Adding a forum to my blog

auditiescardsshowyoucare · Member · Oct 21, 2018 at 3:47 pm
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Is it true that I need a business account to have a forum on my blog?

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torres126 · Member · Oct 21, 2018 at 4:57 pm
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Not necessarily. Though a Business Plan allows you to install custom plugins which can help enhance a forum design, WordPress.com offers the P2 theme which has a very forum-like feel: https://wordpress.com/theme/p2-breathe

You can add users as authors so they can then post. Let us know if you have any further questions or issues. :)
torres126 · Member · Oct 21, 2018 at 4:59 pm
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Oh, just to add, the best solution to adding a forum to a current blog without the Business Plan is to create a new website with the P2 theme. You could then follow the steps similar to creating a membership site and invite authors/viewers to it: https://en.support.wordpress.com/tutorials/build-a-membership-website-tutorial/
auditiescardsshowyoucare · Member · Oct 21, 2018 at 9:00 pm
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Thank you for your feedback. I’ll check out the P2 theme. But, I know from experience how arduous it is to re-create a new website, so it will have to be really worthwhile for me to take that route.
I will definitely check it out though. Thanks.
torres126 · Member · Oct 21, 2018 at 9:11 pm
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It hopefully shouldn’t be too difficult to get your P2 theme working, feel free to write here if you run into any issues though. :)

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