The Beginning
bbPress got started because we were using miniBB for the WP support forums and were continually frustrated by its limitations and slow code. That’s saying a lot because miniBB is one of the lightest and fastest bulletin board scripts out there. After a hosting change and PHP upgrade broke the boards even more than they were it became painfully obvious something needed to be done.
The day after Christmas 2004 Matt started coding from the ground up and two days later the first version of bbPress was pushed live on WordPress.org. Since then, Michael Adams has joined up with the project. bbPress continues to grow alongside the growth of its community.
The Future
Open vistas and green pastures. Beauty the likes of which none have beheld.