You should remove all customized files and folders from your WordPress theme's /wpforo/ folder  and try this one: https://wpforo.com/community/how-to-and-troubleshooting-2/simplified-posts-with-threaded-post-head-layout/#post-52717

Apologies for the late response Robert.

Thanks!! That did the trick I was looking for. The solution from Tutrix was the otherway round apparently which then misses out on the vital things in the background.

Btw - I actually landed with copying both forum.php and topic.php :)

@robert, @sofy, do you as administrators perhaps know how I can use the post.php and post-thread.php files from the Threaded Layout via an override for the Simplified Layout without replies getting presented as parent posts as well?

Tutrix helped me with the above info and it works but it shows the replies as well as parent posts and this is of course not what I want in terms of readability of the thread.

You should remove all customized files and folders from your WordPress theme's /wpforo/ folder  and try this one: https://wpforo.com/community/how-to-and-troubleshooting-2/simplified-posts-with-threaded-post-head-layout/#post-52717

Tutrix helped me with the above info and it works but it shows the replies as well as parent posts and this is of course not what I want in terms of readability of the thread.

I just use a customized Simplified Layout, not a mix of Simplified- and Threaded Layout
So can't test it and therefore can't help you

Am I perhaps overlooking a setting?

you can paste the post.php and post-thread.php from layout 4 into the folder of layout 2

1. Create / wpforo / folder in your current active theme folder.

2. Create / layouts / folder in / wpforo / folder

3. Create / 2 / folder in / wpforo / layouts / folder

looks like this

wp-content / themes / your aktiv theme / wpforo / layouts / 2 / post.php and post-thread.php

Theme Customization

I really like the frontend of the Simplified Layout (so please don't change that!) BUT when reading a topic it would be so much more pleasant to have replies directly under the post it's a reply to.

Can this feature request be included in a upcoming release?

It would be highly appreciated by myself and the members of my forum :D

I know that there is already an Threaded  Layout option but I dislike the frontend looks of it (sorry). So basically the code is already there and in my 'simplified' brain it's somehow combining the code with an option in the "Current Layout of this Category" section to select Threaded Replies.