bbPress is forum software built for WordPress. It focuses on ease of integration, ease of use, web standards, and speed. bbPress uses forums, topics, and replies as custom post types. It is designed to be simple, extendable via plugins, and compatible with WordPress themes. bbPress provides over 165 hooks for customization and is a popular option for building support forums and other community features.
12. “bbPress is forum software, made the
WordPress way.
…
bbPress is focused on ease of integration,
ease of use, web standards, and speed.”
- bbPress.org
14. A forum with a purpose.
1. Open Source, always and forever
2. Less (code) is more
3. Code is poetry
4. Simplicity is a feature
5. Speed & security are paramount to a great user
experience
Philosophy
16. bbPress is simple (on purpose)
• What do you want in a forum?
• What do you need in a forum?
• Core vs plugins
• Examples: signatures, attachments,
advanced notifications, search, quotes
• bbPress is a solid foundation built to be
extended (like BuddyPress)
33. Template or markup changes? You bet.
copy
/wp-content/plugins/bbpress/templates/default/bbpress/form-search.php
to
/wp-content/themes/{your-theme}/bbpress/form-search.php