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I recently installed BuddyPress and am interested to accomplish two things. One is that I will need to integrate discussion forums into my site, so I am assuming I will also need bbpress. Is bbpress the best option for forums to integrate with BuddyPress?

My other question is about event scheduling plugin. There are a lot of options, but the two most popular are The Events Calendar, All-in-One Event Calendar, and Events Manager. Are any of these better integrated with BuddyPress than the others?

Thanks in advance for any help.