[Lange]

Is it possible to use bbPress (2.x) for blog post comments on WordPress instead of the normal WP comment system? I seem to recall this being possible in older versions of bbPress, but perhaps I am mistaken.

[Andre]

It was possible with an older version of bbPress. I don’t think it’s possible with 2.0 yet, but I’d be surprised if there wasn’t a plugin created for it in the near future.

[Lange]

I see, thanks for the reply.

[Erlend]

You might be interested in my suggestion for distributed conversations.

[Erlend]

This is now possible:

http://testbp.org/2011/08/forum-shortcode-as-comments/

Though it’s still unclear to me whether or not this relies on BuddyPress 1.5, the environment in which this functionality is showcased. It would be a very odd dependency though, so I’m hoping this would also be possible with WP + BBP alone.

[Lange]

For those interested, a plugin is in development that automates the functionality described in Erlend’s link:

https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/bbpress-post-topics/

[Andre]

Any chance making it so all the comment forums for a multisite installation are handled by one of the sites.

Example

1.abc.com, 2.abc.com, and 3.abc.com have their comments in the forums at forums.abc.com?

[John James Jacoby]

@Andre – you’d need to do some switch_to_blog() action to pull it off, but it’s doable.