Published on November 25th, 2013 by John James Jacoby
Today the bbPress team is proud to release bbPress 2.5.
bbPress 2.5 introduces forum subscriptions, allowing users to subscribe to new topics created in specific forums. It also comes with a swarm of new importers thanks to our newest core contributor, Stephen Edgar.
There are improvements all around, including: BuddyPress Notifications integration, theme compatibility, internationalization, and more!
Please update to bbPress 2.5 right away to get the sweetest bbPress version so far! Major thanks go out to:
alex-ye, alexvorn2, aliso, boonebgorges, daveshine, DJPaul, ethitter, fanquake, GargajCNS, GautamGupta, imath, mamaduka, Maty, mercime, mordauk, mrcl, MZAWeb, r-a-y, thebrandonallen, tlovett1, wpdennis
(Contact JJJ if your name is missing from the above list.)
We’ve already setup the roadmap for bbPress 2.6, which will focus on performance improvements, and replacing comments with bbPress topics. Check out the 2.6 milestone on Trac and give us a hand with the next release.
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Available immediately is bbPress 2.4.1. This version of bbPress fixes seven bugs with bbPress 2.4:
- Fix forum status saving. (#2408)
- Fix widget settings saving. (#2319)
- Fix custom wp_title compatibility. (#2405)
- Fix search results custom permalink compatibility. (#2441)
- Fix custom user topics & replies pages. (#2448)
- Fix hierarchical reply handling in converter. (#2439)
Go download bbPress 2.4.1 now!
For a more detailed log of changes, check out the 2.4.1 milestone in trac.
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Today, I’m excited to announce Stephen Edgar‘s contributions to bbPress are being recognized by him earning core commit access to the bbPress project.
You should recognize Stephen as being a force in both the support forums and on Trac. He’s been hugely involved in developing and maintaining the multiple importers and converters that have been part of bbPress since 2.1. Stephen’s ability to learn quickly (by digging deep into the code to identify and quickly patch bugs) and his patience and persistence in the support forums, make him a welcome addition to the bbPress core team.
Stephen’s first tasks for the bbPress 2.5 development cycle will be introducing a few new converters, along with general bug fixing. You can follow the progress of bbPress 2.5 by visiting the milestone in our development tracker.
Congratulations Stephen, and thanks for your hard work and continued efforts!
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Today the bbPress team is proud to release bbPress 2.4.
bbPress 2.4 introduces hierarchical replies, allowing you to pick between paginated topics or a hierarchy (similar to WordPress’s comments.) There are improvements all around, including: pretty URL’s for search results pages, code posting, an Akismet admin UI, BuddyPress Group Forum integration, general query improvements, PHP 5.4 E_STRICT notices, theme compatibility, author metaboxes, some settings API changes, and more!
Please update to bbPress 2.4 right away to get the latest and greatest bbPress version yet! Major thanks go out to:
alex-ye, alexvorn2, aliso, boonebgorges, daveshine, DJPaul, ethitter, fanquake, GargajCNS, GautamGupta, imath, jkudish, kobenland, lakrisgubben, loki_racer, mamaduka, Maty, mercime, mordauk, mrcl, MZAWeb, r-a-y, strangerstudios, thebrandonallen, tlovett1, wpdennis
We’re also already starting work on bbPress 2.5, which will focus on performance improvements, new importers, and replacing comments with bbPress topics. Check out the 2.5 milestone on Trac and give us a hand with the next release.
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Today the bbPress team is happy to tell you about bbPress 2.4, release candidate 1.
bbPress 2.4 introduces hierarchical replies, allowing you to pick between paginated topics or a hierarchy (similar to WordPress’s comments.) There are a few smaller improvements all around, including: pretty URL’s for search results pages, code posting, an Akismet admin UI, BuddyPress Group Forum integration, general query improvements, PHP 5.4 E_STRICT notices, theme compatibility, author metaboxes, some settings API changes, and more!
Please give bbPress 2.4 RC 1 a try a test site — or wherever you feel comfortable running it — and let us know if you run into any issues. If all goes well, we’re going to release 2.4 next week.
(Don’t forget… to get easy access to pre-releases, install the bbPress Beta Tester plugin.)
Available now is bbPress 2.3.2, a bug fix release of the 2.3 branch that addresses 8 total issues, highlighted below:
- 3 Theme Compatibility tweaks for improved integration with existing themes.
- 2 tweaks to posting preformatted code, pertaining to Visual Editor compatibility.
- Fixes a bug with BuddyPress Activity Streams causing private forum content to be visible on some installations.
- Fixes issues causing some widget settings not to save correctly.
- Added missing contextual help when editing forums, topics, and replies in the WordPress Dashboard.
Go update, or download bbPress 2.3.2 today!
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Available immediately is bbPress 2.3.1. This version of bbPress fixes three known bugs:
- Moderators can once again see trashed topics and replies
- Posting preformatted code is improved over previous versions
- Correct cache group deleted for custom posts queries
Also in bbPress 2.3.1, we’ve disabled the use of WordPress’s visual editor (aka TinyMCE.) The HTML editor is still available, and works extremely well. If you want to enable the visual editor again, we’ve added a code snippet to the codex that will turn it back on for you.
Go download bbPress 2.3.1 now!
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Out now is bbPress 2.3!
It comes with over 150 individual fixes and enhancements since 2.2, and is a safe update to any site running bbPress 2.0 or higher.
Here are some notable changes in 2.3:
- WordPress 3.6 tested
- Forum-wide Search!
- Performance and caching improvements
- Vanilla, Mingle, and SimplePress importers
- Improved to importer bbcode handling
- Improved theme compatibility with new template-stack API
- Improved BuddyPress Group Forum, Activity Streams, and Profiles integration
- Improved Roles and Capabilities
- Improved code documentation
- Improved RTL and fixed missing translations
- Improved sub-action execution order to fix user/login issues
- Added Statistics shortcode
Major props to the following individuals for helping make 2.3 a success: alexvorn2, alex-ye, anointed, boonebgorges, cnorris23, daveshine, DJPaul, duck_, ericlewis, fartlek, jaredatch, jmdodd, Kaspace, mamaduka, markmcwilliams, mercime, mesayre, michelwppi, mouratidis, MZAWeb, nacin, netweb, Omicron7, pavelevap, ryangannon, scribu, schrepel, sorich87, tungdo, vibol, Viper007Bond, westi, and wonderboymusic. (If you’re missing, ping me!)
Go download bbPress 2.3!
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Today the bbPress team is happy to announce bbPress 2.3, release candidate 1.
bbPress 2.3 introduces forum-specific search functionality, so that your users are able to search your forum posts without interfering with your blog posts. It simplifies the fancy topic and reply editors, enabling only the functionality your users should see. Lastly, we’ve included more forum migration tools to help you transition to bbPress from Vanilla, Mingle, and SimplePress.
With that, we bring you bbPress 2.3, Release Candidate 1. Please try it, either on a test site, or wherever you feel comfortable running it, and let us know if you run into any issues.
Oh yeah… If you want to stay on the bleeding edge of releases, check out the bbPress Beta Tester plugin! It’s really neat. 🙂
Today we updated bbPress 2.3 to beta 2 in the WordPress.org plugin repository. Same as with Beta 1, now’s the time to report some feedback and let us know if you find anything unexpected happening. We are still on course to release bbPress 2.3 in the first week of February.
Beta 2 fixes autoembeds, improves code/pre tag usage, and updates the “What’s New” page text.
If you think you found a bug, please report it on the bbPress Core Trac. If you find a security vulnerability, please be discrete and let us know privately using one of the methods posted on the WordPress contact page.
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