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I’ve logged into both sides with a test account and still run into this problem. It seems that integrating with WordPress interferes with some capabilities. Like, when viewing a topic logged in as Key Master, I can see the IP addresses of people that post, and I have the link to add that topic to my favorites, but I cannot post a reply, I cannot edit the tags, and I cannot see any other admin functions; all of their capabilities return no value.

I haven’t given up yet! hah!

Short term, I was able to make this work by modifying 1 core WordPress file. This only allows for integration of the theme, but still does not allow access to the bbPress admin panel without changing the bb-config.php file back to original.

It’s essentially a quick fix to get the theme working with all capabilities playing nicely.

Basically I’m hard-coding the capability check from bbPress into WordPress. There should be a filter for this, but I’m not sure how to hook into it correctly without a mod or plug-in on the WordPress side.

~My fix is in no way a permanent solution. Auto-updating your WordPress installation will overwrite this fix.~

In FILE wp-includes/capabilities.php:

In the meta_map_cap function:

Around Line 906:

AFTER break;

BEFORE default

INSERT:

/*

*/

case 'write_post':

$caps[] = 'write_posts';

break;

case 'edit_post':

// edit_posts, edit_others_posts, edit_deleted, edit_closed, ignore_edit_lock

if ( !$bb_post = bb_get_post( $args[0] ) ) {

$caps[] = 'magically_provide_data_given_bad_input';

return $caps;

}

if ( $user_id == $bb_post->poster_id )

$caps[] = 'edit_posts';

else

$caps[] = 'edit_others_posts';

if ( $bb_post->post_status == '1' )

$caps[] = 'edit_deleted';

if ( !topic_is_open( $bb_post->topic_id ) )

$caps[] = 'edit_closed';

$post_time = bb_gmtstrtotime( $bb_post->post_time );

$curr_time = time() + 1;

$edit_lock = bb_get_option( 'edit_lock' );

if ( $edit_lock >= 0 && $curr_time - $post_time > $edit_lock * 60 )

$caps[] = 'ignore_edit_lock';

break;

case 'delete_post' :

// edit_deleted, delete_posts

if ( !$bb_post = bb_get_post( $args[0] ) ) {

$caps[] = 'magically_provide_data_given_bad_input';

return $caps;

}

if ( 0 != $bb_post->post_status )

$caps[] = 'edit_deleted';

// NO BREAK

case 'manage_posts' : // back compat

$caps[] = 'delete_posts';

break;

case 'write_topic':

$caps[] = 'write_topics';

break;

case 'edit_topic':

// edit_closed, edit_deleted, edit_topics, edit_others_topics

if ( !$topic = get_topic( $args[0] ) ) {

$caps[] = 'magically_provide_data_given_bad_input';

return $caps;

}

if ( !topic_is_open( $args[0]) )

$caps[] = 'edit_closed';

if ( '1' == $topic->topic_status )

$caps[] = 'edit_deleted';

if ( $user_id == $topic->topic_poster )

$caps[] = 'edit_topics';

else

$caps[] = 'edit_others_topics';

break;

case 'move_topic' :

$caps[] = 'move_topics';

break;

case 'stick_topic' :

$caps[] = 'stick_topics';

break;

case 'close_topic' :

$caps[] = 'close_topics';

break;

case 'delete_topic' :

$caps[] = 'delete_topics';

add_filter( 'get_topic_where', 'no_where', 9999 );

if ( !$topic = get_topic( $args[0] ) ) {

$caps[] = 'magically_provide_data_given_bad_input';

return $caps;

}

if ( 0 != $topic->topic_status )

$caps[] = 'edit_deleted';

remove_filter( 'get_topic_where', 'no_where', 9999 );

break;

case 'manage_topics' :

// back compat

$caps[] = 'move_topics';

$caps[] = 'stick_topics';

$caps[] = 'close_topics';

$caps[] = 'delete_topics';

break;

case 'add_tag_to':

// edit_closed, edit_deleted, edit_tags;

if ( !$topic = get_topic( $args[0] ) ) {

$caps[] = 'magically_provide_data_given_bad_input';

return $caps;

}

if ( !topic_is_open( $topic->topic_id ) )

$caps[] = 'edit_closed';

if ( '1' == $topic->topic_status )

$caps[] = 'edit_deleted';

$caps[] = 'edit_tags';

break;

case 'edit_tag_by_on':

// edit_closed, edit_deleted, edit_tags, edit_others_tags

if ( !$topic = get_topic( $args[1] ) ) {

$caps[] = 'magically_provide_data_given_bad_input';

return $caps;

}

if ( !topic_is_open( $topic->topic_id ) )

$caps[] = 'edit_closed';

if ( '1' == $topic->topic_status )

$caps[] = 'edit_deleted';

if ( $user_id == $args[0] )

$caps[] = 'edit_tags';

else

$caps[] = 'edit_others_tags';

break;

case 'edit_user':

// edit_profile, edit_users;

if ( $user_id == $args[0] )

$caps[] = 'edit_profile';

else

$caps[] = 'edit_users';

break;

case 'edit_favorites_of':

// edit_favorites, edit_others_favorites;

if ( $user_id == $args[0] )

$caps[] = 'edit_favorites';

else

$caps[] = 'edit_others_favorites';

break;

case 'delete_forum':

$caps[] = 'delete_forums';

break;

case 'change_user_password':

// change_password, edit_users

$caps[] = 'change_password';

if ( $user_id != $args[0] )

$caps[] = 'edit_users';

break;

/*

*/

Have you tried logging in and out of both your WordPress and bbPress installations and accessing both admin panels? I mean each combination each way.

1. Log into WordPress; Check admin panel access and cookies; Log out of WordPress
2. Log into bbPress; Check admin panel access and cookies; Log out of bbPress
3. Log into WordPress; Check admin panel access and cookies; Log out of bbPress
4. Log into bbPress; Check admin panel access and cookies; Log out of WordPress

That is where the problem lies, and I have been running the most updated trunks of both bbPress and WordPress the entire time.

@Nipon: I had that plug-in installed at one point also, but I’m not sure if it is the culprit or not. I actually installed it hoping that it would pick up on the bbPress roles but it didn’t.

If you integrate by modifying the config.php files, you won’t be able to access the bbPress admin regardless of where you login from.

If you don’t integrate the config.php files, you can access the bbPress admin by logging in ONLY through the forum/bb-login.php.

WordPress just isn’t aware of how to assign your session/role the forum admin rights. I am convinced this isn’t a cookie issue because all of us seem to have them pretty well synced up, and we’re able to login and stay logged in.