Hi there!

Like some other users I noticed a missing search feature for the new and awesome bbPress 2.0+ plugin. So I just released a small and leightweight plugin for that:

bbPress Search Widget

Info & download at WP.org:

http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/bbpress-search-widget/

-> it’s limited to the custom post types of bbPress: forums, topics, replies

-> there’s a drop-down to select one of these (a must) – so it also helps fine tune the search for the visitor…

-> it’s fully localized so you might translate the few strings into your language – I will attach any translations which are submitted to me!

I hope it’s useful for you.

Have fun

Any feedback is very welcomed of course!

-Thanx, Dave from Germany

[@anointed Participant 14 years, 1 month ago]

thanks dave, nice addition to bbPress.

For anyone interested, here is a decent tutorial on how to create your own custom forums search results templates

http://wpsnipp.com/index.php/template/create-multiple-search-templates-for-custom-post-types/

[@getshopped Member 14 years, 1 month ago]

Thanks for the Plugin!!

I hope this Plugin keeps growing and evolving – there is totally a need for this!!

[@spicynodes Member 14 years, 1 month ago]

Your search widget is a welcome addition. One useful improvement would be an option to merge page/post search (the WP default) and bbpress search, so that ONE search can search all WP content.

[@getshopped Member 14 years, 1 month ago]

That would definitely need to be an option – in our case we wouldn’t want that because people on our forums are using a search widget for forum specific information.

[@sadr Participant 14 years, 1 month ago]

You should have a look at what @Steveorevo did:

https://bbpress.org/forums/topic/search-bbpress-20-provides-unified-search-and-unified-login-widget-fixes