BBPress WordPress Tutorial – Set Up A Forum In WordPress Using BbPress Plugin

Wordpress Tutorials

BBPress WordPress Tutorial – Set Up A Forum In WordPress Using BbPress Plugin


Grab Your Free 17-Point WordPress Pre-Launch PDF Checklist:
BBPress WordPress Tutorial – Set up a Forum in WordPress using bbPress plugin

Link to bbPress shortcodes in the bbPress codex:

Download your exclusive 10-Point WP Security Checklist:

bbPress is a powerful WordPress forum plugin. You can make your entire site the forum or just add a forum to your existing site using shortcodes.

The first step getting up and running with bbPress is to install the plugin.

To install this plugin please log into your WordPress dashboard, hover over Plugins and then click on Add New.

On the next page type “bbPress” into the search bar. The plugin we want should be the first one in the top left.

Click on the Install Now button and then click Activate after it’s installed.

You will now see new items in your admin side menu: Forum, Topics, and Replies.

Within those menu items is where all the posted content of your forum will be.

First things first, let’s create a forum.

Click on the Forums link and then click on Add New. Create as many forums as you want.

You can create parent-child relationships between forums to keep things organized.

Once you’ve created the forums we have to create a place for them to live, this is where the bbpress short codes come in.

Here is the bbPress Shortcode page link again:

On that page you’ll find this shortcode:

Create a new page and paste that short code into it. Publish and view the page.

You will now see a list of all the forums you created a moment ago.

The CSS styling may not be nice, but you can easily fix that with CSS. There are many themes that bbPress styles already in their main stylesheets because bbPress is such a popular plugin.

There are even dedicated bbPress themes.

Now that you have forums ready to rock and roll, you’ll want to create the ability for people to register an account and login once they create an account.

The easiest way to do this is to use the login widget created by bbPress.

However, if you are adding a bbPress form to an existing site you’ll probably want to make it so the login widget appears ONLY on bbPress pages. For that we need to install another plugin.

To install this plugin please log into your WordPress dashboard, hover over Plugins and then click on Add New.

On the next page type “bbPress WP Tweaks” into the search bar. The plugin we want should be the first one in the top left.

Click on the Install Now button and then click Activate after it’s installed.

Now go to Appearance, then Widgets in the WordPress admin. You’ll now see a dedicated bbPress widget area (sidebar).

Now drag and drop the bbPress widget into the new bbPress sidebar.

You’ll see that there are fields for the Registration page and the Forgot Password page. We’ll have to create those, but don’t worry, it’s easy.

For the Registration create a new page and paste this shortcode into it:

For the forgot password page, create a new page and paste this shortcode into it:

Paste those links into the widget and save it.

Now go to your forum and refresh the page. You’ll see the sidebar appear, but it will show you as logged in.

To see how new users would see the sidebar, either log out of your site or open a different browser and go to your forum. Now you’ll see a login form with Register and Forgot Password links below it.

If you’re happy with that widget, you’re all done.

You should create an account on your forum and play around with it a bit to see how it works.

I hope this information helps you! If you have any questions leave a comment below or ping me @WPLearningLab on Twitter.

————–

If you want more excellent WordPress information check out our website where we post WordPress tutorials daily.

Connect with us:

WP Learning Lab Channel:

Facebook:

Twitter:

Google Plus:

Pinterest:

33 Comments

33 Replies to “BBPress WordPress Tutorial – Set Up A Forum In WordPress Using BbPress Plugin”

  2. sir if we allow people to log in to my website role being given as a subscriber , does it posses any risk to my website .

  6. my bbpress side bar is to the left and not on top so when i put something in it it doesn’t show how can i do it so its the main side bar?

  7. after i register the account and tray to log in to it the website direct me to a page saying

    “First, log in to your WordPress.com account:”

    and they say to me give your user name and password

    Btw……i am very thankful for your contribution man 🙂

  8. ᄂ서ᅢᅡᄂᄒᄎᄂ ᄇᄃ퍼ᅢᅭᄉᄂᄐ츄ᅥᅮᅥᅡᅵᅢ ᄅ호ᅩᅥᅡᅢ노ᅮᅢᅧᄅ호ᅩᅥᅡᅢ says:

    thanks a lot of…we learn from you a lot of..i have a question please, i have free hostinger host..can i also get forum inside.i mean users login and register ….etc ….?thanks for your helpfull videos

  9. This is insanely difficult! Like rebuilding a tranny or open heart surgery!
    Plus bad music!

  10. How do you fix the css issues that you were having on the sidebar issue when in privacy mode? I’m having the same issue and can’t seem to figure it out!

  11. Hey whats up. So everything worked but when I tray and create a new user it lets me get as far as getting the password and then go to the main login page. When I try to login with the new user I get this error (This site can’t be reached The webpage at https://——-/wp-login.php might be temporarily down or it may have moved permanently to a new web address.

  12. Hey, dude, I followed your steps and they work perfectly. But these no ads on my forum. Please help?

  13. Awesome! But I have no ads on my forum. This sucks. I see a lot of other people asking for a video on this can you please make a video. I need ads on my forum page. Please take our request seriously bro :/

  15. Good vid but I have a little issue. I have no ads from Adsense on my forum page. I can see a bunch of people having the same issue. Is there a solution? Because I make a good living with Adsense but It’d boost my earning more if I have ads on my forum. Can you please help? I searched all of the googles with no answer. I love your videos and I subbed but seriously I would appreciate a video on the solution pronto.

  17. Hi, I wonder if you can help please. I have followed your video and installed bbpress on my website. I didn’t write the code, I used the bbpress login, register and reset password widget. All seems fine but when I use a different browser in incognito mode and try to register, it sends me the link for verification and when I click it, it brings up my website admin login window. Should this happen and will it happen with guests? thank you for any help you can give. Terry.

  18. Hello. I did every step until 6:00 but i don’t get a sidebar. Tried ctrl+F5 and even another browser but no luck. What could be wrong?

  19. Hey!
    Thanks for the great video!
    Just a short question: I have installed bbpress and it’s set up well, besides that you can’t open up the topics and look at the content in the front end … in the back end it’s fine … any clue? 🙂
    Thank you!

  20. my website sidebar is still showing on my forum sidebar and my login sidebar wont even appear:(

  22. Great video; super helpful! I would love to change the styling so that the login and password info don’t appear “broken” on the screen, but I know absolutely no CSS (or any programming language, for that matter). Is there a resource you could recommend where I can learn more? Thank you!

  25. hello, thanks for the tutorial but please help me out as when I put that widget of bb login and when I go for registration of an account for the forum so I get just this
    http://www.tatarecorporation.review/wp-login.php
    link instead fo the complete link as you have showed like with the reset password. What should I do than to overcome the problem as this is quite necessary for me and I want more traffic on my site.

  29. i have all so do like you, but the login its still not there the bbpress sidebar still not there

  30. how can i add ads on my forum?? this is the final step stopping me! well by the way please visit crunkers.com and let me know if you liked it! thanks a lot!

  31. I like the animated splash popup to remind me to hit that like button. Nice work here man. Thanks for the help

  32. 2 questions:
    1. every tutorial i look at talks about adding login/account creation widgets. Can someone use their regular site login to access or does BB Press require a secondary login/registration
    2. MY BB Press isntal isn’t responsive themed. Will I have to do this manually or does is it responsive? I use Divi theme

  33. Just saw your vid on BBPress and WordPress. Great. The problem I am having is after entering the login page shortcode for the login and then goto the page the sidebar does not show up. What would the problem be? Thx

Comments are closed.