[@novawebb Participant 1 week, 5 days ago]

Does this mean that no one using bbPress can export old forum posts with content to a new website anymore?

This must be an issue that many people are experiencing.

[@novawebb Participant 2 weeks, 3 days ago]

Possible Explanation for bbPress replies import issue

It seems we may have found an explanation for the issue with importing replies in BBPress.

From what we now understand, bbPress has changed the way replies are linked to topics. Previously, topics and forums were connected using the post parent meta field, making it easy to import and structure data. However, it appears that replies now reference a different column that contains the topic ID.

The issue arises because the old database contains topic IDs that are unique WordPress-generated values. When importing into the new site, these IDs don’t match because the new site generates different IDs for topics. As a result, replies are unable to connect to their corresponding topics since they are searching for IDs that do not exist in the new database.

• In the old database, the topic IDs are unique WordPress-generated values.
• When importing these into the new site, the IDs don’t match because the new site generates different IDs for the topics.
• As a result, the replies don’t know where to connect since they are searching for IDs that do not exist in the new database.

This change in how replies are structured seems to be the root cause of the problem. If anyone has encountered this before or has suggestions for handling ID mapping efficiently, feel free to share your insights.

[@novawebb Participant 3 weeks, 5 days ago]

Hi Robin,

Thank you so much for your generous offer to help – we truly appreciate it!

After some troubleshooting, we have identified that the issue is related to our child theme. Given this, we would like to take another attempt at resolving it on our own before reaching out for further assistance.

Once again, thank you for your willingness to help – it means a lot! We will keep you updated if we need any further support.

[@novawebb Participant 1 month ago]

Hi Robin

Thank you for your response.

We have already tried several troubleshooting steps, including:

Changing the theme.
Deactivating all plugins.
Contacting Divi (theme) support.
Contacting bbPress support.
Creating a new .htaccess file.
Uploading fresh WordPress core files.
Following the recommendations in this video: YouTube link.
Testing with the Health Check & Troubleshooting plugin.

After extensive testing and investigation, our web hosting provider has concluded that bbPress is attempting to use an abnormally high amount of PHP memory. They have also provided us with an error log file that might help clarify the issue further. Please let me know how we can upload this.

We would appreciate any insights or suggestions you may have to resolve this problem.

Looking forward to your response.