GD bbPress Attachments
by Milan Petrovic 4.3 (26 reviews)

GD bbPress Attachments

Implement attachments upload to the topics and replies in bbPress plugin through a media library and add additional forum-based controls.

GD bbPress Attachments ranks #2,829 among WordPress.org plugins with 6,000+ active installations, is #112 of 2,890 in the Discussion & Community category, a 4.3/5 rating from 26 reviews, and was last updated Apr 12, 2026. Data from WordPress.org, refreshed twice daily — see methodology.

Tested up to WP 7 (Current: 7.1.1)
v4.9.4 Current Version v4.9.4
Updated 5 months ago Last Update on 12 Apr, 2026
Refreshed 12 hours ago Last Refreshed on
#112 of 2,890 in Discussion & Community Top 5% by installs
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#2,829
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Active Installs
6K+
-10.6%
KW Avg Position
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Downloads
323K
+14 today
Support Resolved
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Rating
86%
Review 4.3 out of 5
4.3 (26 reviews)

Next Milestone 7K

Total Progress 68.2%
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Reviews & Ratings

4.3
26 reviews
Overall 86%
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Security History

Source: WPVulnerability

8 known vulnerabilities on record · 1 in the last 24 months · checked 5 days ago

  1. GD bbPress Attachments [gd-bbpress-attachments] < 4.7.3

    CVE-2024-11278 · Fixed in v4.7.3

  2. GD bbPress Attachments [gd-bbpress-attachments] < 4.4

    CVE-2022-45816 · Fixed in v4.4

  3. GD bbPress Attachments [gd-bbpress-attachments] < 2.6

    Fixed in v2.6

  4. GD bbPress Attachments [gd-bbpress-attachments] < 2.6

    Fixed in v2.6

  5. GD bbPress Attachments [gd-bbpress-attachments] < 2.3

    CVE-2015-5482 · Fixed in v2.3

  6. GD bbPress Attachments [gd-bbpress-attachments] < 2.3

    CVE-2015-5481 · Fixed in v2.3

  7. GD bbPress Attachments [gd-bbpress-attachments] < 2.6

    Fixed in v2.6

  8. GD bbPress Attachments [gd-bbpress-attachments] < 4.4

    Fixed in v4.4

TL;DR

AI summary of the plugin's readme

This plugin is for WordPress site owners running bbPress forums who want members to attach files to topics and replies. It solves the lack of native file upload support by integrating attachments with the WordPress media library and adding admin controls for file sizes, thumbnails, and per-forum overrides.

  • File upload for topics and replies
  • Uses WordPress media library
  • Limit number of files uploaded
  • Embed attached files list
  • Display uploaded images as thumbnails
  • Control thumbnail size and attributes
  • Log upload errors
  • Per-forum settings override

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about GD bbPress Attachments

Open the Forums menu, and you will see Attachments item there. This will open a panel with global plugin settings.
All attachments uploads are handled by the WordPress Media Library, and plugin uses native WordPress upload functions. When the file is uploaded it will be available through Media Library. Consult WordPress documentation about Media Library requirements.
If there is no error to log, it means that PHP during upload has not provided any information about upload, and that upload has failed before reaching WordPress. Usually, this is related to the file size limit in the PHP.
This has to be done on server, in the PHP.INI file (depends on the hosting) with the directive called upload_max_filesize. Also, you need to increase post_max_size value also. If you allow MAX file size of 32MB, and you want to have 4 files uploaded at once, upload_max_filesize has to be 32MB and post_max_size has to be 128M or more.
GD bbPress Attachments 4.6 is tested with BuddyPress 10.0 and newer, using bbPress for Groups forums. Make sure you enable JavaScript and CSS Settings Always Include option in the plugin settings.
In some cases, it can happen that jQuery is not included on the page, even so, the bbPress requires it to be loaded. That can happen if something else is unloading jQuery. If the jQuery is not present, the upload will not work. Another common issue is that WordPress Media Library upload is not working. If that is not set up, attachments upload can't work.
No. This plugin requires the plugin versions of bbPress 2.6.2 or higher.

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