bbPress is free, open-source forum software built by the same team behind WordPress. It runs entirely inside WordPress as a native plugin, uses the same user management system, and lives in the same dashboard as the rest of your site.
With over a million active installations, it’s the most widely used forum plugin in the WordPress ecosystem.
Why Course Creators Use bbPress
A course forum gives students somewhere to ask questions, share wins, and connect with others going through the same material. That kind of community keeps people engaged beyond the content itself.
Because bbPress is WordPress-native and self-hosted, everything stays on your site — no third-party platform, no outside community tool to manage.
With bbPress, you can:
- Create discussion forums tied to specific courses where enrolled students can ask questions and exchange ideas
- Control who can access which forums using WordPress user roles and enrollment-based rules
- Moderate topics and replies directly from your WordPress dashboard
- Extend functionality with 200+ add-ons for attachments, email notifications, private groups, and more
- Combine with BuddyBoss to layer in social profiles, activity feeds, and gamification on top of forum discussions
Comment cela fonctionne-t-il avec WishList LMS ?
When you connect bbPress with WishList LMS, course enrollment controls forum access. Students enrolled in a course can access its corresponding forum — those who aren’t, can’t. No manual user management required.
