Reply To: Private/Hidden Forum – Topics and sub-forum disappear
Robin, thank you so very much for responding!
Our Sub-Forums stopped displaying a few months ago. Although I prefer your “Style Pack” layout, users can still click through to access the sub-forums. The difficulty is at the: WP Users > Subscriptions …the only Forum to display its children is the one, “SKIING” that hasn’t been used since last winter. (They will start using it soon to plan trips.)
This issue was noticed after a new topic was added. Around that time I had transitioned from “bbP Toolkit”, so I don’t know if there’s an uninstalled conflict or what. Sometimes I could get this issue to reset by changing the Sub-Forums “Visibility” setting to “Public” and then back to “Private”. I cleared browser histories and re-saved Permalinks. But this is only a temporary solution.
I had a very similar problem about 2 years ago and solved it by changing: bbPress Forum > Visibility from “Public” to “Private”. But there were complaints from members about the public visibility of their posts. So at some point I changed it back to “Private” and unexpectedly it worked fine. But a few months ago the invisibility of Sub-Forums started back up.
I created a fresh staging version: https://staging41.wilmingtontrailclub.org/about-wtc/wtc-forums/. Switched to WP 2022 theme and deactivated all plugins, except bbPress. The issue still exists. I will be extremely grateful for any of your expert help. I’m very willing to privately share Admin and FTP access if helpful.
