I have created a theme, and installed bbPress. I followed the getting started instructions in the documentation, and added the [bbp-forum-index] shortcode to my forum page.

Under my theme, no forum appears, nothing at all. However if I activate a default theme the forum shows.

How do I add a forum to a wordpress theme that i created? I couldn’t seem to find anything on the internet to help with that part.

Many thanks

WordPress 5.2.4
bbPress Version 2.6.2

[@robin-w Moderator 6 years ago]

dashboard>forums>add forum

[@rhysedwards Participant 6 years ago]

I have added a forum page already. that is where i put this shortcode: [bbp-forum-index]

[@rhysedwards Participant 6 years ago]

I have also tried adding ‘add_theme_support( ‘bbpress’ );’ to the main theme’s functions.php.

I have tried following the instructions here: https://codex.bbpress.org/themes/theme-compatibility/

Which recommended copying the bbPress plugin files to the root of my theme folder. This has also produced no results.

[@robin-w Moderator 6 years ago]

dashboard – do you know what that is ?

if so in there you should have Forums, just as you have pages

[@rhysedwards Participant 6 years ago]

Yeah i have added 2 forums under dashbard -> forums

[@robin-w Moderator 6 years ago]

link to your site please

[@rhysedwards Participant 6 years ago]

The menu doesnt really work atmo.

This is a page called forum, where i have put the shortcode into the content: http://209.97.138.158/?page_id=28

This is a link directly to a forum:

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