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Folders for bbPress forums

bbPress already sorts topics into forums. What it has no place for is your own work: topics to answer, threads to turn into help pages, forums you keep only for the record.

Plathix PRO adds a private folder layer to the Forums, Topics and Replies lists in wp-admin. It sits on top of your forums and never moves a topic. Forum structure, links and who can post stay as they are.

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Part of PROForums, topics, repliesForum structure unchanged

Forums are for members

Forums organize the community, not your to-do list

Every topic belongs to one forum, and the Topics list can be filtered by forum. That is the structure your members see, and it should stay that way.

Your team needs other groups: topics still waiting for an answer, threads worth turning into a help page, reports to pass on. These groups cross forums, and members do not need to see them.

In people’s words

Busy communities bury their own answers

People who run a bbPress community describe the same thing. Answering is easy. Seeing what still needs an answer is not.

New replies are hard to spot. From the dashboard you cannot tell which topic is which, so the answering happens from the front end.

Moderators want a resolved mark that does not close the topic, so they can keep things organized.

Old topics pile up. Owners look for a way to archive everything older than a year.

People ask the same questions over and over. Those answers belong in a FAQ.

Folders add that private layer to the Topics list: to answer, resolved, FAQ material, old. To close or hide a topic for members, bbPress statuses still do that job.

Folders for the work behind a forum

Topics to answer

One queue across all forums: questions still waiting for a reply from your team.

Resolved

Answered topics go to Resolved, so To answer shows only what is still open. Members see the topic exactly as before.

FAQ material

Threads with a good answer go to one folder. When you write the help page, the material is already collected.

Reports to pass on

Bug reports and feature ideas from many forums, filed for the people who act on them.

Old forums

Forums you keep for the record can sit in an Archive folder on the Forums list. To close them for members, use the bbPress Closed status.

Replies worth keeping

The Replies list has its own tree: best answers, replies to quote, replies to check.

What you get

Three bbPress lists, three folder trees

Forums

A tree on the Forums list, separate from the forum hierarchy.

Topics

Topics get their own tree, next to the bbPress filter by forum.

Replies

A third tree for replies you want to find again.

Closed and hidden count

Folder counts include closed and hidden items. Spam and orphaned items are not counted.

Virtual folders

Your community never sees your folders

What you do	What changes	What stays as it is
Put a topic in a folder	Its Plathix folder	Its forum, its replies and its link
Move a topic to another forum	Its forum in bbPress	Its folder: forums and folders are separate
Close a forum	Its bbPress status	Its folder, and its place in the folder count
Rename or move a folder	The folder tree in wp-admin	Forum pages, topic links and who can post
Turn Plathix PRO off	The lists look like plain WordPress	Your folders wait in the database and come back

Folders have no URLs and never appear in forums, topics or site search.

Evidence

How we test bbPress folders

We run each check on a live site with Plathix PRO and the current bbPress version, on the real Forums, Topics and Replies lists.

Status Planned

Results go to Plathix Lab. Each row turns into a link once it has run.

Check	What we verify	Status
Enable three lists	Turn on forums, topics and replies in Enabled Sections; a panel appears on each list.	Planned
Forum filter	The bbPress “In all forums” filter together with a folder on the Topics list.	Planned
Move a topic	A topic moved to another forum keeps its folder.	Planned
Closed and spam	Closed topics count in their folder; spam does not.	Planned
Folder column	Whether the Folder column shows next to the bbPress columns.	Planned
Forum pages unchanged	Forums and topics look the same to members with folders on.	Planned

bbPress folders FAQ

bbPress already has forums. Why folders?

Forums are the structure members see. Folders are a private layer for your team: queues, FAQ material, reports. They cross forums without changing them.

Does filing a topic move it to another forum?

No. The topic stays in its forum, with the same link. The folder is only a label in wp-admin.

Can I archive a forum with a folder?

You can file it in an Archive folder to tidy your list. To close it or hide it from members, use the bbPress Closed or Hidden status.

Are spam topics counted?

No. Folder counts include what the “All” view shows, so closed and hidden items count, while spam and orphaned items do not. Trash is not counted.

Is this in Plathix Free?

No. Content folders are part of Plathix PRO. Free organizes the Media Library.

PROContent folders →Folders for pages, products, events and more.

PROUltimate Member →Folders for Ultimate Member forms and member directories.

PROMemberPress →Folders for MemberPress coupons, rules and groups.

PROCompare Free and PRO →Everything PRO adds, row by row.