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- Based on http://codex.buddypress.org/user/buddypress-site-administration/migrating-from-old-forums-to-bbpress-2/
- 1) Make sure you are using latest WP and Buddypress. BACKUP mysql database and site.
- 2) Disable all plugins but Buddypress
- 3) Revert to default Buddypress theme.
- 4) Install bbPress and activate it.
- 5) Remove “Forums” page from BuddyPress
- In the WP admin dashboard, navigate to “Settings > BuddyPress“. Click on the “Pages” tab.
- Under “Discussion Forums“, select “None” and save.
- 5) Disable BuddyPress’ Forums Component
- In the WP admin dashboard, navigate to “Settings > BuddyPress“. Click on the “Components” tab.
- Uncheck “Group Forums (Legacy)” and save settings.
- 6) Import old forums to bbPress 2
- In the WP admin dashboard, navigate to “Tools > Forums“
- Click on the “Import Forums” tab.
- Under “Select Platform”, make sure “bbPress1” is selected.
- For “Database Name”, “Database User”, “Database Password”, use the values as set in wp-config.php.
- Under “Table Prefix”, type in your bbPress prefix. For most users, this will be "wp_bb_" as set in bb-config.php
- Click on the “Start” button.
- 7) Repair bbPress 2 forum relationships
- In the WP admin dashboard, navigate to “Tools > Forums“
- Check the first option and hit “Repair“.
- Next, check the second option and hit “Repair“. Keep doing this until you have completed each option on this page.
- 8) Configure bbPress settings for BuddyPress
- In the WP admin dashboard, navigate to “Settings > Forums“
- Make sure “Enable Group Forums” is checked (Allow BuddyPress Groups to have their own forums)
- Under “Group Forums Parent“, ensure “Group Forums” is selected.
- Save Changes.
- 9) Make “Forums” page a sitewide index (optional)
- In the WP admin dashboard, navigate to “Pages“
- Find your old BuddyPress forums page (usually named “Forums”) and edit that page.
- In the post content, type in:
- [bbp-forum-index]
- This will use bbPress’ forum index shortcode to populate the sitewide forum index on our forums page.
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