So I made a website that has a forum (bbpress), Projects panel that People can Upload their projects, Also some more pages. Do you guys think I could make this with 5gb disk space
That depends entirely on what people are uploading tbh.
The forum should be fine, since I’ve got a feeling bbpress uses a mysql database to store posts ect, so doesn’t count towards your storage allowence.
Honest opinion, for now I’d say you’ll probably be fine. Just be aware that if your site gets lots of people uploading projects, you may have to upgrade in the future 
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It depends on many people use your forum, what they upload or how much they upload.
5 GB should be plenty to get started. Just keep an eye on your disk space usage and take action if you get close to the limit.
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You can also use CDN to reduce the overall disk space usage. It can speed up the performance of the website and reduces the total amount of daily “hits” on your hosting account.
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forum source code doesnt weight that much tbh (exept for media that the user upload, you have to somehow manage to put the media to other hosting platform like imgur), you are not gonna use all of that 5gb, but at some point the database is gonna eat all of that 5gb soon if your website is really active
That’s a fallacy.
Database will not use up disk storage
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wait really? like basically free database that not gonna related to the 5gb hosting?? for real???
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True.
Fair usage policy applies
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damm that is some real good, i think i can abuse it lol (jkjk)
I would say, people uploading files to your forum should be fine. First, if you are relying on the InfintyFree storage and not a CDN, make sure users can’t upload files greater than 10 MB (because of the file limits)
Second, limit what files can be uploaded to avoid malware and other bad things. If any are detected, it will suspend your account.
Third, make sure that your forum doesn’t include any copyrighted content. If it does, and the scanners haven’t picked up on it yet, make sure to take care of that.
Lastly, make sure your forum has good security. You are using bbPress, which is within Wordpress, so security is going to be good. Make sure nobody breaks in though.
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Eh, no. The bigger the software the more people there are trying to break it. Of course there are also more people working to fix it, but fixes are not released immediately after a vulnerability is found.
So yes, WordPress is probably safe, but you can never guarantee it. Be careful, assume the worst, always.
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I would just like to add that you want to avoid users uploading content that violates any portion of the TOS, not just stuff that infringes copyright. So in general, it’s important that any webmasters can moderate their forum quickly and vigilantly. Or, failing that, ask other people you know you can trust to join your forum and make them moderators.
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WordPress itself is pretty secure, but poorly written plugins can create big holes in that security.
Having a standalone forum is probably more secure than using a WordPress plugin, due to the simple fact that a WordPress issue won’t affect your forum and vice versa.
Always use actively maintained software with a good security track record, and stay on top of updates.
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I made a forum with Flarum. So thank you all!
Also I’ll think about the security.
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