Zhen over at ThemeFortress compiled a list of seven different plugins you can use alongside the bbPress plugin. Each of the seven plugins all offer you a variety of different functions, from a post toolbar to quotes. bbPress 2.0 was released back in September, so it’s cool to see plugins just for it popping up since then.
Early this morning John James Jacoby announced the availability of the final version of the bbPress plugin, lovingly known as bbPress 2.0. The plugin is available on the WordPress.org Plugin Directory, and is the collective work of over thirty code contributors. Just don’t forget to give the plugin a fair rating after you try it out.
Just in case you’ve been under a rock, or perhaps forgotten just what makes bbPress cool, listen to Jacoby break it down:
Simply by activating bbPress 2.0, any standard WordPress theme is suddenly capable of having support forums, user profiles, topic tags, and custom topic views. Your users are able to mark topics as favorites to read them later, and can subscribe to be notified via email to topic replies, so they never miss out on the conversation.
The final release includes Akismet and BuddyPress support built-in, and will support either one right out of the box.
Be sure to visit the bbPress 2.0 launch post to see the full list of props for the final release, which I’m proud to say includes a handful of WPCandy contributors. If you’d like to reminisce a bit, check out the bbPress tag we maintain to see how far the project has come in the last year.
Now that bbPress is out you really have no excuse not to give it a run. Once you’ve given it a try, stop by in the comments below and share your experience.
bbPress lead developer John James Jacoby has announced the release of the fifth release candidate of bbPress 2.0, the long-time-coming reimagining of bbPress as a WordPress plugin. Release candidates are typically released just before the final public version of a plugin is available, and bbPress has been in this stage for the last few months.
With the latest update, Jacoby explained, theme and BuddyPress compatibility fixes were introduced as well as improvements to email subscription and the API for developers. Jacoby also said “We’re pretty confident this is the final release-candidate before launch,” which should be exciting to those who have been waiting for the final public release.
For those waiting on bbPress but not using it yet — why not? We’re using it on the WPCandy Forum, and really couldn’t be happier with it.
John James Jacoby has been a busy guy today. After the BuddyPress beta announcement earlier he published the announcement that bbPress RC 4 is now available. Why RC 4 already? According to Jacoby the last few release candidates have been put out without mention due to a high amount of feedback on the plugin.
bbPress now has tighter integration with Multisite, BuddyPress and Akismet. There’s also an updated green admin color scheme added as an option alongside the standard gray and blue admin color schemes.
You can grab the bbPress plugin from the WordPress.org directory. Are you using bbPress yet? How do you like the newly added green color scheme?
The bbPress plugin is currently in a public beta (its third). The next release of bbPress, most likely to be a Release Candidate, is being delayed in order to pull in more user feedback on the current working version. Specifically, project lead John James Jacoby is looking for feedback on a few key features of the plugin:
You folks are great at leaving feedback and sharing your thoughts, so why not go join in on the fun in this thread on bbPress.org? Many of you have given the new bbPress plugin a go since its beta release, and even many-er of you have participated in some basic end-user testing by joining in on the WPCandy forum (running bbPress, of course).
The new bbPress plugin, by the way, has now been downloaded over 16,000 times. Are you one of those? If you have a public instance of bbPress running on one of your sites, drop it in the comments so we can see it.
I’m very excited today to introduce the brand new WPCandy forums, primed and ready for your words to fill them up. The forums are located at wpcandy.com/discussions, and you can join in the conversation if you have a WPCandy account (join here if you don’t yet).
The forums you will be most interested in are:
You can jump in and talk right now, if you like. Just create a WPCandy account and have at it.
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If you’ve been keeping up-to-date with news regarding bbPress 2.0 (aka the plugin version of the bbPress forum software), then you’ll be glad to hear John James Jacoby just released beta 3 which can be downloaded now from the WordPress plugin directory.
Over the past 2 and a half weeks, project lead Jacoby has been taking in even more user feedback, committing new code, cleaning up old parts of code, and is happy to report:
Available immediately is bbPress 2.0 Beta 3, chock full of fixes and enhancements to help smooth out the integration of bbPress into your existing WordPress.org powered site. Your feedback has been super helpful, and there’s been so much testing we think a sarcastic cake-promising robot may be involved somewhere.
That’s right. More bbPress and a Portal reference.
Some of the fixes and enhancements for bbPress 2.0 beta 3 involve Akismet integration, improvements to the importer, fixes to the inconsistant breadcrumb behavior, shortcodes for login, register, and lost password forms, improvements to multisite support and more.
The bbPress plugin is still on schedule to be released with WordPress 3.2, so the more testing that can be done before hand, the better. We know DevPress are using bbPress on their newly revamped site, have you tried it yet?
bbPress project lead John James Jacoby announced beta 2 of the bbPress plugin this afternoon. This comes just six days after the first beta release, and shows the development has picked up speed and is moving right along.
The update brings GlotPress integration, improves breadcrumbs and template flexibility, and fixes a number of general bugs that were reported by those using bbPress beta 1.
Jacoby was excited to share the news of quick development this week, and shared the plans for future development:
The plan is to keep releasing Beta’s as changes go in, put out release candidates in the next few weeks, and release bbPress 2.0 by the end of June (in tandem with WordPress 3.2.) The more you help us polish the new paint during the beta period means a shinier and longer lasting 2.0, and the more likely we are to stay on schedule and hit our release goals.
If you haven’t already, grab the (relatively) new bbPress plugin from the WordPress directory. If you’re already running it, just hit update from your dashboard and continue testing happily.
Who’s using it already? Any sites running bbPress-plugin-driven forums to show off yet? I’d say at this point, anyone wanting a forum, using WordPress, is running out of reasons to not be running bbPress. Would you agree?
The bbPress plugin beta 1 is now available on the WordPress plugin directory. John James Jacoby tagged the beta release just this morning, which means you can grab it really easily, and help test to improve it for a full release.
The plugin bumps bbPress up to version 2.0, to help separate it from its standalone version. If you’re curious about how the new plugin works, you can bet we’ll have further walkthroughs and tutorials showing how to use it soon.
Congrats to John and the rest of the bbPress contributors, this is a big step forward!
If you’ve been tracking the development of the bbPress plugin, are you excited to see it in the plugin directory now? Will this make you more likely to help test out bbPress and contribute where you can?
