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powerSearch for bbPress
Enhanced and powerful search for bbPress powered forums, with options to filter results by various criteria.
The facts
- Rating
- 5★ from 1
- Active installs
- 100+
- Price
- Free
- Last updated
- 19 Jul 2026
- Added
- Jan 2019
- Requires WP
- 6.4
- Tested up to
- WP 7.0.4
- Requires PHP
- 8.0
- Downloads
- 8,627
Our analysis
AI-assistedpowerSearch for bbPress is a WordPress plugin that enhances the search functionality of bbPress forums. It adds an advanced search form with various filters and controls for ordering search results, allowing users to refine their searches effectively.
The plugin enables administrators to manage which user roles can access these filters and to hide any unnecessary options. It is suitable for forum administrators looking to improve user experience by providing more precise search capabilities.
Best for: This plugin is best for bbPress forum administrators seeking to enhance search functionality.
What it does well
- ✓Adds advanced search form with filters
- ✓Allows control over user roles for filter access
- ✓Supports template overrides through themes
- ✓Includes various search filters like forums, users, and date periods
Where it falls short
- •Limited information on the Pro version features
- •No details on compatibility with specific themes or plugins
Verdict
powerSearch for bbPress offers useful enhancements for search capabilities in forums, but lacks detailed information on premium features.
From the developer
Milan Petrovic's own description of powerSearch for bbPress, lightly tidied.
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.
More free dev4Press.com plugins for bbPress
- 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
* More premium bbPress Plugins
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