BBPress Forums

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Intro

In order to use forums with the BuddyPress plugin, you need to install the BBPress plugin and configure it.

Go to the Dashboard and in Plugins, go to Add Plugin.

Search for BBPress. Install it and Activate it.

From the Dashboard, go to Settings/Forums.

First is Forum User Settings:

Leave these settings to the defaults shown above.

Next is the Forum Features.

Leave all of the defaults except for Reply Threading which should be checked and set to 4 levels deep to make it a real forum.

Leave the rest of the settings as their defaults.

At the bottom is Forum Integration for BuddyPress.

Check Group Forums if you are going to want to use Groups.

Click the Save button.

For Primary Forum, click the link to Create a new one. This will create a Group Forum and set it in the dropdown.

Click Save again.

From the Dashboard, click Forums

Click the Add New button.

Enter the name of the forum and a description. This is the main forum for your site.