[edmondox]

Normal forum software can search by date / author / tag and within specific forums and topics – am I missing something – does bbPress have a decent search function hidden somewhere?

[antoniofreer]

that is something i need to ask too.. thanks for posting it here. i need answers.

[Robkk]

bbPress basically has search equal to the default WordPress search, so just basic functionality.

You can extend the default search in bbPress by using custom functions and modifying some bbPress search template files by placing the in a folder called bbpress in your child theme. Here is a GitHub repository that has some example files you may use, you will need to edit the files as it may be in Russian.

I have seen users use plugins and extend the default bbPress search functionality, and also services like Google Custom Search too.