Embedding the Forum into Wordpress

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George_Morris wants to integrate a Discourse forum into a WordPress site (http://theonefifty.com) and a separate Discourse instance (http://cohort.theonefifty.com). The goal is to allow approved users to access both WordPress and Discourse content seamlessly, ideally by embedding Discourse into a WordPress page. However, erlend_sh advises against embedding due to Discourse being a single-page application, instead suggesting creating a custom Discourse menu styled like the WordPress menu. George_Morris finds this solution acceptable.

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I’m at a complete loss and I would love to move forward with Discourse but I can’t find documentation that’s up to date because so much that I’ve read is deprecated. Here is the gist.

Use Case: I have a member only site I’m creating. Users pay to access the content which is a blend of private videos, files and then access to the Discourse forum.

Setup: I’m running the main site at http://theonefifty.com where it’s powered by WordPress, I’m running Discourse at http://cohort.theonefifty.com

What I want: Users come to the WordPress site, fill out an application and once it’s reviewed and approved I manually create their Discourse account. (Ideally SSO would work here but right now that’s a secondary objective.) Once I approve the users I want them to login to their account and have access to both WordPress and Discourse content in a seamless way. Ideally I’d wrap Discourse with the WordPress theme by embedding Discourse into the Forum page I’ve created in WordPress… is this even possible?

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No, that’s not possible since Discourse is a single page application and it is not good web practice in general.

You should make a custom menu for your Discourse instance and style it just like your WordPress menu:

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Wonderful. This will work great and thank you for the solid suggestion!