[Nate]

I’m new to this plugin and to bbpress in general though I do work with WordPress on a regular basis. The forums load fine. I would like to copy the default theme and customize my own based on the original.

The problem is, I don’t see a place where I can choose a template for BBPress to use. Is there a place in the WP admin panel I’m overlooking or do I need a custom function to load a specific theme?

Any help would be appreciated.

[Alessio Lo Vecchio]

you have to include bbpress template files in wp-content/themes/yourwptheme

[David]

@Nate, @johnjamesjacoby has posted instructions on theme customization (and a lot of discussion has followed) at:

https://bbpress.org/forums/topic/bbpress-20-theme-compatibility

In terms of page templates, bbPress looks for the following in your main WP theme directory (in this order):

1. bbpress.php

2. forum.php

3. page.php

4. single.php

5. index.php