If you decide to create a forum based on the WordPress CMS, the accommodation options are not limited solely superstructure bbPress. In your situation, there are a number of themes and useful plugins that will transform your ordinary website into a platform for discussion and communication between users. In this post we will discuss how to use the plugins and turn the site into a forum.
Presented below list includes only ready themes and plugins without any "embedded" solutions or transition options with ready PHP-forums. I suggest you use only fully working solution based on finishing the installation of the WordPress.
1. WP Symposium - a free plugin for full functionality of the forum developed a provider of social networking.
2. bbPress - the most popular plugin for creating a forum based on WordPress. It automates the creation of forums based on your site, and the setting of such a forum.
3. CM Answers allows you to create a forum based on your site. With this plugin style Stack Overflow with ratings for the forum of questions and answers, you can install on your website.
4. Ans Press - plugin for creating discussion boards, and the answers and questions, in many respects similar to CM Answers.
5. Theme ForumEngine from ThemeForest - an integrated approach to the theme for the forum, which lets you easily create a modern forum based on the popular CMS. Topic has options such as infinite scrolling, login in using Facebook or Twitter, setting permissions, adding stations to favorites, and subscribe to the posts.
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