 or older versions.

WordPress Requirements

• WordPress: 6.0 or newer

bbPress Requirements

• bbPress 2.6.2 or newer

Basic Installation

• Plug in folder in the WordPress plugins folder should be gd-power-search-for-bbpress.
• Upload gd-power-search-for-bbpress folder to the /wp-content/plugins/ directory.
• Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress.
• Plugin adds a new menu called ‘powerSearch’ in the Settings menu.
• Check all the plugin settings before using the plugin.

1. 

   Advanced search Form

2. 

   Advanced search Form in Quantum

3. 

   Selected forums Search field

4. 

   Plugin Dashboard Panel

5. 

   Plugin Settings Panel

6. 

   Plugin Control Settings

3.2.2 (2025.11.15)

• Edit: Freemius SDK 2.13.0

3.2.1 (2025.05.31)

• New: tested with bbPress up to 2.6.13
• Edit: Dev4Press Library 5.4
• Edit: Freemius SDK 2.12.0

3.2 (2025.03.15)

• Edit: all SASS code updated to latest specifications
• Edit: updated POT file with latest strings for translation
• Fix: wrong name of the CSS variable

3.1 (2025.01.29)

• Edit: few small updates to the plugin loading process
• Edit: Dev4Press Library 5.3

3.0 (2025.01.05)

• New: plugin name changed to powerSearch for bbPress
• New: tested and compatible with PHP 8.4
• New: tested and compatible with WordPress 6.7
• New: use composer to install third party libraries
• New: use composer to install Dev4Press Library
• New: plugin can work as Lite edition without license code
• New: plugin refactoring and other core changes
• Edit: reorganized and improved all the plugin settings
• Edit: improvements to the main stylesheet file
• Edit: improvements to the main JavaScript file
• Edit: changes to the feature registration and loading
• Edit: updates to the loading of third party libraries
• Edit: Dev4Press Library 5.2.2

Full changelog: powerSearch for bbPress Changelog