http://trac.bbpress.org/ticket/1344

http://trac.bbpress.org/ticket/1355

The bbPress plugin for WordPress needs to allow for Forums to be closed/locked to new topics and replies, hidden/private, and also to just be categories that do not allow new topics to be created in them.

You can use existing bbPress and WordPress code for examples.

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