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I would like 1 bbpress forum to be shared on multiple domains from Multisite

Hello,
I am looking for a way to have 5 domains installed within multisite to share the same forum/topics – I have already installed a plugin to have the same users registered on all domains. All I am looking for is a way to have the same forum displayed on all websites.
Thank you :slight_smile:

Fri, 4 Sep 2020 10:26:51
  • Adam
    • Support Gorilla

    Hi John

    I hope you’re well today and thank you for your question!

    I must say I”m not quite sure if that’s doable without any serious custom coding. Out of the box there’s no such “shared forums” and with multisite there are also some other factors that must be taken into account:

    – content is always stored in db tables related to specific site so one of the sites would have to be a “root” or “main” site anyway and then other would have to somehow “sync” to it

    – the fact that a given user has user role on one sub-site it doesn’t mean that same user will have same user role (so permissions/capabilities) on other sub-sites and that also affects what such user can/cannot do, including posting on forums

    – bbPress additionally uses its own internal role/permissions system which also would have to be “synced”

    I didn’t find any “ready to use” way to achieve it, I admit, and it seems that requests for that kind of setup are “circling around” for years already but with no real solution.

    The closes to what you wish to achieve would be two things:

    – either set these forums on some separate sub-site and just link to that sub-site from all other sites

    – or set it on one site and try embedding it (via iframe) to all other sites – but that might also result in users having to additionally log-in to that forum page and may not be “visually matched” with the embedding page.

    Best regards,
    Adam

  • John
    • Site Builder, Child of Zeus

    Thank you Adam!

    Based on the 2 suggestions, I will do a forum on a sub-site and link to it from other sites. Do you know if there’s any widgets I can use to show at least some “newsfeed” about the latest topics of the forums on other sub-sites?

    Thanks again and best regards,
    John

  • John
    • Site Builder, Child of Zeus

    Hi Predrag,

    Thank you for the awesome support. I think the RSS Feed will do what I am looking for. The other one they seems to sell it only as a premium option when it comes to support BBpress (not sure) but RSS is perfect.

    Kindest regards,
    John