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bbPress Installation Step 2: Plugin Browser

By jaymis

bbPress is a very stripped down forum system, by default it contains very few of the “accepted” forum functions, such as private messaging, user timezones, even image posting. These functions are all available via a simple plugin system modeled on WordPress, and the ring that binds these plugins is Plugin Browser for bbPress, which hooks into the bbPress plugin repository and installs plugins directly to your server.

This will probably become less useful over time as the plugin load expands, but right now it’s an excellent way to test things out and get some more functionality to our forum quickly.