I’m running a WooCommerce site.
I want to integrate a lightweight discussion forum where users can:
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Share reviews
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Post product questions
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Engage in shoe-related topics
I’ve considered:
- bbPress (seems a bit heavy and old)
- wpForo (too feature-rich for what
- I need) Creating a custom CPT + comments + simple front-end template
My main concern is:
- Keeping performance high (Core Web Vitals are key)
- SEO indexing of forum threads
- Clean integration with existing WordPress + WooCommerce setup
Has anyone built a minimal discussion area into a WooCommerce store?
Any modern solutions or lightweight plugins you’d recommend?
Even custom PHP/JS setups are welcome — just need something fast and simple.