[Vernon Fowler]

Wondering if threaded forum posts are possible, and how to set it up. Is it a simple setting in wp-config.php or a matter of adding to functions.php or something that you’d advise against? Anyone already using threaded discussions? Pros and cons?
Thanks

[Tammie Lister]

Threaded comments are built into WordPress and therefore BuddyPress but not in the forum section currently.

I’m not aware of this being on the roadmap but I did find a thread around the similar topic that may be of use to you.

https://buddypress.org/community/groups/creating-extending/forum/topic/threaded-forum-posts/

[Vernon Fowler]

Thanks Tammie. I did see that thread earlier but it isn’t clear to me whether the conversation was more around threaded comments rather than forum posts.

[chris6242]

I was hoping to do this too. Is this something that will be easier to accomplish the the component api?

[archonic]

I too would like to have this. Forums typically don’t allow threaded posts – that was an invention of comment threads. I would consider threaded forum posts to be more of a “discussion group” than a forum. WebCT (now called Blackboard) uses “discussion groups” and it’s quite useful in that context.

Ideally this could be a enabled/disabled feature under buddypress’s settings for group forums. I don’t see a need for threaded forums in a global forums context.