[@chrishajer Participant 16 years, 3 months ago]

bbPress is not a plugin for WordPress (unlike BuddyPress, which IS a WordPress plugin, and includes forums that are based on bbPress.)

You install bbPress along side WordPress (or by itself even, if you want) but it does not become part of your WordPress installation like a plugin.

Related recent post:

https://bbpress.org/forums/topic/instalation-folder#post-70542