Title: What software does WordPress use for their forums
Last modified: August 18, 2016

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# What software does WordPress use for their forums

 *  [vivache](https://wordpress.org/support/users/vivache/)
 * (@vivache)
 * [20 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/what-software-does-wordpress-use-for-their-forums/)
 * Really odd questions. But the forum layout is fantastic. Very easy to read and
   sort and get to. Can anyone tell me (if this is opensource) what software is 
   used by WordPress for forums?
    Thanks.

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 *  [Les Bessant](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lesbessant/)
 * (@lesbessant)
 * [20 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/what-software-does-wordpress-use-for-their-forums/#post-372815)
 * It’s called bbPress, and is indeed open source:
 * [http://bbpress.org/](http://bbpress.org/)
 *  Thread Starter [vivache](https://wordpress.org/support/users/vivache/)
 * (@vivache)
 * [20 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/what-software-does-wordpress-use-for-their-forums/#post-372909)
 * Thanks very much. That helps. Vivache
 *  [resiny](https://wordpress.org/support/users/resiny/)
 * (@resiny)
 * [20 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/what-software-does-wordpress-use-for-their-forums/#post-372912)
 * I tried installing it a while ago and couldn’t even get it to work. It’s nice
   stuff, but not quite ready to be used in forums…
 *  [Les Bessant](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lesbessant/)
 * (@lesbessant)
 * [20 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/what-software-does-wordpress-use-for-their-forums/#post-372922)
 * Errrrrrrr? Seems to be working here…

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