Customizing the forum display for bbPress to be more like standard forums

loop-forums.php

<?php
/**
 * Forums Loop
 *
 * @package bbPress
 * @subpackage Theme
 *
 * Original code via: https://bbpress.org/forums/topic/forums-index-in-the-same-layout-as-other-bb-software/
 */
?>

<?php do_action( 'bbp_template_before_forums_loop' ); ?>

<?php while ( bbp_forums() ) : bbp_the_forum();
              
/* We print the header only if we want to show a category or if it's the first item of a no-parent forum list */
if ( bbp_is_forum_category() OR !$bbp_forums_noheader ) { ?>

<ul id="forums-list-<?php bbp_forum_id(); ?>" class="bbp-forums">

		<li class="bbp-header">

			<ul class="forum-titles">
				<li class="bbp-forum-info"><?php if( bbp_is_forum_category() ) { ?><?php bbp_forum_title( bbp_get_forum_parent_id() ); ?><?php } else { _e( 'Forum', 'bbpress' ); } ?></li>
				<li class="bbp-forum-topic-count"><?php _e( 'Topics', 'bbpress' ); ?></li>
				<li class="bbp-forum-reply-count"><?php bbp_show_lead_topic() ? _e( 'Replies', 'bbpress' ) : _e( 'Posts', 'bbpress' ); ?></li>
				<li class="bbp-forum-freshness"><?php _e( 'Freshness', 'bbpress' ); ?></li>
			</ul>

		</li><!-- .bbp-header -->
<?php } ?>

		<li class="bbp-body">

<?php

/* If the forum is a category, we're gonna make another loop to show its subforums and sub-subforums as if those were forums */
if(bbp_is_forum_category()) {

	$temp_query = clone bbpress()->forum_query;
	bbp_has_forums( 'post_parent='.bbp_get_forum_id() );
	while ( bbp_forums() ) : bbp_the_forum();
	bbp_get_template_part( 'loop', 'single-forum' );
	endwhile;
	bbpress()->forum_query = clone $temp_query;

} else /* Otherwise, we print the forums the normal way */ {      

	bbp_get_template_part( 'loop', 'single-forum' );
	$bbp_forums_noheader = 1; /* This prevents the header part to be printed again on next post in the loop */

} ?>

		</li><!-- .bbp-body -->

<?php
/* Prints the footer only if :
	- it's a category
	- or if it's the last forum of a no-parent forum list
	- or if the next forum in the loop is a category
*/

if ( bbp_is_forum_category()
OR ( bbpress()->forum_query->current_post+1 ) == bbpress()->forum_query->post_count
OR bbp_is_forum_category( bbpress()->forum_query->posts[ bbpress()->forum_query->current_post + 1 ]->ID ) )
{ ?>
 
</ul><!-- .bbp-forums -->
 
<?php
/* Needed if we have 2+ no-parent forums with at least 1 category between them */
unset( $bbp_forums_noheader );
} ?>
 
<?php endwhile; ?>

<?php do_action( 'bbp_template_after_forums_loop' ); ?>