Converting XDForum to BBPress
Monday, June 23rd, 2008
When I converted HDTVok.com from phpWebsite to WordPress two years ago, I added user forums with the XDForum plug-in. In fact, the wide availability of plug-ins was a major reason why I chose WordPress for the conversion.
Unfortunately, the authors of XDForum announced they were stopping development of the plug-in in February, which effectively meant it was orphaned as WordPress moved forward. I have no problem with that as it’s easy to get over extended and decide you have to drop things that aren’t generating income.
When I did the conversion to WordPress, I could have chosen to use BBPress for the site’s forums, but at that time it wasn’t part of the WordPress family and as well integrated as far as users go. Because I want to keep all my WordPress sites up to date going forward, I converted the XDForum database to BBPress and this post is an explanation of one way that can be accomplished.