Title: Why not use phpbb ?
Last modified: August 18, 2016

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# Why not use phpbb ?

 *  [jameshsi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jameshsi/)
 * (@jameshsi)
 * [20 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/why-not-use-phpbb/)
 * Hi!
    I try to search “html code” on this forum, turn out no results, I don’t 
   think so, so I try another keywords, no luck, I wonder why wp don’t use phpbb
   or any other forum system to let everybody feel better when using this forum.
 * How can I find something on this support forum ?

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 *  Thread Starter [jameshsi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jameshsi/)
 * (@jameshsi)
 * [20 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/why-not-use-phpbb/#post-303890)
 * Why I type html code to search ? Cause I want to know how people
    do when they
   use WP to post an article and he want show some html code on the post, how should
   we type ? As I know, if you just type the code, it will not show the code.
 *  [schestowitz](https://wordpress.org/support/users/schestowitz/)
 * (@schestowitz)
 * [20 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/why-not-use-phpbb/#post-303891)
 * phpBB search is notorious as far as I know. Try this utility:
 * [http://wordpress.org/support/search.php](http://wordpress.org/support/search.php)
 * The one at the middle, not the top.
 *  Moderator [James Huff](https://wordpress.org/support/users/macmanx/)
 * (@macmanx)
 * [20 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/why-not-use-phpbb/#post-303896)
 * > I wonder why wp don’t use phpbb
 * Because, that has been discussed over and over again, and it is simply becoming
   annoying. The WordPress developers have chosen to use [BBPress](http://bbpress.org)
   over phpBB because they also develop BBPress. BBPress is a work-in-progress. 
   This is the testing ground. And, it gets the job done. As far as I am concerned,
   the only things that BBPress lacks are all of the bells and whistles of other
   forums, like avatars and polls.
 * BBPress is a bare-bones forum system. It supports registered users, categorization,
   tags, topic history, resolved/un-resolved status, and a search engine (when properly
   implemented). A forum needs nothing more.
 * > I try to search “html code” on this forum, turn out no results.
 * Matt wanted to release a new wordpress.org along with WordPress v2.0, and many
   individuals wanted WordPress v2.0 to be released ASAP regardless of any consequences.
   As a result, some things here are horribly broken. The search feature is one 
   of those things. For now you can either use [the old search engine](http://wordpress.org/support/search.php)
   or search this site via [Google](http://www.google.com) by adding `site:wordpress.
   org` before your search terms.
 *  Moderator [James Huff](https://wordpress.org/support/users/macmanx/)
 * (@macmanx)
 * [20 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/why-not-use-phpbb/#post-303899)
 * > I want to know how people do when they use WP to post an article and he want
   > show some html code on the post. … As I know, if you just type the code, it
   > will not show the code.
 * Try one of these plugins: [http://codex.wordpress.org/Plugins/Syntax_Highlighting](http://codex.wordpress.org/Plugins/Syntax_Highlighting)
 *  Thread Starter [jameshsi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jameshsi/)
 * (@jameshsi)
 * [20 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/why-not-use-phpbb/#post-304141)
 * Thanks for such a detail reply, BBpress maybe is a good tools for you but as 
   my
    view, I am sorry to say that, I don’t feel good about it at all.
 * I just simply want an answer how to Show some HTML code on WP, according to my
   experience on some other forums (with same members volume like WP),
    I should
   already got the answer by now.
 * Thanks to Macmanx to give me a lot of information, but the URL you gave me ,
   
   there are a lot of plugins…. Is there a simple way to just type some code and
   show the HTML code on my post ?
 *  Thread Starter [jameshsi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jameshsi/)
 * (@jameshsi)
 * [20 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/why-not-use-phpbb/#post-304142)
 * BTW, my PC use 1024 X 768 and this reply window seems don’t fit.
 *  [Michael Bishop](https://wordpress.org/support/users/miklb/)
 * (@miklb)
 * [20 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/why-not-use-phpbb/#post-304145)
 * [http://www.coffee2code.com/archives/2005/03/29/plugin-preserve-code-formatting/](http://www.coffee2code.com/archives/2005/03/29/plugin-preserve-code-formatting/)
 * should be an option for what you want to accomplish
 *  [skippy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/skippy/)
 * (@skippy)
 * [20 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/why-not-use-phpbb/#post-304147)
 * You can also use HTML encoding, which means to type “ampersand+the letter ell
   +the letter tee+semicolon” (<) to create the opening bracket for HTML tags.&
   gt; will produce the closing bracket.
 *  Thread Starter [jameshsi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jameshsi/)
 * (@jameshsi)
 * [20 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/why-not-use-phpbb/#post-304257)
 * Thanks for miklb Moderator let me know the plugin and it solved my problem.

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