Send an Email When a User Creates a bbPress Forum

On most sites, new forums are a deliberate decision, and you want to know the moment one appears — especially if you let members or other editors create their own. Zapify tells you straight away with the A user creates a forum trigger and the Send an email action, including who created it and where it sits.

What this automation does

The automation is one trigger plus one action:

• Trigger: A user creates a forum (BBP_FORUM_CREATED, bbPress)
• Action: Send an email (WP_SEND_EMAIL, WordPress)

When a forum is created, Zapify emails the address you set with the forum's details and its creator.

The trigger sees forums created from a front-end form, from the WordPress admin and through the REST API. A forum saved as a draft in the admin runs the automation when it is first published, not when the draft is saved. The automation is about forums created by a user with an account.

Before you start

• bbPress must be installed and active.

How to build the automation

Step 1: Create a new automation

1. In the WordPress admin, go to Zapify → Automations.
2. Click Add New to open the builder.
3. Name it clearly, such as Tell the admin about new forums.

Step 2: Add the "A user creates a forum" trigger

1. Click Add Trigger.
2. Choose bbPress as the app.
3. Select the trigger A user creates a forum.
4. In the trigger's Parent forum field, pick a specific parent forum to be told only about forums created under it, or leave it on Any parent forum.

Step 3: Add the "Send an email" action

1. Click Add Action.
2. Choose WordPress as the app.
3. Select Send an email.

Step 4: Write the email

Use the {} token button beside any field to insert the forum's details.

For example:

• To: admin@example.com
• Subject: New forum created: {Forum title}
• Body: {Author name} created the forum {Forum title}. Take a look: {Forum URL}

Step 5: Set the steps Live and save

1. Set both the trigger and the action to Live. A new automation starts as Draft and will not run until its steps are Live.
2. Click Save.

Tokens you can use

How to test it

1. Create a new forum, either from your site's forum form or in the WordPress admin.
2. Check the recipient's inbox for the email.
3. If nothing arrives, open Zapify → Logs to see whether the run fired.

Conclusion

With the A user creates a forum trigger and the Send an email action, Zapify keeps you informed whenever your forum structure grows, on the free plan. Next, watch what happens inside the forums with send an email when a topic is created in a bbPress forum.

FAQs

Does it run when I create a forum myself in the admin?

Yes. Forums created in the WordPress admin count, as do forums created from a front-end form or through the REST API.

Can I be told only about forums created under a certain parent?

Yes, and it is free. Set the trigger's Parent forum field to that forum instead of Any parent forum.

Is this feature free?

Yes. bbPress is a free Zapify integration, and both the A user creates a forum trigger and the Send an email action are included in the free plan.

Why didn't the email send?

First confirm both the trigger and the action are set to Live and the automation is saved. Then check Zapify → Logs. If the run succeeded but no email arrived, the cause is usually the site's mail configuration; an SMTP plugin resolves most delivery problems.

Do I need to write any code?

No. Everything is configured in the Zapify visual builder.