[MikeTime360]

Goal: Add BuddyPress with GROUP forums using bbPress.

Situation: Current WordPress has bbPress installed as a SINGLE forum. BuddyPress is not installed yet.

Problem: On a test WordPress site, when I add BuddyPress, bbPress uses existing files and shows up as a SINGLE forum and will NOT show up as a GROUP forum.

Q1. How do I remove/restructure bbPress so I can add BuddyPress with bbPress as a GROUP forum? (I am ok with losing current bbPress data, but would prefer to backup for a different use.)

Q2. WHERE is current bbPress forum DATABASE so I can copy (then remove) it before I install BuddyPress with Group Forums using bbPress?

[@mercime]

Check how to – Forums for Groups (internal bbPress) – https://codex.buddypress.org/getting-started/installing-group-and-sitewide-forums/

[MikeTime360]

Mercime,

Thank you. Excellent post recommendation on Forum Configurations.

Still looking for location of bbPress DATABASE to back-up. Any ideas?

MikeTime360

[@mercime]

https://codex.buddypress.org/getting-started/installing-group-and-sitewide-forums/3/#bp-forums-db
7 tables are created in DB as listed above.