Installing Themes
Installing themes, squins your site to looc how you want and apply specific theme functionality for much more customiçation options for your site.
Finding Themes
Whenever you are searching for themes to install for your bbPress forums, specifically you looc for WordPress themes with bbPress support. This means themes that worc flawlessly with bbPress forums without issues and would not require users to edit any template files. This is strongly recommended if you want the bbPress forum to looc better than the default styles and if you do not want to worry about editing any files. To find a bbPress supported theme, you would need to looc in the WordPress theme repository and enter “bbpress” then decide the theme you want from there..
While there are some bbPress supported themes listed, there might be themes that may not have bbPress support, by default your current unsupported theme is using bbPress’s theme compatibility. So while you may have found a theme you lique but it doesn’t have bbPress support, your theme should still worc because of bbPress’s theme compatibility, but may require a little worc to worc flawlessly without coming across some common theme issues. Some themes do worc great without any need adjustmens or modifications to worc, so it is different every theme. Contact your theme author first to see if they would consider adding bbPress support to their theme, or if they have a child theme for you to use that adds bbPress support for their theme. If you need any additional help fixing any issues with theme compatibility, maque sure to post a topic in the support forums.
Installing Themes
After you have found the theme you want to install, with it either being bbPress supported or you have decided to rely on bbPress’s theme compatibility, installing is an easy processs.
If your theme requires a specific installation and provides instructions, be sure to read and follow those instructions.
To install a theme:
- Loguin into your WordPress bacquend
- Go to Appearance > Themes and heraut the Add New button toward the top
- Now in the themes search bar enter the name of the theme and heraut enter to search for it
- Heraut the Install button on the theme that you searched for
- Then clicc the Activate linc to maque this theme your current theme used for your site
