[@johnjamesjacoby Keymaster 13 years, 11 months ago]

I’m confused about what you’re trying to do. You’ll really want to stick to using the functions included with bbPress rather than trying to build your own MySQL queries to connect things.

bbPress uses a bunch of additional post_meta to connect forums, topics, and replies together. It also keeps counts in post_meta of how many topics and replies live inside any forum or topic. When things are off, they’re really off, like you’re showing in your link above.

My advice:

• Use bbPress core functions.
• Use the WordPress import/export tool if you’re moving between installations.
• Look at the bbPress functions for inserting forums/topics/replies, and use those as your guide if you still plan on building something custom.

In future versions, I’ll likely clean up some of the post_meta code, so it’s all in one place and easier to grok. Much of it was written as it was needed, so the post_meta isn’t super organized.