[Carl Fox]

@robkk

why would you want to import the newest version of a bbPress posts into WordPress when they should already show up fine, like a regular bbPress install??

The above makes no sense to me, anyone else? Did you read what I wtrote, or just the headline?

I am trying to import an entire forum (forums/topics/replies) from one WordPress install to another.

This should be simple, as Stephen Edgar wrote, it should be a standard option on the ‘Import Forums’ tab under ‘Tools’, but it’s not.

He also wrote that it would soon be implemented and really should be a simple process…. months ago!

@robin-w

Apologies Robin if I wasn’t clear.

I have a forum on a WordPress 4.1 install located on a live test server.
(oxymoron? – I know, but that’s how I develop, consider it a sandlot)

I am running version 2.5.4 of bbpress, and am trying to move it to a different WordPress installation, also 4.1.

I did not do:
Dashboard>tools>forums>export from the WP 4.1/bbPress 2.5.4 because there is no such option

I did do:
As advised on this forum and elsewhere, Dashboard>Tools>Export-Forums/Topic/Replies individually.(I did also try them all together, but this didn’t work at all..)

Then I imported them individually in order Forums/Topic/Replies.

This imports everything to the backend perfectly fine, but nothing shows on the front end.

I then followed the Forum repair procedures in many different forms (e.g.: one at a time/different order/all together) and still nothing shows on the front end.

As I said, I have tried this entire procedure in many ways now, both to standalone single site WP installs, Multisite setups, local WP installs and subdomains/subfolders, and regardless of how I do it, I never see anything on the Front End of the site I import to – but everything is perfectly visible and editable on the back end.

As for the ‘four months’, it has taken me that long, on and off, to follow all the various scraps of advice from around this forum on importing/migrating bbPress to different locations/installs, there are a lot of threads here covering many scenarios, and I tried most of them.

It is my experience that this is best practice on a support forum, otherwise I would rightly be told not to post about something that has already been discussed/solved.

I can now confidently inform you that there is no solution on this forum for my particular issue and would greatly appreciate your advice/help in finding a solution.

May I suggest two things though, which I feel would solve this issue for anyone going forward.

1) Please do develop the promised import option for bbPress 2.x forums in the Tools>Import Forums tab.

2) Please also post a step-by-step guide for manually adding bbPress tables via phpMyAdmin

Can you help me ?