Improve bbPress performance with Booster
Booster is part of the GD bbPress Toolbox Pro plugin since version 7.0, and it aims to significantly improve database query performance for many bbPress features, regardless of the forum size.
Easier knowledge base code documenting
New GD Knowledge Base Pro 6.0 has been expanded with new blocks that will simplify code documentation. These new blocks are highly configurable, and you can practically change everything, including labels for all the included elements.
Support for PHP 8.1 and 8.2 in plugins and WordPress
In December 2022, PHP 8.2 was released. PHP 7.4 has reached the End Of Life stage and is no longer officially updated or supported, with PHP 8.0 only getting securing fixes, making PHP 8.1 and PHP 8.2 the only officially supported and updated releases.
5 features to enhance user experience in bbPress-powered forums
User Experience is a very important factor when it comes to any website, and even more when it comes to forums, because users expect to be able to navigate the forums easily and feel comfortable adding content and managing their own content.
SweepPress Pro in action: Cleanup of Dev4Press website
SweepPress Pro plugin has recently got a brand new 3.5 release, and this post will showcase a real cleanup process done here on the Dev4Press website, comparing estimates to real values as reported by the database. Now, this cleanup process …
5 features for using bbPress for support forums
One of the main uses for any forum software is to provide support and for users to discuss features, ask for help, and more. But, there are many things that bbPress lacks to be considered a full-fledged solution for support use.
Development plans for the first half of the year
The new 2022 has started a few days ago, and, as always, we all hope that it will be better than the previous one. And, it is the right time to share with all of you some of the plans I have for Dev4Press development for the first 6 months of 2022.
Retrospective of the year ending
nly a few days have left until the end of 2021, and I wanted to take a look back and review important events, releases, what was done right and what plans failed to complete, and how this year will help shape the next one.
Evolving the plugin interface
Way back in 2014, GD bbPress Toolbox Pro 3.0 was released, introducing the new interface for the admin side panels and settings, and in the years to come, all the Dev4Press plugins have been updated to use the same interface.
Get modern design bbPress forums with GeneratePress theme and Quantum plugin
GeneratePress is a very popular and modern WordPress theme, that works great with bbPress, but the forums will not look their best, because of the old and very much outdated styling and layout coming from bbPress. bbPress plugin includes default …
5 features to improve users engagement in bbPress powered forums
bbPress plugin creates lightweight forums for WordPress, and while that may be enough for some use cases, most forum owners realize that they need more advanced features to improve user engagement.
Dev4Press History: GD Press Tools
GD Press Tools is one of the oldest plugins I made, and the first one that was offered as a Pro plugin on Dev4Press website back in 2009. The first stable version of GD Press Tools was released on WordPress.org …