Creating a forums page

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  rhaiey · Member · Feb 6, 2018 at 12:57 am

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  Hi, I’m currently creating a website for my gaming clan and I am having trouble creating a forums page just like this one. Any assistance would be greatly appreciated from anyone. Thank you.

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  thesacredpath · Member · Feb 6, 2018 at 1:24 am

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  Hi @rhaiey, that would require some specialized software, such as the bbPress plugin, and plugins can only be installed if you have the WordPress.com Business plan upgrade.

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  pgrns · Member · Feb 15, 2018 at 10:41 pm

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  Is there no way at all to add a forum without paying?

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  thesacredpath · Member · Feb 15, 2018 at 11:44 pm

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  @pgrns, no, sorry, there is not without the Business upgrade.

  You can do a search for free online forum on a search engine and sign up for a free one and then link to it from your site here.

  You can also install forums if you self-host your own WordPress installation on a different hosting service, but of course that would have costs associated with it too, and it does require a more skill and work to self-host.