[johnhiler]

You definitely want to use the same users table for both installs.

I’ve had to eventually integrate bbPress and WordPress users after not integrating them upfront, and you definitely want to do it sooner rather than later. It wasn’t fun, but it’s definitely doable.

There’s a good discussion on how to go about it here:

https://bbpress.org/forums/topic/integration-of-established-wp-and-bbpress-installations