[@jugoretz Participant 12 years ago]

thanks @tharsheblows

This is in a large multisite install, and occurs on every site in the install, regardless of which theme is in use, and even when no other plugins are activated.

The problem is quite specific–as @nathanegraham says above–

Network Admins (what used to be called super admins) can access the bbPress Forums, Topics, and Replies in the dashboard menu on any site where bbPress is activated. But site admins for that particular site can not. (unless it is network activated. Then it works for both site admins and network admins).

The forum items in the Settings menu are there and visible. But not much use when the site admin can not create forums.

This is the case even when Join my multisite is deactivated (even when it’s uninstalled).

It’s a really specific problem, I realize, but it’s a clear issue that network admins do have access to that menu and site admins do not.

AT first I thought that the forums menu was functioning, just not visible, but it turns out the problem is deeper.

If, as a site admin, I have the direct link to the forums menu ( /wp-admin/edit.php?post_type=forum ), I can see the menu, but if I try to create a new forum, I get an “Invalid post type” error. It does seem that I can edit existing forums.

Again, network activating bbPress solves this problem (although it creates others).

Happy to provide any more info that might help!