Nice try, cartpaulj. You have not picked up the project.
ForumServer 1.5 has been released and has fixed all outstanding issues, including all incompatibilities with other plugins.
https://vasthtml.com/js/wordpress-forum-server/
== Changelog ==
= 1.5 =
* Fixed bug: Incompatibility with FireStats plugin and possibly certain other plugins, the bug also could cause a lot of database errors
* Fixed bug: Duplicating topics due to plugin incompatibility with certain plugins
* Fixed bug: No post body inside the topic due to plugin incompatibility with certain plugins
* Fixed bug: BBCode content inside e-mail notifications
* Fixed bug: Closing a topic didn’t work as expected
* Fixed bug: sending e-mail notifications of your own replies when subscribed on topic
* Fixed bug: When subscribing to replies on topic, a blank screen was showing up
* “Unmake sticky” renamed to “Unstick” (for sticky topics)
* Fixed bug: Unstick function now works
* Fixed bug: search system now works
* Improved search system, now it searches in topic titles and can search in both titles and content
* Fixed bug: Email notifications were not sent in some cases
* New placeholder for inserting forum into WordPress page: [forumServer] can be used instead of <!–VASTHTML–>