[kingstringy]

More updates:

• Tried updating the database values directly. Changing the status of a forum affects how the title is displayed (“Private:” is added or removed depending on whether the status is set to private or publish), but the visibility of the topics within the forum doesn’t change. Again, only updating the forum status to Public and then to Private causes the topics to display.
• The topic and reply counts are displayed and accurate for the forum, but the topic titles and links don’t appear until the post is updated to public then private
• Other changes to the forum via its edit page don’t trigger a fix of the glitch

[kingstringy]

Updates:

• Tried deactivating Buddypress (because there was nothing else left to deactivate). No change. Buddypress has been reactivated.
• Looked at the database itself. All the values look correct for the forums: all forums are currently set to private, all have a status value of “private” in the database. Not all the forums are accessible to a logged-in user however, only ones that I’ve given the “update to Public, then update to Private” treatment