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Free Plugin by antonchanning v2.0

bbPress2 BBCode

This plugin adds support for popular bbcode forum code to posts, comments, pages, bbpress 2.0 forums and buddypress activity and group forums.

bbPress2 BBCode

The facts

Rating
3.7★ from 6
Active installs
100+
Price
Free
Last updated
21 May 2016
Added
Oct 2011
Requires WP
2.5
Tested up to
WP 4.5.33
Downloads
20,546

Our analysis

AI-assisted

bbPress2 BBCode is a WordPress plugin that adds BBCode markup support to WordPress, bbPress, and BuddyPress. It allows users to format their posts using various BBCode tags such as bold, italics, underline, and more, while integrating with the bbPress shortcode whitelist plugin for secure usage.

The plugin enhances user interaction by enabling features like quoting, URL linking, and image embedding. It is suitable for community and forum sites where users may benefit from additional formatting options in their discussions.

Best for: This plugin suits community and forum sites that want to offer users more formatting options in their posts.

What it does well

  • Supports various BBCode tags for text formatting
  • Integrates with bbPress shortcode whitelist for security
  • Enhances quoting functionality with user display names
  • Allows for themed output with CSS class names

Where it falls short

  • Last updated in May 2016, may not be compatible with newer WordPress versions
  • Limited user base with only 100 active installs
  • Directory score indicates potential issues

Verdict

bbPress2 BBCode provides useful BBCode functionality for forum discussions, but its age and limited active installs may raise concerns about ongoing support.

From the developer

antonchanning's own description of bbPress2 BBCode, lightly tidied.

This plugin adds support for bbcode markup to wordpress, bbpress and buddypress.
It integrates with the ‘bbPress shortcode whitelist’ plugin to provide a safe
way of enabling BBCode without giving your users access to all shortcodes.

Bold: [b]bold[/b]
Italics: [i]italics[/i]
Underline: [u]underline[/u]
URL: [url]https://wordpress.org/[/url] [url=https://wordpress.org/]WordPress[/url]
Image: [img]https://s.w.org/style/images/codeispoetry.png[/img] [img=Code is Poetry]https://s.w.org/style/images/codeispoetry.png[/img]
Quote: [quote]Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit,[/quote] [quote=NAME]Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet[/quote] [quote="NAME"]Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet[/quote] [quote author=NAME]Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet[/quote] [quote author="NAME"]Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet[/quote]
Color: [color="red"]named red[/color] [color="ff0000"]hex red[/color] [color=#ff0000]hex red again[/color]
Strikeout:[s]striked this out[/s]
Center Text:[center]center me[/center]
Computer code:[code]function HelloWorld($greet = 'World') { return 'Hello '.$greet } [/code]
Font size: [size=10]10px font size[/size]
Ordered lists: [ol][li][/li][/ol]
Unordered lists: [ul][li][/li][/ul]
List Item: [li]item[/li]
Named Spoiler: [spoiler=two plus two]four[/spoiler]
Unnamed Spoiler: [spoiler]Boo![/spoiler]
Contents appear to logged in users only: [user]This is a secret message[/user]
Contents appear to non-logged in users only: [guest]Log in to see secret message...[/guest]

I have enhanced support for the [url] and [quote] tags, and added potentially
useful css style class names in the html output of the tags, to allow for
exciting theming potential.

For example:

[quote=NAME]QUOTE[/quote] 

will render as:

<div class="bbcode-quote bbcode-quote-NAME"><strong>NAME</strong><blockquote>QUOTE</blockquote></div>

Or if NAME matches the login name of a user on the system, it will render as:

<div class="bbcode-quote bbcode-quote-user bbcode-quote-NAME"><strong>DISPLAY_NAME</strong><blockquote>QUOTE</blockquote></div>

Where DISPLAY_NAME is the display name that user. With BuddyPress installed the name
also becomes a link to their profile page, otherwise if bbPress is installed, it becomes a
link to their forum user page.

Read the full description on the official page →

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